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Keir Starmer is poised for an uncomfortable day in Parliament as he releases papers on Peter Mandelson’s appointment as ambassador to the US.
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch is seeking to force the Government to release all documents showing how Lord Mandelson got the Washington job, including messages exchanged with key figures in Sir Keir’s inner circle including chief of staff Morgan McSweeney and top ministers.
Lord Mandelson was sacked in September last year over his links with Jeffrey Epstein and quit the House of Lords yesterday after new emails showed the apparent leaking of sensitive information to the paedophile financier in 2009.
Meanwhile, an exotic dancer demanded $250,000 from Epstein claiming she performed 'various sex acts' on him and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, legal documents show.
The unnamed woman claims to have been chauffeured to a 2006 party at Epstein's Palm Beach home where she says she danced for the men before they asked her for a 'threesome'.
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Starmer urged to encourage Mandelson and Andrew to testify in USHe should encourage him, because we do not have authority to issue a subpoena.I think the reckoning has to take place. I don’t think it’s actually happening yet, because we know that the Epstein files have not been fully disclosed, and we know this administration, the Trump administration, continues to stonewall and continues to make it difficult for the survivors to get the justice that they are seeking.'Bye bye, smelly': How Mandelson and Epstein seemingly 'plotted against Gordon Brown'
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Wes Streeting claims Mandelson betrayed Labour 
You can see the outrage across the political spectrum and from people up and down our country.I cannot state strongly enough how bitterly that betrayal feels for those of us in the Labour Party who feel very personally let down and also feel that he, as well as betraying two prime ministers, betraying our country and betraying Epstein’s victims, has fundamentally betrayed our values and the things that motivate us and the things that brought us into politics, which is public service and national interest, not self-service and self-interest.Mandelson insists his actions were not for personal gain
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'National embarrassment': Badenoch hits out at Mandelson hire ahead of PMQs showdown 
I think the Prime Minister has a lot of questions to answer, and not just him, but his chief of staff, and all the people in No 10 who pushed this appointment.I think it is a national embarrassment. There are many people who should have been given that job, or who should have been interviewed for that job, and they didn’t get a chance.I think the police will make that call. But if there is evidence that shows that there is something to do with the Prime Minister, then, of course, yes.
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Epstein files latest: Starmer to face grilling over Mandelson appointment as fresh Andrew claims emerge
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