Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership is under growing pressure from Labour MPs, angry at his decision to approve the appointment of Lord Peter Mandelson to the role of British ambassador to Washington despite knowing about his links to Jeffrey Epstein.
Starmer admitted at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday that he knew about Lord Mandelson’s ongoing friendship with the convicted paedophile when he appointed him, but said that the peer “lied repeatedly” about the extent of the relationship.
Downing Street then tried to control the release of potentially explosive documents, which provide insight into how the decision was made.
But in the face of a mutiny from Labour MPs – led by former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner – the Government had to back down and cede control to Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee to decide what could be released into the public domain.
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