SCOTLAND Yard last night launched a full criminal investigation into claims that Peter Mandelson leaked sensitive government intelligence to Jeffrey Epstein. The Met Police will examine whether

Peter Mandelson tried to involve Jeffrey Epstein in a deal to create a private bank to manage the Republic of Congo’s oil funds, documents released by the US Department of Justice show.

Peter Mandelson has been married to his longtime partner, Reinaldo Avila da Silva, since 2023. A new tranche of Epstein files unveiled Avila da Silva's email exchange with Jeffrey Epstein, in which he asked the financier for a loan of thousands of pounds.

Peter Mandelson has left the Labour party over fresh revelations about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. But can he be forced out of parliament?

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It would be a brave journalist who today would dare write a column in defence of Peter Mandelson. But then, as a close friend once said of me during my parliamentary career, “Tom likes to walk towards the sound of gunfire”.