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Partygate v Mandelson: Keir Starmer faces attack from his own playbook

motion”. Close observers of UK politics will, however, recognise these terms as familiar: they are all parliamentary tools used by Labour in opposition as they tried to hold the Conservatives accountable at various points

Revealed: Mandelson failed vetting but Foreign Office overruled decision

parliamentary motion to release “all papers relating to Mandelson’s appointment”. The revelation that the now former ambassador was not granted clearance by UK

Officials debate withholding Mandelson vetting documents from parliament

parliamentary scrutiny of Starmer’s decision to appoint him.  Starmer (right) and Mandelson during a welcome reception in Washington DC in February 2025. Photograph: Carl Court/AP

Ministers urged to share Mandelson vetting files with intelligence committee

parliamentary motion, known as a humble address, requiring the government to publish “all papers” relating to Mandelson’s appointment as ambassador to the US. The motion made an exemption for documents “prejudicial to UK

Robbins says officials considered withholding Mandelson vetting files from parliament

parliamentary committee to comply with a motion known as a “humble address”. That motion, passed in February, required the government to release “all papers” relevant to Mandelson’s appointment. The wording of the motion referenced

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

UK Security Vetting (UKSV) had advised that Mandelson should be denied clearance. Downing Street has said Starmer did not find out about the vetting failure, which occurred in January 2025, until Tuesday this week. However

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

Mandelson are spurious; they relate to contest intepretations of political language of the kind that are commonplace in parliamentary debate. But the fact that this has even become a live consideration for the speaker

Five questions awaiting Starmer as he faces Commons over Mandelson scandal

UK Security and Vetting (UKSV) officials in January last year. He said the information was passed on to him by Dame Antonia Romeo, the head of the civil service, and Cat Little, the head

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

parliamentary rules and in 2023 it [ruled](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65913692) that the former Prime Minister Boris Johnson had misled MPs about parties in Downing Street during Covid. The Ministerial Code states that ministers who knowingly

No way to raise Mandelson concerns, former senior official says

UK's ambassador to the US in December 2024, with the peer then undergoing in-depth vetting to obtain his required security clearance for the role. The former Labour minister was then sacked

Starmer tells MPs to ‘fight together’ before critical day for his premiership

motion to refer Starmer to the committee. Any rebellion is likely to be limited because most appear to accept that while there is anger towards the prime minister, they do not want to hand

PM won't face inquiry over claims he misled MPs on Mandelson vetting

parliamentary rules. The Ministerial Code states that ministers who knowingly mislead Parliament are expected to resign, while any inadvertent error should be corrected "at the earliest opportunity". Badenoch had suggested Labour MPs were "acting like