UK PM insists he won’t resign over Mandelson scandal

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer insisted on Wednesday he would not resign, claiming allegations of misleading MPs over his appointment of a party loyalist as UK envoy to Washington had been “put to bed”.
Starmer’s remarks in parliament came as the beleaguered premier faced fresh calls to step down over his admitted error of judgment in appointing veteran former politician Peter Mandelson to the coveted post.
The premier spoke to lawmakers a day after the foreign ministry’s most senior...

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Keir Starmer defies resignation calls