Starmer to give Mandelson dossier to police and leglislate to strip his peerage

Cabinet Office forwards Mandelson-Epstein emails to Met as PM says former business secretary ‘let his country down’UK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer is to hand a dossier on Peter Mandelson to the police and legislate to strip the disgraced former minister of his peerage, after reports that he leaked market-sensitive information to Jeffrey Epstein at the height of the financial crisis.Starmer told his cabinet meeting on Tuesday morning he was “appalled” by the reported leaks and had also asked officials to draft legislation to strip Mandelson of his peerage “as quickly as possible”. Continue reading...