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Mandelson Files released | Lewis Goodall's instant reaction
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13:21Now PlayingCo-host of the News Agents podcast Lewis Goodall joins Shelagh Fogarty to discuss the release of the Mandelson Files.
Lord Mandelson asked for more than half a million pounds as a severance payment when he was sacked as US ambassador over his links to Jeffrey Epstein, government files show.
The first set of files related to Peter Mandelson's appointment as the UK's ambassador to the US were released by the government today, revealing details of the former Labour peer's relationship with the infamous sex trafficker.
The files reveal Lord Mandelson requested the government "pay out the remainder of the 4-year salary costs of the fixed term appointment”, which would have amounted to £547,201.
Instead, he was given £40,330 to cover the three-month notice period in his contract, plus an additional £34,670 severance payment.
The documents also show the PM was told his hiring process seemed "weirdly rushed" in a call before Mandelson was appointed ambassador.
Elsewhere, the documents reveal Mandelson played a key role in organising a meeting between Epstein and former PM Tony Blair on the 14th of May, 2002.
One document shows Sir Keir Starmer was warned there was a “general reputational risk” over Mandelson’s relationship with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein before giving him the role of ambassador to the US.
The Government has released an initial batch of papers relating to Lord Mandelson’s appointment after MPs ordered the publication of the files.
A “due diligence” document drawn up in December 2024 before Lord Mandelson’s appointment to the Washington role noted a series of reports detailing his links with Epstein.
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