World Jun 22 How UK's Keir Starmer went from election landslide to downfall By Jill Lawless, Pan Pylas, Associated Press
World Jun 01 Publication of additional Mandelson files brings more bad news for Keir Starmer Critics say the decision to give Mandelson the key diplomatic job shows poor judgment by Starmer, who is under pressure to resign. By Jill Lawless, Associated Press
World Apr 28 Starmer avoids ethics probe over Mandelson appointment but challenges lie ahead U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Tuesday averted a parliamentary inquiry over his choice of Peter Mandelson as British ambassador to Washington, but failed to quell questions about whether he bent the rules to make the controversial appointment. By Jill Lawless, Associated Press
World Apr 20 Starmer says he made wrong judgment in appointing Peter Mandelson as ambassador British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he made the wrong judgment in appointing Peter Mandelson as U.K. ambassador to Washington. By Jill Lawless, Associated Press
Politics Apr 17 Pressure builds as Starmer rejects calls to resign over Mandelson appointment in Epstein fallout British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has no plans to resign over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as U.K. ambassador to Washington, despite Mandelson failing security checks. By Jill Lawless, Associated Press
Mar 11 Britain is ejecting hereditary nobles from Parliament after 700 years By Jill Lawless, Associated Press Centuries of British political tradition will end within weeks after Parliament voted to remove hereditary aristocrats from the unelected House of Lords. Continue reading
Mar 11 British prime minister was warned of 'reputational risk' in appointing Mandelson, files show By Jill Lawless, Brian Melley, Associated Press Concerns were raised in a document sent to Prime Minister Keir Starmer in December 2024 when he was considering appointing Peter Mandelson as U.S. ambassador because of his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Continue reading
Feb 25 UK parliamentary speaker tipped off police over Mandelson's possible flight risk By Pan Pylas, Associated Press Mandelson was arrested Monday at his north London home on suspicion of misconduct in public office. Continue reading
Feb 24 What to know about the charge that Mandelson and former Prince Andrew may face By Sylvia Hui, Associated Press Both are under investigation for the same offense — misconduct in public office — and while neither of them has been charged yet, their high-profile arrests have shone a spotlight on an ancient law that experts say is ill-defined, too… Continue reading
Feb 24 Former UK ambassador to the U.S. Mandelson released on bail after arrest in Epstein probe By Pan Pylas, Jill Lawless, Associated Press Both Mandelson and the former Prince Andrew are suspected of improperly passing U.K. government information to the disgraced U.S. financier, and the high-profile British arrests are some of the most dramatic fallout from the trove of more than 3 million pages of Epstein-related… Continue reading