Prime Minister Keir Starmer says former envoy Peter Mandelson should no longer hold his seat in the upper house of parliament.

British police announced they were examining allegations of misconduct in public office following revelations that London’s former ambassador to Washington leaked confidential government information to the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The Metropolitan Police announcement on Monday came after US authorities released investigative documents that revealed Peter Mandelson shared government schemes with Epstein while he was a British minister.

Mandelson, who served as business secretary under former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, told Epstein about the asset sales and tax reforms London was considering in 2009, as well as the 2010 €500 billion ($590 billion) single currency bailout, according to emails released by the Justice Department on Friday.

Metropolitan Police Commander Ella Marriott said in a statement: “Following this announcement and subsequent media reports, the Metropolitan Police received a number of reports of alleged misconduct in public office. All of these reports will be reviewed to determine whether they meet the criminal threshold for investigation.”

Marriott added: “As with any issue, if new relevant information comes to our attention, we will evaluate it and conduct an appropriate investigation.”

The Metropolitan Police did not name Mandelson, but ahead of his statement, the leader of the pro-independence Scottish National Party said he had written to the police chief urging him to investigate the former ambassador for alleged misconduct in public office.

Earlier on Monday, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced an investigation into Mandelson’s ties to Epstein.

Last year, Starmer sacked Mandelson as London’s top diplomat in Washington after letters emerged detailing Mandelson’s ties to Epstein. Starmer also said the former minister should lose his lifetime appointment in the UK’s House of Lords.

Mandelson resigned from the ruling Labor Party on Sunday, citing a desire to avoid further embarrassment to colleagues. Mandelson helped Labor regain electoral dominance in the 1990s.

There was further fallout in the UK on Monday when the charity started by Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s ex-wife Sarah Ferguson announced it would close “for the foreseeable future” following revelations about her alleged ties to Epstein.

“Our chair Sarah Ferguson and the board of directors have agreed that the charity will unfortunately close soon for the foreseeable future,” a spokesperson said in a statement, without elaborating on the reasons for the closure.

Separately, the U.S. Justice Department said on Monday it had removed thousands of documents related to Epstein from the internet after lawyers representing some of his alleged victims said their identities had been exposed due to insufficient redactions in newly released documents.