The arrest of Lord Mandelson on suspicion of misconduct in public office dominates Tuesday’s papers. The Daily Telegraph leads a photo of the former ambassador to the US being led away from his London home by police officers. The paper calls his arrest “a fresh blow” to Sir Keir Starmer and comes after police launched an investigation earlier this month over allegations that, while serving as business secretary, he passed sensitive government information to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Mandelson has not publicly commented in recent weeks on the Epstein files, but it is understood that his position is he has not acted in any way criminally and that he was not motivated by financial gain.
