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Gordon Brown says Mandelson 'betrayed his country and put Britain at risk' with Epstein emails
Gordon Brown accused Peter Mandelson of risking Britain by sharing market-sensitive data with Jeffrey Epstein; police searched Mandelson's Wiltshire and Camden homes in a misconduct probe.
- On February 6, Gordon Brown said Lord Peter Mandelson betrayed his country by briefing Jeffrey Epstein, warning, `All of the information he passed on... was financially secret information,` as police concluded searches at two homes.
- The Epstein files allege Mandelson gave market-sensitive briefings after the 2010 election, including advance notice of a significant EU bank bailout, as published this week.
- According to the released correspondence, Mandelson discussed writing a book and lining up post-government jobs while still a minister, though he has denied wrongdoing and told the BBC he did not act criminally.
- Liberal Democrats and watchdogs called for investigations and possible prosecutions, with Daisy Cooper urging the Financial Conduct Authority to probe profiteering and Brown urging reforms including an anti-corruption commission and US-style confirmation hearings.
- The Met said officers from the Met's central specialist crime team are sifting boxes of evidence and investigations into misconduct in public office are ongoing, with no arrests yet.
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The former prime minister is strongly criticizing Lord Peter Mandelson, who had close contact with Epstein.
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Gordon Brown says Starmer leadership crisis 'serious'
Former prime minister Gordon Brown said the situation facing Keir Starmer was "serious" and suggested the Labour leader had been "too slow to do the right things" to clean up politics in the wake of the Peter Mandelson row.
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Brown says Starmer leadership crisis is ‘serious’ but PM is ‘man of integrity’
Former prime minister Gordon Brown said he felt ‘shocked, sad, angry betrayed, let down’ by Lord Mandelson’s alleged actions in his government.
·London, United Kingdom
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