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LIVE: UK Parliament Debates Mandelson-Epstein Scandal

Sir Keir Starmer is facing further questions about his leadership after acknowledging he knew about emails between Lord Mandelson and the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein before he defended his ambassador in the Commons. READ MORE: https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/... On Tuesday the prime minister will face a three-hour emergency debate on his handling of a scandal that has added to questions among Labour MPs and ministers about whether he will lead his party into the next election. Starmer acknowledged on Monday that he had appointed Mandelson despite being aware that the peer’s “association” with Epstein continued after the financier was jailed for sex crimes, and said he felt “let down” by the former ambassador to the US. He said he was aware that the Foreign Office was investigating a damning leaked cache of emails in which Mandelson expressed his “love” and support for Epstein. However, Starmer insisted that he did not know about the “contents” of the messages before he spoke out in support of Mandelson at prime minister’s questions last week. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_... Find us on Facebook:   / timesandsundaytimes   Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram:   / thetimes   #livestream #keirstarmer #epstein #uk