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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

Keir Starmer sacks Peter Mandelson over Jeffrey Epstein ties

Peter Mandelson has been sacked as UK ambassador to the US.
Peter Mandelson’s departure will be a huge blow for No 10 as it prepares for the US president’s state visit. Photograph: Carl Court/AP

Keir Starmer has sacked Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US over his association with Jeffrey Epstein.

The Foreign Office minister Stephen Doughty told MPs that Lord Mandelson had not disclosed the extent and depth of his friendship with Epstein, a convicted child sex offender, when he was appointed as the ambassador.

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