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Peter Mandelson has been sacked by the Prime Minister over his links to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein . ‌

Keir Starmer has asked the foreign secretary Yvette Cooper to withdraw the Labour grandee as the UK ambassador to the US . ‌

He made the decision after emails showed the peer sent supportive messages even as Epstein faced jail for sex offences. ‌

On Wednesday, the Prime Minister tried to defend the peer after it emerged he had written a birthday note to Epstein in 2003 in which he described the late financier as his “best pal”.

Sir Keir said he still had “confidence” in Lord Mandelson and “due process was followed” during his appointment.

But he soon faced calls to dismiss the peer following reports he had backed Epstein, now dead, while the financier was being

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