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Call for vote on inquiry into claims Starmer lied over Mandelson dismissed by Labour grandees – UK politics live

Keir Starmer lied to MPs in statements he made to them about the vetting of Peter Mandelson

Starmer faces Commons showdown over Mandelson vetting scandal

Mandelson vetting scandal Keir Starmer will deliver a high-stakes statement to MPs on Monday as he struggles to overcome fears inside his government that the [Peter

Monday briefing: How is it possible the prime minister didn’t know about Mandelson’s vetting failure?

Keir Starmer will deliver a [high-stakes statement to MPs on Monday](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/19/starmer-faces-commons-showdown-over-mandelson-vetting-scandal) setting out how Peter Mandelson

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

Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) makes his statement to MPs about claims that the misled the Commons, and the public, about the vetting process carried out when Peter Mandelson

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

Peter Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) scandal, Keir Starmer has told MPs, as he sought to set out his side of events in a politically crucial statement

Naming Mandelson as ambassador before vetting was mistake, minister says

Peter Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) as the UK’s ambassador to the US before he was security vetted for the role, one of Keir Starmer’s senior ministers has said before the prime minister

Ministers rally around Keir Starmer as leadership questions grow over Mandelson saga – UK politics live

Peter 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

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

Keir Starmer has laid out a 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

How safe is Starmer’s premiership after his Mandelson vetting statement to MPs?

Mandelson vetting statement to MPs? Labour MPs frustrated with the lack of a clear mission from Keir Starmer’s No 10 have often urged the prime minister to be more forceful in his arguments

Sacked Foreign Office chief Olly Robbins to face MPs’ questions over Mandelson vetting – UK politics live

statement to MPs. *After 1.30pm:* MPs begin an emergency debate tabed by the Tories on the appointment of [Peter Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) as ambassador to the US. *2.20pm:* John Swinney, the Scottish

Foreign Office’s top civil servant Olly Robbins to leave post over Mandelson vetting row

Peter Mandelson during his security vetting was overruled by his department. Robbins was the Foreign Office’s most senior official in late January 2025 when the decision was made, paving the way for Mandelson

Labour figures criticise calls for inquiry into PM's Mandelson claims

Keir Starmer has misled the House and the public, he must be held to the same standard that we should expect of any prime minister." Reform UK's economic spokesman Robert Jenrick said the prime

Starmer to face MPs for first time since Olly Robbins’ Mandelson evidence – UK politics live

Keir Starmer faces PMQs today with the [Peter Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) vetting row still dominating the Westminster agenda and – in the view of most observers familiar with the views of Labour MPs – the wagons

‘No other plan comes close’: Labour MPs turn to Burnham as pressure mounts on Starmer

Keir effectively gave up and said: ‘OK, we’ll let Andy in so I can step down,’” one said. The chances of that happening, according to those close to Starmer, is close to zero

Senior Labour figures say call for new Mandelson investigation is a ‘political stunt’

Keir Starmer told MPs about the appointment of [Peter Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) as political point scoring, before a possible Commons vote on the issue. The Conservatives have called for the cross-party privileges committee

Former Labour MP calls for Starmer to face Commons committee over Mandelson vetting

Keir Starmer to face a Commons committee to examine whether the prime minister misled parliament as the government’s crisis surrounding the appointment of [Peter Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) as ambassador to Washington continues. Karl

McSweeney denies bullying civil servants into appointing Mandelson

Peter Mandelson as UK ambassador to the UK, before an evidence hearing with MPs next week. Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff resigned in February over his role in the hiring of Mandelson

Top Foreign Office official ‘felt pressure’ for ‘rapid outcome’ on Mandelson vetting

Peter Mandelson’s vetting clearance “felt pressure to deliver a rapid outcome” because of contacts from Downing Street, MPs have been told. In testimony relayed to parliament via the Foreign Office (FCDO), [Ian Collard

Starmer was kept in dark about Mandelson’s vetting by two top civil servants

Peter Mandelson’s security vetting by two other top civil servants, including the head of the civil service, the Guardian can reveal. The prime minister said on Friday that it was [“unforgivable” and “staggering

Starmer accuses Robbins of obstructing truth about Mandelson vetting

Keir Starmer to complete Mandelson’s security vetting before his appointment as ambassador – but was ignored. Robbins overturned the United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKVS) decision to fail Mandelson just 24 hours later, giving little time