Peter Mandelson will be stripped of peerage under major new law after Commons recess
Government
A new law to strip Peter Mandelson of his peerage title will be brought forward after the Commons recess, a minister has said. Lord Mandelson - who is subject to a Met Police investigation - resigned from the House of Lords last week amid the scandal over his ties to the billionaire peadophile Jeffrey Epstein . But under current rules, the Labour veteran retains his peerage title. Facing pressure over Lord Mandelson's appointment as the UK's ambassador to Washington - a decision that has rocked
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