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Sir Keir Starmer is ready to face contemporary questions over Lord Mandelson’s appointment after the discharge of bombshell paperwork yesterday. The Prime Minister will break cowl with a visit to Belfast, the place he’s anticipated to talk to journalists.

The public look will likely be his first because the publication of the primary tranche of papers regarding the peer assessment launched by the Government in response to a requirement from MPs. They confirmed he was warned of a “general reputational risk” earlier than Lord Mandelson was appointed as US ambassador.

The Prime Minister has insisted Lord Mandelson “lied repeatedly” to Downing Street about his relationship with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.

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