Peter Mandelson will leave the House of Lords after a series of scandalous emails came to light that linked him to Jeffrey Epstein, including ones that apparently leaked confidential UK government information.
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The House of Lords speaker, Michael Forsyth, said Mandelson would retire from 4 February, and that he was making the announcement ‘given the public interest’ in the matter
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