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Mandelson vetting failure. ## Cartoon of the day | Ben Jennings  Illustration: Ben Jennings/The Guardian ## The Upside *A bit of good news
Mandelson’s** appointment if he had known the peer had failed security vetting. Speaking to Trevor Phillips on Sky News on Sunday, the science and technology said **Keir Starmer** was a “man of integrity
Keir Starmer is facing “judgment day” according to senior government figures over the failure in Peter Mandelson’s vetting process. The prime minister has said that was “staggered” and “furious” to have not been told
Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer), when he was dismissed from his role on Thursday. Robbins was sacked hours after the Guardian revealed that Peter Mandelson [failed his security vetting](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/17/keir-starmer-kept-in-dark-peter-mandelson-vetting-two-top-civil-servants) in January
failure? Good morning. Today the prime minister will face parliament in the wake of the [Guardian’s exclusive revelation](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/16/revealed-mandelson-failed-vetting-but-foreign-office-overruled-decision) that during the process of appointing Peter Mandelson as ambassador
Starmer is facing calls to resign from opposition parties and is due to answer questions on the scandal in Parliament on Monday. The Foreign Office's top civil servant Sir Olly Robbins, who was sacked
failure, says Lammy Keir Starmer would have blocked Peter Mandelson from serving as the UK’s ambassador to Washington had he known he failed [security vetting](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/17/what-happens-security-vetting-peter-mandelson), David Lammy has said