The Met police has launched a criminal probe into Peter Mandelson as the scandal engulfing the Labour veteran over the Jeffrey Epstein files intensified. It came just hours after Keir Starmer handed a dossier of evidence to police amid allegations Lord Mandelson, 72, passed market-sensitive information to the billionaire predator. The Prime Minister earlier said the former Ambassador had let the country down - as he finally resigned from the House of Lords amid massive political pressure. No10