The FT reports the National Crime Agency (NCA) reviewed fresh allegations about Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein as late as spring 2024, just months before Starmer appointed him as US ambassador. Downing Street was informed in the summer of 2024…
A senior British official arranged a meeting between the NCA and an American human rights activist claimed to have new information about Mandelson’s links to Epstein. The agency concluded the claims were “largely hearsay” and did not launch a full investigation. Mandelson got the job.
Cabinet Office permanent secretary Cat Little is in front of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee at 9.30. The saga rolls on…
Speaking at his speech on how to achieve “progressive capitalism” Wes Streeting fired a dig and Andy Burnham:
“Bond markets are not bond villains and fiscal rules matter.”