Labour Party, Peter Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein
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Hit Lord Mandelson with 'full force of the law,' says Baroness Hazarika voicing fury from Labour MPs - The Labour peer said the former British ambassador to the US should be ‘investigated robustly by
Newly released emails from the Epstein files suggest that in 2009, Mandelson sent Jeffrey Epstein a memo written for Brown about possible UK asset sales and tax changes, and in 2010 gave Epstein an advance notice of a 500-billion-euro ($590 billion) bailout by the European Union.
Poole MP Neil Duncan-Jordan says a change of leadership is needed in the Labour party.
Trade unions are threatening to withdraw support from government and unite against prime minister
Inside Labour’s Keir crisis: MPs warn Starmer has only accelerated leadership challenge by blocking Burnham - Labour Party has unveiled a relatively unknown candidate, Manchester city councillor Angeliki Stogia,
Government figures including the PM's chief secretary, Darren Jones, propose a different story. They suggest that Lord Mandelson has "lied" in his disclosure and vetting procedures, arguing that the PM did not have all the information before he was given the job.
From a navel-gazing mindset to arcane rules, battle-scarred Labour veterans tell POLITICO why the party often ducks its chance to oust its chief.
The chaos of the parliamentary debate about the former Labour minister is just one sign of how quickly the mood in the party has soured this week.