The Met are investigating allegations of misconduct in public office after emails appeared to show conversations between the ex-cabinet minister and paedophile financier about political matters, while the former was serving as business secretary in Gordon Brown's government back in 2009.

Ella Marriott, commander of the Met, said: "The reports will all be reviewed to determine if they meet the criminal threshold for investigation."

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The messages were revealed as part of the latest tranche of Epstein files released by the US Justice Department.

Sir Keir, who sacked Mandelson as the government's Washington ambassador last year over his ties to the billionaire, has called on Lord Mandelson to quit the House of Lords and testify to an inquiry by the US Congress.

The prime minister has suggested Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor should also give evidence.

Late last night, it was announced Bill and Hillary Clinton had agreed to testify. They hope doing so will set "a precedent that applies to everyone", the former president's deputy chief of staff said.

Being named in the Epstein files is not a sign of wrongdoing, and Lord Mandelson, Mr Mountbatten-Windsor and the Clintons have all expressed regret about their past ties to the paedophile.

Lord Mandelson has not responded to the latest allegations. However, in an interview with The Times carried out last week but published on Monday, he referred to a "handful of misguided historical emails, which I deeply regret sending", and described Epstein as "muck that you can't get off your shoe".

What are the latest Mandelson claims?

In the latest tranche of Epstein files released by the US Justice Department, emails appear to show Lord Mandelson giving Epstein advance notice of a €500bn EU bank bailout in 2010.

Mandelson was emailed by Epstein, who wrote: "Sources tell me 500 b euro bailout , almost complete (sic)."

He then appears to reply: "Sd be announced tonight".

Epstein then asks if he is home, to which Mandleson replies: "Just leaving No10... will call".

The €500bn deal was approved the next day by European governments as they tried to pull the currency through the 2010 "Eurozone" crisis - where countries such as Greece, Portugal, Ireland, and Cyprus were unable to repay or refinance their government debt.

The UK did not contribute to the bailout. However, the then chancellor Alistair Darling was present in Brussels for the negotiations.

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Other emails appear to show Lord Mandelson telling Epstein he was "trying hard" to change government policy on bankers' bonuses at his request, months after the convicted sex trafficker had paid tens of thousands of pounds to the peer's husband.

The emails came at the time the so-called "super tax" was being introduced by Mr Darling to clamp down on bank profits being used to pay large bonuses for bankers after the financial crisis.

One discussion indicates Lord Mandelson encouraged JP Morgan's boss Jamie Dimon to call Mr Darling and "mildly threaten" him.

Separately, the peer also appeared to write to Epstein in June 2009 about an "interesting note that's gone to the PM", forwarding an assessment by Mr Brown's adviser Nick Butler of potential policy measures including an "asset sales plan".

Mr Brown condemned the "wholly unacceptable disclosure of government papers and information during the period when the country was battling the global financial crisis", and said he had asked the Cabinet Office to investigate.

Pressure over peerage

Sir Keir Starmer has asked Cabinet Secretary Sir Chris Wormald - the UK's most senior civil servant - to "urgently" review all available information on contact between Lord Mandelson and Epstein.

The prime minister's spokesperson also said Sir Keir believed Lord Mandelson "should not be a member of the House of Lords or use the title".

However, the government does not have the power to strip him of his peerage, and wants to work with the Lords to modernise disciplinary procedures to make it easier to remove disgraced peers.

Darren Jones, chief secretary to the prime minister, said the government was writing to the appropriate authorities to start the process.

Sky News has approached representatives for Lord Mandelson for comment on the leaking of sensitive information claims.

In a statement about previous allegations, he said: "I was wrong to believe Epstein following his conviction, and to continue my association with him afterwards. I apologise unequivocally for doing so to the women and girls who suffered."

What else have the files revealed?

Lord Mandelson was sacked as the ambassador to Washington last year after details emerged of his continued contact with the financier after Epstein's guilty plea in 2008 to soliciting prostitution and soliciting a minor.

