Starmer believes Mandelson 'should not be member of Lords'

Sir Keir Starmer believes Lord Mandelson should not be a member of the House of Lords, or use his title, Downing Street has said.

The prime minister has ordered an "urgent" investigation into Lord Mandelson's contact with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein while the peer was a government minister.

The review comes after another tranche of documents were released, showing the former Labour minister's close relationship with Epstein.

Email exchanges appear to show Lord Mandelson, when business secretary in 2009, forwarded internal government information contained in emails to Epstein.

The review will be carried out by the Cabinet Secretary Chris Wormald and will look at "all available information", No10 said.

But Downing Street said the prime minister did not have the power to directly remove Lord Mandelson's title.

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