UK PM’s chief of staff resigns over Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador despite Epstein links

By Caitlin Danaher, James Frater, CNN London (CNN) — The chief of staff to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer resigned on Sunday over the scandal around Peter Mandelson’s appointment as UK ambassador to the US, despite his links to disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “The decision to appoint Peter Mandelson was wrong.