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Police are reviewing a number of reports of alleged misconduct by Lord Peter Mandelson after he was accused of leaking of sensitive information to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. The Metropolitan Police said it has received 'a number of reports relating to alleged misconduct in public office' and those reports will be reviewed 'to determine if they meet the criminal threshold for investigation'. The country's top civil servant has been tasked with urgently looking into information on links between Mandelson and Epstein while he was a government minister. Former prime minister Gordon Brown said he had asked Sir Chris Wormald to investigate the disclosure of 'confidential and market sensitive information' during the global financial crisis. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer meanwhile has said Lord Peter Mandelson 'should not be a member of the House of Lords'. It follows Mandelson's resignation from the Labour on Sunday which he said was to spare the party 'further embarrassment' - after he featured in new documents released by the U.S. Department of Justice last week. Some of the documents appear to show that Epstein had sent tens of thousands of dollars to Mandelson and his husband, and pictures of him in his underwear. Mandelson said that he has no record or recollection of receiving the sums and did not know whether the documents were authentic. He said they need 'investigating by me'. Being mentioned in the files is no indication of wrongdoing, and many of the people who are mentioned turn up because others were discussing them or because they were discussing business matters with the disgraced former financier. ---- For more of the biggest news stories in the UK and around the world, visit the ITV News YouTube channel: http://bit.ly/2lOHmNj • Subscribe to ITV News In Full on YouTube:    / @itvnewsinfull   • Get breaking news and more stories at: http://www.itv.com/news • Follow ITV News on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@itvnews?lang=en • Follow ITV News on Instagram:   / itvnews   • Follow ITV News on Facebook:   / itvnews   • Follow ITV News on X:   / itvnews