The Conservative Party has written to Sir Keir Starmer demanding answers about what Downing Street knew about Lord Peter Mandelson’s links to Jeffrey Epstein and when.

They also called for the Prime Minister to release documents relating to his appointment as ambassador to Washington and correspondence that shows how his Downing Street operation reacted when alerted to the emails obtained by Bloomberg “without delay”.

The Labour grandee was sacked on Thursday over emails that showed he sent supportive messages even as Epstein faced jail for sex offences.

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch accused Starmer at the weekend of lying over what he knew and said he had “very serious questions to answer”.

She was referring to reporting that Downing Street was aware of the emails on Tuesday, two d

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