Peter Mandelson should return payoff after sacking over Jeffrey Epstein link says Cabinet minister

Lord Peter Mandelson should hand back the payoff he received after being sacked as ambassador to the US, or give it to charity, a Cabinet minister has said.

The peer was sacked last year over his relationship with convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, but anger in Westminster has intensified after the latest release of documents which indicated he leaked market-sensitive information to his friend while he was a government minister.

Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden suggested he should donate the taxpayer-funded handout, a sum which could run into the tens of thousands, “to a charity, perhaps one involving violence against women and girls”.

The scandal over Lord Mandelson’s appointment to the top diplomatic job has led to calls for Sir Keir Starmer to go, with Fire Brigades Union (FBU) general secretary Steve Wright saying “everybody’s thinking it”.

Mr McFadden, a close ally of the Prime Minister, rejected those demands, arguing a change in leadership could unleash “chaos and uncertainty”.

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