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undefined | Mandelson faces £300 fine for urinating in street

Lord Peter Mandelson is facing a fixed‑penalty notice of up to £300 for publicly urinating on a Notting Hill street in November, but Kensington and Chelsea Council says it cannot send the notice because it has no current address for him. The council confirmed that street‑enforcement officers were not present at the time of the incident, so no fine was issued on the spot, but it is now looking to issue a penalty that would be reduced to £150 if paid within two weeks.

Mandelson, a former business secretary and a key architect of the New Labour era that saw Tony Blair’s 1997 landslide, was appointed UK ambassador to Washington in December 2024 by Prime Minister Keir Starmer. He was removed from that post in September 2025 after Downing Street disclosed new information about the depth of his relationship with the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, a connection that has haunted his political career.

The former minister was arrested at his London home in late February as part of a police investigation into whether he leaked market‑sensitive government information to Epstein and committed misconduct in public office. The BBC has sought a comment from Mandelson, while the council continues its attempts to serve the anticipated fine.