In files released over the weekend, bank statements from 2003 and 2004 appeared to show Lord Mandelson received payments totalling $75,000 (£54,000) from the financier, while he was the MP for Hartlepool.

Epstein is also said to have paid for an osteopathy course for Lord Mandelson's husband in 2009.

Lord Mandelson resigned his membership of the Labour Party on Sunday night. He denied any record or recollection of the payments, but said he did "not wish to cause further embarrassment to the Labour Party".

The New Labour grandee has also appeared in a picture found in the files wearing only his underwear and a t-shirt, which Sky News has confirmed was taken in Epstein's Paris flat.

A spokesperson for Lord Mandelson previously told Sky News: "No one can say who or where the photo was taken. Lord Mandelson has absolutely no idea or indeed whether it has any connection to Epstein at all."

A spokesman for Sarah's Trust said: "Our chair Sarah Ferguson and the board of trustees have agreed that with regret the charity will shortly close for the foreseeable future."

"This has been under discussion and in train for some months," they added.

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The spokesman said "we remain extremely proud of the work of the trust over recent years", including delivering aid during the pandemic and to those impacted by the war in Ukraine.

It comes as the release of more of the Epstein files last Friday revealed further the extent of the former duchess's relationship with the deceased billionaire.

More emails to Epstein from a sender believed to be Ms Ferguson emerged on Monday - including two from 2010.

'I am at your service. Just marry me.'

On the evening of 30 January 2010, an account called "Sarah" told Epstein he was a "legend" and added: "I really don't have the words to describe, my love, gratitude for your generosity and kindness.

"I am at your service. Just marry me."

Sky News believes the sender was the former duchess. There is no indication as to what the email was in response to, or any further context around the message.

In another email in September 2010, a user called "Ferg" - which Sky News also believes to be Ms Ferguson - asked Epstein when he was going to "employ" her.

The financier, who was found dead in a New York jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, replies that he will visit London in the coming weeks to "talk about it", adding: "I have never let you down."

"Ferg" responds: "Nor I you.. And bever [sic] will. My friendship is steadfast to the end, even after the body is cold .. Love you now and always.. And I know you do tooo .."

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In a 2011 interview, Ms Ferguson said: "I would never have anything to do with Jeffrey Epstein ever again. I abhor paedophilia and any sexual abuse of children. It was a gigantic error of judgment."

That came three years after Epstein's guilty plea in 2008 to soliciting prostitution, including with a minor.

Being named in the Epstein files is not a sign of wrongdoing.

Peter is 69 and is obese, the legacy of a life spent drinking, smoking and never doing any exercise.

A labourer since leaving school at 14, Peter is now in training for his life.

Four weeks ago, he was diagnosed with stage three bowel cancer and will need surgery.

But first he must undergo a punishing training schedule to prepare his body for the operation, training four or five times a week.

It will cut the risk of complications from surgery from 35% to below 20%.

The intervention is part of an advanced approach to treatment that has made Denmark a world beater in cancer care.

Some 25 years ago, Denmark was languishing at the bottom of nearly all the league tables for cancer survival rates - and was joined in its low ranking by the UK.

But then Denmark decided to act by introducing its first national cancer plan. It has had four more since then, making it five in 25 years. Each plan builds on the success of the last by identifying further areas for improvement in cancer care.

The introduction of AI modelling using tens of thousands of previous cancer patient records to identify patients like Peter is an example of this strategy.

Like the NHS, Denmark provides state-funded healthcare which is free at the point of use.

But long waits are rare, and its cancer survival rates keep on improving.

The country now has almost five times the number of CT scanners per million people than the UK does and 99% of cancer patients begin treatment within four weeks of their initial referral.

Denmark's plan in action

Signe Damgaard knows exactly how efficient Denmark's cancer treatment can be. It saved her life.

She was just a few months into a new relationship when she was diagnosed with advanced cervical cancer.

Just days after her diagnosis, Signe was fast-tracked onto her cancer pathway.

