New Delhi, Feb. 10 -- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed Monday to fight for his job as revelations about the relationship between the former U.K. ambassador to Washington and Jeffrey Epstein spiraled into a full-blown crisis for his 19-month-old government.

The prime minister's authority over his own Labour Party has been battered by fallout from the publication of files related to Epstein - a man he never met and whose sexual misconduct has not implicated Starmer.

Some lawmakers in Starmer's center-left party have called on him to resign for his judgment in appointing Peter Mandelson to the high-profile diplomatic post in 2024 despite his ties to the convicted sex offender. The leader of the Labour Party in Scotland, Anas Sarwa...