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Gavin Blackburn

UK PM Starmer avoids parliamentary probe over Mandelson appointment as US envoy

Embattled UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer survived a bid by opposition politicians on Tuesday to subject him to a parliamentary probe over his controversial appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US.

Members of parliament voted against referring Starmer to a committee to consider if he misled parliament over giving Mandelson, an ex-associate of late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the plum diplomatic post.

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