A fee given to Lord Peter Mandelson when he was sacked as ambassador to the US is being reviewed after the most recent revelations within the Epstein information.
The peer misplaced his function in September final 12 months over his relationship with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, simply seven months into the job.
Nevertheless, anger in Westminster has grown after the final launch of paperwork, which indicated he leaked data to his pal whereas he was a authorities minister.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s allies have stated he ought to give the taxpayer-funded handout, which may run into the tens of hundreds, again or donate it to a victims’ charity.
“Given what we all know now, Mandelson ought to both pay the cash again or give it to a charity to assist victims,” a Downing Avenue supply stated.
The Overseas Workplace stated a assessment had been launched “in gentle of additional data that has now been revealed”.
The payoff Lord Mandelson obtained might be as excessive as £55,000 earlier than tax and deductions, the Sunday Occasions reported.
The Overseas Workplace beforehand stated it had “reached a settlement to be able to terminate Peter Mandelson’s civil service employment with quick impact, in accordance with authorized recommendation and the phrases and situations of his employment”.
Full particulars of the payoff are set to be revealed in parliament after MPs backed a name for the papers regarding his time in authorities to be disclosed.
The Sunday Occasions suggests it might be between £38,750 and £55,000, which is predicated on a three-month payoff of the best annual wage within the diplomatic service between £155,000 and £220,000.
A Overseas Workplace spokesman stated: “Peter Mandelson’s civil service employment was terminated in September 2025 in accordance with authorized recommendation and the phrases and situations of his employment.
“Regular civil service HR processes have been adopted. Additional data will probably be supplied to Parliament as a part of the federal government response to the movement handed final week which is being coordinated by cupboard workplace.
“A assessment has been instigated in gentle of additional data that has now been revealed and the continued police investigation.”
Lord Mandelson has been accused of sharing market-sensitive data with Epstein after the 2008 international monetary disaster.
Police investigating claims of misconduct in a public workplace by Lord Mandelson have concluded their searches of two of his properties – in Camden, north London, and in Wiltshire.
The Metropolitan Police stated the legal investigation is “complicated” and would require a “important quantity of additional proof gathering and evaluation”.
Peter Mandelson. Pic: Reuters
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Lord Mandelson’s representatives have been contacted for remark.
He has beforehand stated: “I used to be flawed to imagine Epstein following his conviction [in 2008 for procuring a child for prostitution and of soliciting a prostitute] and to proceed my affiliation with him afterwards.
“I apologise unequivocally for doing so to the ladies and women who suffered.”
On Saturday afternoon, a high company and monetary crime lawyer visited Lord Mandelson’s home close to Regent’s Park, London.
Adrian Darbishire KC arrived on the property shortly earlier than noon, earlier than leaving round 90 minutes later.
