Sir Keir Starmer has apologised to the victims of Jeffrey Epstein for appointing Peter Mandelson as Britain’s ambassador to the US, saying: “None of us knew the depth and darkness of that relationship.”
The UK prime minister is facing fierce criticism from Labour MPs following his admission that he sent Mandelson to Washington in February 2025 despite knowing that the peer had continued his friendship with Epstein after the disgraced financier had been jailed for child sex crimes.
But on Thursday Starmer insisted he was not about to quit, even as Labour MPs said his handling of the Mandelson row would prove a death knell for his premiership.
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