The Dam is going to break - Met police to launch investigation into alleged Mandelson-Epstein email leaks [View all]

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/03/met-police-to-launch-investigation-into-alleged-mandelson-epstein-email-leaks

The Metropolitan police are to formally launch a criminal investigation into allegations that Peter Mandelson leaked Downing Street emails and market sensitive information to the child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the Guardian understands.

Documents from the Epstein files released in recent days appeared to show the then business secretary sent confidential information in a string of emails to the late financier in the aftermath of the financial crash.

They prompted a furious response from across the political spectrum, including Gordon Brown, who was the prime minister at the time of the alleged breaches. MPs reported Mandelson to Scotland Yard for misconduct in public office.

Keir Starmer, who has handed a dossier to the police, told a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday morning he was appalled by the reported leaks. He has asked officials to draft legislation to strip Mandelson of his peerage “as quickly as possible”.