Could Peter Mandelson end up in jail?
The News Agents
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🗓️ 2 February 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Peter Mandelson has resigned from the Labour party and insists he "doesn’t recall" receiving tens of thousands of pounds from Jeffrey Epstein but has now called for "an investigation...by me“ to check.
What was he doing lobbying for the paedophile billionaire from the heart of government? And what retribution if any should he now face? Keir Starmer has called for his peerage to be removed. But is Keir the only person who can actually make it happen?
Later we hear from tax expert Dan Neidle on whether criminal charges could be brought. And what do the 3 million strong Epstein files tell us more widely about who was at the heart of this global power network - where corruption, paedophilia , and cover-up flourished?
Since recording, the SNP and Reform have reported Peter Mandelson to the police over allegations he released confidential government documents to Epstein whilst in public office. The Lib Dems and Plaid Cymru have also demanded the police investigate.
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK commercial banking, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:09.0 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:12.5 | I found him. Did I like him? Yes, I liked his humour, his graciousness. I liked his directness. |
| 0:24.6 | You knew exactly what he was thinking and where you stood and what he wanted and how he was proposing to engage with you. Did I like all his language? No, I didn't. |
| 0:33.7 | Did he make me gasp sometimes in some of the things he said? Of course. But at the end of the day, |
| 0:40.5 | President Trump is an extraordinary risk taker. Takes one to no one. That's Peter Mandelson, |
| 0:48.7 | less than a month ago, believing that he was now being rehabilitated by sections of the British media, |
| 0:56.0 | believing that he could now be back on the airwaves discussing characters, policy, analysis of Trump, |
| 1:03.4 | not realising what was yet to come. |
| 1:07.2 | Peter Manelson will no longer be called upon to offer that analysis. |
| 1:11.6 | Instead, he is facing accusations of corruption, of receiving payments from Jeffrey Epstein |
| 1:18.6 | at roughly the same time that he was trying to influence British government policy as the |
| 1:24.6 | de facto deputy prime minister. |
| 1:30.9 | Might he now face even criminal sanction? |
| 1:32.9 | Welcome to the newsagents. |
| 1:38.8 | The newsagents. |
| 1:39.8 | It's Emily. |
| 1:40.4 | It's Lewis. |
| 1:41.4 | And it's John. |
| 1:46.4 | Not quite in the same hemisphere as YouTube. But the story of Mandelson is extraordinary. He has been telling friends that the only reason he resigned or was |
| 1:54.5 | sacked. He says he was sacked. He makes no bones about that was because Downing Street |
| 2:00.3 | panicked. And he he says they knew everything |
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