Sir Keir Starmer says he “never” would have appointed former US ambassador Lord Mandelson if he knew the content of emails sent to sex trafficker Jeffery Epstein.

Speaking to reporters on Monday, the Prime Minister insisted that he did not know the “nature and extent of the relationship” between his former US ambassador and the paedophile financier.

Last week, reports in both The Sun and Bloomberg revealed emails in which Mandelson told Epstein he was “following [Epstein] closely and here whenever you need”.

Calls were made for Mandelson to be axed, after it emerged that he remained friends with Epstein, even after his first indictment for soliciting underage sex.

Mandelson is also reported to have told Epstein to “fight for early release” shortly before he was sentenced to 18 months i

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