"Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle tipped off the Metropolitan Police about Lord Peter Mandelson allegedly planning to flee Britain for the British Virgin Islands, prompting his arrest. The former ambassador to Washington was arrested on Monday on suspicion of misconduct in public office and later released on bail after officers were warned he could leave the UK."
"Lawyers for the former Labour cabinet minister on Tuesday hit back at the motivations behind his arrest and claimed it had come despite an earlier agreement to speak to police voluntarily. His law firm, Mishcon de Reya, said the move came after a baseless suggestion that Lord Mandelson was planning to leave the country and said it had asked the Metropolitan Police for the evidence relied upon to justify the arrest."
Lord Peter Mandelson, a former Labour cabinet minister and ambassador to Washington, was arrested on Monday on suspicion of misconduct in public office after Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle informed the Metropolitan Police that Mandelson allegedly planned to flee Britain for the British Virgin Islands. Mandelson was released on bail following the arrest. His legal representatives at Mishcon de Reya disputed the arrest's justification, claiming it contradicted an earlier agreement for voluntary police cooperation and that the allegation about fleeing the country was baseless. The law firm requested evidence from the Metropolitan Police supporting the arrest decision. Hoyle reportedly received information from a local source during his recent visit to the British Virgin Islands about Mandelson's purported plans.
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