"The prime minister then did put those questions to Lord Mandelson. The prime minister has said he was misled. He deeply regrets believing the reassurances he was given. That correspondence has not been published because it is subject to an ongoing police investigation."
"He has apologised for believing what was said to him by Peter Mandelson. The minister who holds several roles, including paymaster-general told the broadcaster that he shares the moral outrage over Mandelson retaining his 75,000 payout after being sacked as ambassador, and called for the disgraced peer to hand the money to a charity."
A UK minister acknowledged that Prime Minister Keir Starmer received a due diligence report before appointing Peter Mandelson as US ambassador that raised serious questions about Mandelson's connections to Jeffrey Epstein. Starmer reportedly put these concerns to Mandelson, who provided reassurances that the prime minister now says were misleading. Starmer has apologized for believing Mandelson's responses. The correspondence between them remains unpublished due to an ongoing police investigation. A government minister expressed moral outrage over Mandelson retaining a £75,000 payout after being dismissed from the ambassador position and called for him to donate the money to charity. Mandelson had originally sought £500,000.
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