Former FCDO chief tells MPs of his concern over Mandelson’s Epstein links

The former Foreign Office chief Philip Barton has said he had concerns that Peter Mandelson's links to Jeffrey Epstein could have been a 'potentially difficult' issue, but that he wasn't consulted at the time. The former permanent secretary at the Foreign Office, giving evidence to the Commons foreign affairs committee, insisted that he was not told of Mandelson's appointment until the decision had already been made UK politics live