Peter Mandelson’s has been sacked as the UK’s ambassador to the United States after a series of revelations about his friendship with child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

The Labour peer, who was previously a high-profile figure in Tony Blair’s government, faced massive pressure after his contributions to Epstein’s notorious 50th birthday book were published on Tuesday.

This morning, Foreign Office minister Stephen Doughty confirmed Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer had asked for him to be withdrawn from the role.

In the book, Mandelson described the New York financier as his ‘best pal’ and signed off by saying: ‘We love you!’

He also wrote about Epstein’s ‘glorious homes he likes to share with his friends’, adding in brackets: ‘Yum yum’.

The document was released in full by Democrats

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