Streeting says Labour members feel ‘bitterly’ betrayed by Mandelson revelations in Epstein scandal – UK politics live

Health secretary says ‘You can see the outrage across the political spectrum and from people up and down our country’Newly released Jeffrey Epstein files: 10 key takeawaysKeir Starmer has posted this on social media about why the national cancer plan matters to him personally.I lost my brother to cancer.I was with him when he was told his diagnosis – a moment I will never forget. Throughout, the NHS respected and cared for him.You can see the outrage across the political spectrum and from people up and down our country.I cannot state strongly enough how bitterly that betrayal feels for those of us in the Labour party who feel very personally let down and also feel that he, as well as betraying two prime ministers, betraying our country and betraying Epstein’s victims, has fundamentally betrayed our values and the things that motivate us and the things that brought us into politics, which is public service and national interest, not self-service and self-interest. Continue reading...