{"id":2562254,"date":"2026-02-02T12:05:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-labour-member-resigns-from-party-over-epstein-ties\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T12:06:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:06:59","slug":"uk-labour-member-resigns-from-party-over-epstein-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-labour-member-resigns-from-party-over-epstein-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Labour member resigns from party over Epstein ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fuk-labour-member-resigns-from-party-over-epstein-ties%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2562254&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Peter Mandelson, a veteran Labor politician and life peer, has resigned his membership of the Labour Party after new documents in the Department of Justice\u2019s latest release tied him to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >files reportedly show alleged payments totaling <\/a>,000 to Mandelson in 2004, in $25,000 installments; Mandelson says the allegations are false, that he has no record or recollection of such payments, and that they need investigating. He stepped back to avoid causing further embarrassment to the party and apologized to the women and girls whose voices he said should have been heard sooner. prime Minister Keir Starmer, who removed Mandelson as ambassador to the U.S. in September 2025 after earlier emails surfaced, has urged that Mandelson give up his peerage and asked for urgent review, though the PM cannot unilaterally strip a House of lords title.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">UK Labour member Peter Mandelson resigns from party over Epstein ties<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2489784\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-kingdom\/\">United Kingdom&rsquo;s<\/a> former ambassador to the United States has taken another step back from public life over his connections to convicted sex offender <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jeffrey-epstein\/\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>, resigning from the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/labour-party\/\">Labour Party<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Mandelson announced he would be stepping back from the governing party after the latest release of Epstein files by the Department of Justice, sending a letter to Labour&rsquo;s general secretary on Sunday evening. Prime Minister <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/keir-starmer\/\">Keir Starmer<\/a> fired Mandelson from his role as ambassador to the U.S. in September 2025 after a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3802635\/starmer-fires-us-ambassador-jeffrey-epstein\/\">series of emails between Mandelson and Epstein<\/a> became public.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4439423\/greenland-independence-activist-trump-us\/\">Greenland independence could make the island a major US ally, activist argues<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4442434\/iran-trump-being-dragged-toward-war-by-disinformation\/\">Iran claims Trump being &#8216;dragged&#8217; toward war by &#8216;disinformation campaigns&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4442306\/slovakia-adviser-resigns-epstein-texts\/\">Slovak national security adviser resigns after Epstein texts revealed<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I have been further linked this weekend to the understandable furore surrounding Jeffrey Epstein and I feel regretful and sorry about this,&rdquo; Mandelson <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/breeallegretti\/status\/2018090904049877429?s=20\">wrote in the letter<\/a> to general secretary Hollie Ridley on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Mandelson, the longtime senior government official and life peer in the House of Lords, appears several times in the Epstein files. As part of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4440630\/doj-release-millions-new-jeffrey-epstein-documents-2000-videos\/\">latest batch<\/a> of Epstein files <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4441860\/latest-epstein-trove-features-musk-lutnick-steve-tisch-correspondence\/\">released by the DOJ<\/a> on Friday, new alleged payments between Mandelson and the disgraced financier were revealed, showing <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cn8jm2vpve1o\">Epstein sending $75,000<\/a> to Mandelson in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/epstein\/files\/DataSet%2010\/EFTA01720157.pdf\">$25,000 installments<\/a> while he was a Labour Party member of parliament in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Allegations which I believe to be false that he made financial payments to me twenty years ago, and of which I have no record or recollection, need investigating by me,&rdquo; Mandelson wrote. &ldquo;While doing this I do not wish to cause further embarrassment to the Labour Party and I am therefore stepping down from membership of the party.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I want to take this opportunity to repeat my apology to the women and girls whose voices should have been heard long before now. I have dedicated my life to the values and success of the Labour Party and in taking my decision I believe I am acting in its best interests,&rdquo; Mandelson continued.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4441860\/latest-epstein-trove-features-musk-lutnick-steve-tisch-correspondence\/\">LATEST EPSTEIN TROVE FEATURES MUSK, LUTNICK, AND STEVE TISCH CORRESPONDENCE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Starmer is also putting pressure on Mandelson to give up his peerage in the House of Lords. Starmer &ldquo;does not have the power to remove&rdquo; Mandelson&rsquo;s House of Lords membership or title himself, a spokesperson for the PM said in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2026\/feb\/02\/house-of-lords-should-strip-mandelson-of-peerage-says-starmer\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-govt-lockdown-to-last-12-months-expect-repeated-vaccinations\/\" title=\"UK Govt: Lockdown to Last 12+ Months, Expect Repeated Vaccinations\">prime minister<\/a> has asked for this to be urgently looked at. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-k-may-lockdown-due-to-omicron\/\" title=\"U.K. may lockdown due to Omicron\">prime minister believes<\/a> that Peter Mandelson <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2026\/feb\/02\/house-of-lords-should-strip-mandelson-of-peerage-says-starmer\">should not be a member of the&nbsp;House of Lords<\/a>&nbsp;or use the title,&rdquo; Starmer&rsquo;s spokesman said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mandelson quits Labour over Epstein ties<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2562255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26033470028233.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[59959,33117,6522,72597,37154],"class_list":["post-2562254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-epstein-scandal","tag-political-scandal","tag-resignation","tag-uk-labour","tag-uk-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26033470028233.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2562254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2562254"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2562254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2562258,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2562254\/revisions\/2562258"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2562255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2562254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2562254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2562254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}