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Gordon Brown contacts Met Police after alleged Mandelson leaks to Epstein

Mandelson to step down from House of Lords amid Epstein revelations
  • Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has written to Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley.
  • The letter provides information relevant to an investigation into Lord Mandelson's alleged disclosure of market-sensitive government information to Jeffrey Epstein.
  • Brown described Mandelson's alleged actions as "inexcusable and unpatriotic," occurring during the global financial crisis.
  • He included correspondence from 2025 and 2026 between himself and the Cabinet Secretary, which sought to investigate the veracity of information in the Epstein papers.
  • The Cabinet Secretary's 2026 response stated that "no records of information or correspondence from Lord Mandelson’s mailbox" could be found regarding the allegations.
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