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Politics · 3 February 2026

Mandelson quits Lords as Starmer refers Epstein leak dossier to police

Mandelson quits Lords as Starmer refers Epstein leak dossier to police

Peter Mandelson resigned from the House of Lords Tuesday after Prime Minister Keir Starmer handed a dossier to police revealing the peer shared confidential government briefings with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The leaked emails, sent while Mandelson was Business Secretary, contained market-sensitive data regarding the financial crisis. Starmer immediately ordered legislation to strip Mandelson’s title, declaring the former Labour minister let his country down as Metropolitan Police review misconduct allegations.

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