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questioned by MPs Morgan McSweeney, the prime minister’s former chief of staff, has been summoned before the foreign affairs select committee as the Peter Mandelson vetting row continued to undermine Keir Starmer’s premiership
Mandelson have been approached for comment. During Prime Minister's Questions on 10 September 2025, Sir Keir Starmer said three times that "full due process" was followed for the appointment
Questioned by Sky News as to why Mandelson was publicly named as ambassador before vetting had happened, particularly when many controversies about him were already known, Alexander said this was in part because
Mandelson, his vetting and the removal of the most senior civil servant at the Foreign Office, Sir Olly Robbins. It all prompted a one-word question from many of us: how? How could so senior
appoint Lord Mandelson as US ambassador. The House of Commons voted 335 to 223 against a Conservative-led motion which sought to trigger the inquiry. Some Labour MPs on the left of the party said
questions.” The private WhatsApps were shared as part of a tranche of data that MPs voted to release in February relating to Mandelson’s appointment
questions asked and answers given. But will the public be told what the concerns were? And alongside that - why did officials in the Foreign Office make the decision to go ahead with the appointment? Lord
Mandelson’s appointment as ambassador to the US. Photograph: Jeff Overs/BBC/PA The ISC is expected to meet in the coming days, with Little likely to face questions
appointment was a mistake, he would have withdrawn the decision had he known the Foreign Office had overruled security officials’ recommendations not to give the job to Mandelson, whose friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey
Mandelson had failed his vetting, allies say, he would have [blocked the appointment](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/18/starmer-would-have-blocked-mandelson-role-over-vetting-failure-says-lammy). Of course, had he been aware and it had gone ahead, he would be in an even messier predicament
questions on the story of the day, haven't hidden their frustrations as assiduously as they might once have done. The aforementioned Miliband, a former party leader, acknowledged on Sky News that when Lord Mandelson
Questions, her weekly joust with the prime minister. They also believe the party leadership has effectively used Parliamentary procedure, such as forcing the government to publish documents related to Lord Mandelson's appointment
questions continue to swirl Plenty in Westminster knew the Lord Mandelson saga was going to cause the prime minister more grief. But no one, outside a very select few in the bowels of government
Mandelson, who was appointed as the UK's ambassador to the US but sacked seven months into the job. Badenoch said the prime minister had been reduced to "begging" his MPs for their support
Questioned by Emily Thornberry, the committee chair, Little confirmed [evidence from Robbins](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/22/robbins-says-officials-considered-withholding-mandelson-vetting-files-from-parliament?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other) on Tuesday that there had been internal debate about whether to release vetting documents about Mandelson to the Cabinet Office
appointment had already been announced and agreed to by the US. He also noted that Lord Mandelson had already been given access to the Foreign Office building as well as "highly classified briefing
Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) as Washington ambassador from a powerful parliamentary committee. Darren Jones, the chief secretary to the prime minister, told the Commons on Tuesday there were good reasons not to disclose certain information
questioned over associations and appointments, especially involving figures linked to the late billionaire sex offender [Jeffrey Epstein](/news/2026/2/25/how-banks-billionaires-aided-epstein-after-his-2008-conviction), Denis MacShane, former UK Foreign Office minister of state and Labour MP, told Al Jazeera. The premier
appointment without security vetting having been completed and claims that he would have changed his mind had he been told that the vetting process had raised the concerns about Mandelson’s previous conduct of which
questions last Wednesday, Starmer sought to use Robbins’s testimony to dismiss claims Downing Street had put pressure on the FCDO to get Mandelson to Washington as soon as possible. Starmer said: “No pressure existed