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Baroness Harman said Lord Mandelson had “tainted” politics following accusations that he leaked sensitive government information to pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Baroness Harman, who was leader of the House of Commons and deputy leader of the Labor Party when Lord Mandelson was business secretary, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “The terrible thing about what Peter Mandelson did is that people get the feeling that politicians are all the same, that we’re all in it for ourselves, we’re all in it for the money.”

“That is not the case, but what Peter Mandelson has done is to tarnish not just this Government but politics as a whole. I am sure that the Government has absolutely no doubt as to the seriousness of this and will take action and Peter Mandelson will be held accountable.”