UK PM's top aide quits in scandal over Mandelson links to Epstein

"After careful reflection, I have decided to resign from the government. The decision to appoint Peter Mandelson was wrong. He has damaged our party, our country and trust in politics itself," Morgan McSweeney, Downing Street's chief of staff, said in a statement. "I advised the Prime Minister to make that appointment and I take full responsibility for that advice," he added. The resignation came as the foreign ministry said it was reviewing an exit payment to Mandelson, who was sacked by the Labour...