Overview
- The Lords Speaker said Mandelson has notified the chamber he will leave his seat on Wednesday.
- Downing Street has referred material from the U.S. Department of Justice release to police, who are assessing whether the allegations meet the criminal threshold.
- Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he was horrified by the disclosures and ordered an urgent civil service review of Mandelson’s government-era contacts with Epstein.
- The documents include 2009 emails in which Mandelson sent an internal government report and discussed pressing to soften a bankers’ bonus tax, as well as a message about an impending €500 billion EU rescue.
- Bank records suggest Epstein made three payments totaling about $75,000 to accounts linked to Mandelson and sent £10,000 to his partner, while ministers prepare legislation to strip his peerage and Gordon Brown provides information to police.