LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s chief of staff resigned Sunday over the furor surrounding the appointment of Peter Mandelson as the U.K. ambassador to the U.S. despite his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

Morgan McSweeney said the decision to appoint Mandelson as ambassador to the U.S. in 2024 was “wrong” that he takes “full responsibility” for advising Starmer to do so.