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Revealed: Mandelson vetting warned of ties to senior figures in China, Russia and Israel

summary of Mandelson’s vetting file in January 2025, according to the sources, all of whom

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

2025 that he saw the UKSV assessment summary. He said the summary document featured tickboxes noting Mandelson was a “high concern” and vetting officers recommended “clearance denied”, as well as a statement from UKSV that

UK’s next ambassador to Japan may be called to give evidence in Mandelson inquiry

January 2025 to grant Mandelson clearance, according to evidence given to MPs. Robertson, who is due to take up her post in Tokyo in August, is the only official among three top civil servants involved

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

January 2025, until Tuesday this week. However, the Guardian has established that both Romeo, the government’s most senior civil servant, and Catherine Little, the Cabinet Office’s permanent secretary, have been aware since March

Robbins’ account raises questions over whether he was misled on Mandelson vetting

January 2025 with a top Foreign Office security official. That was the day after UKSV had submitted its recommendation. According to Robbins, he was briefed that UKSV considered Mandelson “a borderline case”, and vetting officials

Peter Mandelson scandal: the key questions that remain unanswered

2025. Starmer had weeks earlier announced that Mandelson would be his pick for the top diplomatic role and Robbins and others have testified there was pressure from Downing Street to get the ambassador-designate

Mandelson scandal is biggest crisis for diplomatic service in decades, says ex-Foreign Office chief

January 2025, during the process to appoint him as ambassador the US. Robbins is said to have known about Mandelson’s failure to pass the UK Security Vetting (UKSV) assessment, but that