"Peter Mandelson, the United Kingdom's former ambassador to the United States, has resigned from Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour Party following further revelations of his links to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, UK media have reported. Mandelson, who was removed as London's top representative in Washington last year after the emergence of emails detailing his associations with Epstein, said he had resigned to avoid causing further embarrassment to the governing party, the reports said on Sunday."
"I have been further linked this weekend to the understandable furore surrounding Jeffrey Epstein and I feel regretful and sorry about this, Mandelson said in a letter reported by the BBC and The Guardian. Mandelson said he believed that reports over the weekend that he had received several payments from Epstein in the early 2000s were false, but that he needed to investigate them, the reports said."
Peter Mandelson resigned from the Labour Party to avoid causing further embarrassment after renewed links to Jeffrey Epstein surfaced. He served as the United Kingdom's ambassador to the United States and was removed as London's top representative in Washington last year after emails emerged detailing his associations with Epstein. Reports linked him this weekend to Epstein and alleged he received several payments in the early 2000s; Mandelson said those reports were false but said they needed investigation. He stated that he felt regretful and sorry, and that he would step down from party membership while inquiries into the payment claims proceed.
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