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Starmer tells MPs Foreign Office has been stripped of power to overrule vetting

details, I want to be very clear with this house that while this statement will focus on the process surrounding Peter Mandelson’s vetting

Starmer faces Commons showdown over Mandelson vetting scandal

process had been followed. The prime minister will set out the facts on Mandelson’s security vetting after he instructed officials to urgently establish them when he was finally informed about the decision last Tuesday

Officials deliberately withheld Mandelson vetting result from me, Starmer says

details of the vetting, which are highly intrusive and personal, as this would undermine the process. He is due to give evidence to the Commons Foreign Affairs Commitee on Tuesday morning. Labour MP Dame Emily

Ed Miliband says he and Lammy feared Mandelson appointment could ‘blow up’

details of the vetting process to ministers, and by ensuring Mandelson could be appointed, which was then the express desire of No 10. Miliband told Sky News on Tuesday both he and Lammy were worried

What Starmer said, and didn’t say, in the Commons about the Mandelson saga

detailed timeline of events leading up to [Peter Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) being refused security vetting and how the message was not passed to No 10. Here’s what his statement did tell

Starmer could have been told about Mandelson’s vetting failure, claims No 10 with release of briefing paper – UK politics live

Peter Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) in effect failing security vetting for his appointment as ambassador to the US, despite Starmer repeatedly everyone that he was cleared, Labour MPs have not been calling his resignation

Ministers urged to share Mandelson vetting files with intelligence committee

details of Mandelson’s developed vetting process. As the Guardian [revealed last week](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/16/revealed-mandelson-failed-vetting-but-foreign-office-overruled-decision), United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) decided that Mandelson should be denied clearance but that advice was overruled

Starmer would have blocked Mandelson role over vetting failure, says Lammy

detail of vetting, so I would remember if this had ever been raised with me.” Robbins received the vetting outcome after Starmer had already announced Mandelson’s appointment and, despite a separate due diligence process

Why Starmer still can't move on from the Mandelson mess

Peter Mandelson's links with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein before giving him the job. Those warnings were in the first government report that checked out the Labour peer's background, produced

Senior official ousted over Mandelson security row to face MPs

Peter Mandelson was granted a security clearance despite concerns raised during the vetting process is expected to face questions from MPs on Tuesday. Sir Olly Robbins will be grilled by the Foreign Affairs Committee over

Olly Robbins’ account of Mandelson vetting piles pressure on Starmer

Peter Mandelson as Washington ambassador despite the concerns of vetting officials. Olly Robbins, the former top official at the Foreign Office, said No 10 took a “dismissive” attitude to vetting, and Mandelson was given access

Cabinet secretary apparently advised Starmer to wait for vetting before appointing Mandelson

Peter Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) before announcing an appointment, documents reveal. The documents released last month by the Cabinet Office as part of the disclosures over the US ambassadorial appointment also show Mandelson was offered

Starmer rejects calls to quit as pressure mounts over Mandelson vetting

Peter Mandelson to the role,” and that the Foreign Office ignored it. He said that was “astonishing”, but within the rules. He said no government minister had been told of the security assessment, carried

What is Developed Vetting security clearance at centre of Mandelson row?

Peter Mandelson was granted a security clearance by the Foreign Office against the recommendation of the government's vetting agency when he was made US ambassador. The government is under intense pressure to explain

UK PM Starmer admits Mandelson mistake, rejects resignation calls

Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington, but rejected mounting calls to resign. Starmer told the UK Parliament on Monday that, while the appointment was a mistake, he would have withdrawn the decision had he known

Foreign secretary concerned ministers not told of Mandelson vetting fears sooner

Peter Mandelson had not passed the vetting, he would never, ever have appointed him ambassador," he said. Lammy, who was foreign secretary at the time, added that neither he nor his advisers had been told

UK’s Starmer under fire over report Mandelson failed security vetting

Peter Mandelson](/news/2026/4/2/mandelson-tried-to-get-epsteins-goddaughter-access-to-10-downing-street) failed security vetting but was cleared to take on the role by foreign ministry officials. A government spokesperson denied on Thursday that Starmer had any knowledge of the Foreign Office overriding

Starmer accused of 'skulking' and shunning Sarwar in Scotland

details of it. "It seems strange that a Labour prime minister comes to Scotland during an election campaign and doesn't appear to be campaigning with the Labour Party. "It's almost

Five things we learned from Cat Little’s evidence to MPs about the Mandelson saga

Peter Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) scandal, Cat Little, the head civil servant in the Cabinet Office, was low key and often cautious. But she did reveal several pieces of new information – or at times information

How Olly Robbins’ knightly charm glossed over burning questions on Mandelson vetting

Peter Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) developed vetting clearance, and not tell Starmer he had done so against the advice of the official vetting agency. The former BBC journalist Jon Sopel declared while watching the evidence