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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sophie Wingate

Mandelson urged to hand back payoff after sacking over Epstein link

Lord Peter Mandelson has been urged to hand back his payoff (PA) - (PA Archive)

A Cabinet minister has urged Lord Peter Mandelson to return the payoff he received after being dismissed as ambassador to the US, or donate the sum to charity, following fresh revelations about his relationship with convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The peer’s sacking was initially linked to his ties with Epstein, but new documents have intensified the controversy, indicating he leaked market-sensitive information to his associate while serving as a government minister.

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