Lord Peter Mandelson faced demands to hand back the payoff he received after being sacked as ambassador to the US, a sum which could run into the tens of thousands.The peer was sacked over his relationship with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, but anger in Westminster has intensified after the latest release of documents which indicated he leaked information to his friend while he was a government minister.Allies of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the peer should give the taxpayer-funded handout back or donate it to a victims’ charity.
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