Former Labour minister Peter Mandelson is facing a fixed-penalty notice after being photographed urinating in public outside the London home of former chancellor George Osborne in November 2024. The incident occurred shortly after Mandelson was sacked as UK ambassador to the US over his ties to convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has indicated it intends to issue a £300 fine, reduced to £150 if paid within 14 days. However, five months on, officials have yet to serve the notice as they are still trying to locate Mandelson's address.
Mandelson had visited Osborne for dinner, arriving at the £10m property with a bottle of Chilean wine. He was seen urinating around 11pm, and later offered 'profuse apologies', telling the Daily Mail: 'There is no disguising my embarrassment.' In a subsequent interview with the Times, he blamed Uber for the incident, saying two cars cancelled on him, leaving him 'bursting for a pee'.
The former business secretary has also been under scrutiny following the release of Epstein case files, which suggested he passed confidential government information to Epstein during the 2008 financial crisis. Mandelson was arrested in February 2025 on suspicion of leaking Downing Street emails and market-sensitive information, but was released without charge after police decided he was not a flight risk. He has denied any wrongdoing.