"In one week, I went to one doctor," she says. "The next week I was in surgery and after that, the doctor said 'it has spread'. You need chemo, and you need radiation as well."

The treatment ended any hope of having children. Signe's uterus, ovaries and fallopian tubes had to be removed. But she is grateful to be alive with her partner Peter still by her side.

Denmark's Kraeftplan I (National Cancer Plan I) was introduced in 2000.

Its second plan was not yet under way when Signe had her cancer diagnosis and treatment in 2009.

Signe says if she has one criticism of her treatment, it was the lack of support for her when her treatment finally ended. Denmark's most recent cancer plan addresses exactly this issue.

Consultant oncologist Dr Lena Saltbaek runs a "survivorship" clinic outside Copenhagen.

She leads an interdisciplinary team including oncologists, nurses, psychologists, and therapists to look at "what happens after the cancer journey".

"Each treatment can give certain late side effects," she says.

"So we often see patients who have fatigue, they have chronic pain, they have cognitive impairment, sleep disorders, maybe fear of cancer recurrence. Many have problems getting back to the labour market if they are still on the labour market when they have their cancer diagnosis."

The UK's declining care

While Denmark is looking at what happens to its cancer survivors after they end successful treatment, the UK is still struggling to speed up diagnoses and treatment.

The NHS is nowhere near its Danish counterpart in delivering timely and effective cancer care.

In November 2025, almost 30% of cancer patients on the NHS waited more than two months to start treatment for cancer after an urgent GP referral. That's twice as many as the 15% target.

And it's a trend that has been getting worse.

In 2014/15, the figure was 16.6%, in 2018/19 it was 20.9%.

Four years ago, at just 40 years old, Claire Wraight's life came to a stop.

She was about to attend an appointment to examine a lump on her breast. But like so many people who will stop themselves presenting early for an examination, Claire thought she "would be wasting" her doctor's time and would be considered a "hypochondriac".

She was right to attend. Claire's lump turned out to be grade 2 breast cancer, and she underwent surgery to have it removed. She thought she had been lucky because at two centimetres it was relatively small.

But 12 months later Claire suspected something was wrong. She had further tests and her worst fears came true.

Paramedics knocked on her door at 7am to tell her she had to go to A&E.

"I was on a drip for several days because my calcium levels had shot up so high," she says. "I was in a really bad way.

"They admitted me to the cancer ward while I was there…so alarm bells were ringing in my mind."

Claire's cancer had returned with devastating effect. It had spread to her liver and her bones, into her spine and pelvis.

It was now considered treatable but incurable.

She has been given between three and five years to live.

"I didn't even know if I was going to make it out of hospital," Claire says. "It was very traumatic, it was very terrifying, it was scary."

That fear is still present. Claire has to manage her anxiety, especially while waiting for scan results.

"You're just hoping for the best and I think, you know, living for every three months, I mean it sounds maybe a bit dramatic, but you don't know if you're still going to be alive".

The moonshot that cannot fail

On Wednesday, England's long overdue and much needed cancer plan will be published.

It's impossible to know if Claire would have had a better chance under Danish system.

But tens of thousands of other Danish patients have certainly benefited. Their data for survival rates proves it.

Jasper Fisker, the chief executive of the Danish Cancer Society, says the UK needs to think more long term with its strategy.

"This is not going to happen over five, six, seven years," he says.

"Maybe you can detect progress pretty fast, but overall, the major solution, the final solution will come maybe in 20 years."

The UK government has a successful cancer plan blueprint to follow. The Danes have been continually improving their cancer plan for 25 years.

NHS England can learn and apply almost all of those lessons from five plans into one right from the start.

Cancer has no single cure. But advancements in science mean people with the disease can live longer, more fulfilling lives.

But only if they are given the chance.

The Danes say this cancer plan is our moonshot. A once in a generation opportunity to get cancer care right.

It simply cannot afford to fail.

