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ambassador, the Guardian can reveal. Any such decision could amount to an extraordinary breach of a parliamentary vote which ordered the release of “all papers” relevant to Mandelson’s appointment. The Guardian has revealed that
ambassador, who was sacked after new revelations about his friendship with convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “I don’t like the way he operates, it’s always all about Peter
ambassador to Washington. The prime minister said he was “furious” about what had happened, as he insisted he had not known that security officials had initially recommended that Mandelson be denied clearance. Speaking on Friday
role of ambassador in Washington, appeared before the foreign affairs select committee, as many a civil servant embroiled in a crisis has in the past. How was it that Mandelson took up the job, given
sacked by Keir Starmer has given a devastating account of his government, saying Downing Street put [huge pressure on the civil service](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/21/olly-robbins-peter-mandelson-vetting-keir-starmer) to approve the appointment of Peter Mandelson as Washington ambassador
sacked as US ambassador, that "full due process" had been followed during his appointment. The Conservatives say Sir Keir misled the Commons and had therefore broken the ministerial code. The prime minister denies this, saying
sacked. "Sir Olly Robbins could not have been clearer in his evidence yesterday," [the prime minister said at PMQs](https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2026-04-22/debates/20592A55-C195-4ADC-B2E4-9E7D01E230CA/Engagements). "He said that 'I didn't feel under… pressure personally in terms
ambassador to Washington. But despite [running to about 1,500 pages](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/01/what-is-new-peter-mandelson-documents), some [crucial documents were withheld](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/01/documents-missing-new-release-mandelson-files), and MPs said many questions still remained unanswered. The documents also revealed
role of US ambassador. While it united opposition parties including the Liberal Democrats, SNP, Reform and others, there will have been relief in the government that Labour figures such as Angela Rayner opted to keep
role, one of Keir Starmer’s senior ministers has said before the prime minister’s statement to MPs about the scandal. With Starmer aiming to [explain to the Commons](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/19/starmer-faces-commons-showdown-over-mandelson-vetting-scandal) on Monday afternoon
sacked by the prime minister last year for misleading him over the depth of his friendship with the late child sex offender financier Jeffrey Epstein. Turner told the students it was “extraordinary” that the scandal
ambassador to Washington, Ed Davey has said. The Liberal Democrat leader called for the prime minister to be investigated by the privileges committee to determine whether he committed contempt of parliament, an offence that
ambassador to the US two months earlier, after the disclosure of Jeffrey Epstein’s emails. MPs on the cross-party foreign affairs select committee were grilling the most senior civil servants involved in Mandelson
ambassador to Washington continues. Karl Turner, who lost the [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) whip last month [after making a series of interventions](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/31/karl-turner-labour-whip-suspended) criticising Starmer and No 10, has written to the speaker
ambassador to the US are being "withheld" from MPs, the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) has said. Lord Beamish, chair of the committee tasked with reviewing the documents, said Lord Mandelson's vetting file
ambassador followed "full due process" and his assertion that "no pressure whatsoever" was applied to officials at the Foreign Office. Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch tabled a motion which sought to have
ambassador [Peter Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) had not passed UK security vetting. There is strong support for Robbins within Whitehall, with senior civil servants said to believe he was in effect sacked for doing what
ambassador to the US, and the subsequent sacking of senior civil servant, Sir Olly Robbins, in a row over security vetting. So the question being asked around Westminster is not 'should there be a Labour