Keir Starmer overruled officials who warned of a “reputational risk” in making Peter Mandelson US ambassador, despite being handed a dossier of evidence about the peer’s relationship with the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, documents reveal. The disclosure in newly released files will raise fresh questions about Starmer’s judgment – as well as about the vetting procedures at the highest levels of government. The files show that Mandelson was offered a highly classified briefing from the Foreign Office even before he finished the formal vetting process. They also show that two of the government’s most senior security and foreign policy officials
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