A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: "Denmark has transformed cancer outcomes through successive national plans, and Health Minister Karin Smyth's visit last year gave us valuable insights into their approach.

"Our National Cancer Plan will speed up diagnoses and deliver cutting edge treatments to the NHS frontline."

Marius Borg Hoiby, 29, the son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit, was detained on Sunday on suspicion of causing bodily harm, wielding a knife and violating a restraining order.

Following the latest accusations, police said that they would seek permission from a judge to keep Hoiby in their custody for the next four weeks.

Hoiby, the stepson of Crown Prince Haakon, was free but awaiting trial on four counts of rape, as well as domestic violence, assault and drug possession, among other crimes.

He could face charges from the latest allegations on top of the 38 counts he already faces. They include rape, abuse in a close relationship against one former partner, acts of violence against another and transporting 3.5kg (7.7lbs) of cannabis, as well as making death threats and traffic violations.

He's due to face those counts at an Oslo court today.

His lawyer has declined to comment on the new accusations.

Hoiby does not admit criminal guilt for the charges of rape and domestic violence, but has admitted to some lesser crimes, and plans to give a detailed explanation in court, his lawyer previously said.

His trial is due to last until 19 March.

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Hoiby has been under scrutiny since 2024, when police named him as a suspect of physical assault against a woman with whom he had been in a relationship.

In a statement to the media at the time, Hoiby admitted to causing bodily harm to the woman while he was under the influence of cocaine and alcohol, and to damaging her apartment, saying he regretted his acts.

Hoiby is the son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit from a previous relationship, and the stepson of the heir to the Norwegian throne, Crown Prince Haakon.

He is outside the line of royal succession, and has no title.

Last week, the crown prince said the royal house does not intend to comment during the proceedings.

The trial is opening just as Hoiby's mother faces renewed scrutiny over her contacts with Jeffrey Epstein following the latest release of documents in the US.

Harvey, 15, was stabbed outside the canteen at All Saints Catholic High School in Sheffield last year by a fellow pupil.

On the one-year anniversary of their son's death, Mark and Caroline Willgoose say they have been "devastated" by a new report into "chances missed" by Harvey's school to assess the risk his killer posed.

Mohammed Umar Khan, also 15 at the time of the attack, had brought a 13cm hunting knife into school on the day he fatally stabbed Harvey.

He was sentenced to life with a minimum of 16 years in prison following a trial at Sheffield Crown Court.

'Harvey deserved better'

But an independent review, commissioned by the school itself, revealed school failures in the months leading up to Harvey's murder, including:

Speaking at a news conference in Sheffield, Harvey's mother Caroline Willgoose said: "Reading the findings of this report has been devastating.

"To see in black and white the chances there were to step in, the signs that were missed and how many opportunities there were to protect my boy is something I'll carry with me for the rest of my life.

"Harvey deserved better."

'No other family' should go through this

Mark Willgoose said they have had "no apology" from the school, following the publication of the report.

"We would like one," Ms Willgoose added.

The report has only been shared in abbreviated form with the media, but a full copy has been shared with Harvey's family.

They called on the school's trust, St Clare Catholic Multi Academy Trust, to publish the report in full for "transparency" and so lessons can be learned by them and all schools.

Ms Willgoose said: "No other family should have to sit in court listening to how their child was killed, or have to read a report that lays bare how their child could have been better protected."

School has introduced 'robust measures'

Sky News contacted St Clare Catholic Multi Academy Trust for comment.

In a statement, chief executive Steve Davies said: "Harvey's death was a profound tragedy for our community and our thoughts remain with his family.

"It is clear that the report identifies areas for improvement, including in relation to our processes, information-sharing, and training."

He added the school had "already implemented a number of robust measures over the last year".

The report also outlined 10 recommendations, including mandatory record-sharing at the outset of any pupil school move, a clear weapons-response policy and national guidance on how schools respond to knife possession and reports of knife possession.

A Department for Education spokesperson told Sky News it will "reflect on the report findings".

It encouraged "all schools to do the same".