Departure will be huge blow for No 10 as it prepares state visit for the US president

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Sir Keir Starmer has sacked Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the United States, Foreign Office minister Stephen Doughty has told MPs.

His departure will be a huge blow for No 10 as it prepares a state visit for the US president, Donald Trump, who is also facing his own questions about his friendship with Epstein.