- Keir Starmer apologises to Jeffrey Epstein’s victims and says he is “sorry for having believed Mandelson’s lies”
- He says he understands the “anger and frustration” of Labour MPs at his decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassador in 2024
- The prime minister again accuses Mandelson of lying during the vetting process, saying he gave the impression he “barely knew” the disgraced financier
- It is Labour MPs who will determine Starmer’s fate – could this be the beginning of the end, asks our chief political correspondent Henry Zeffman
- Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says it’s a “question of when, not if” Starmer goes – while one Labour MP says it’s “inevitable” the PM will resign
- Mandelson has not responded to requests for comment – the BBC understands his position is that he has not acted in any way criminally and that he was not motivated by financial gain
Starmer apologises to Epstein victims for appointing Mandelson and ‘believing his lies’
