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Olly Robbins refused to hand Mandelson vetting summary to Cabinet Office, says Cat Little

Mandelson vetting summary to Cabinet Office, says Cat Little Olly Robbins refused to hand Peter

Key takeaways from senior official on Mandelson vetting

Cat Little, the most senior civil servant at the Cabinet Office, has been giving evidence to the Commons foreign affairs committee about the vetting of Lord Mandelson. The peer was given security clearance

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

Mandelson is intense, detailed and hugely personal, and knowledge of specifics is kept only to those who need to know. 7. --- ## 7. No one in No 10 knew, Starmer says > double quotation markDid Morgan McSweeney

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

vetting, and Cat Little, the lead official at the Cabinet Office. On Tuesday, it will take evidence from Philip Barton, Robbins’ predecessor at the Foreign Office, and [Morgan McSweeney](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/morgan-mcsweeney), Starmer’s former

Five questions awaiting Starmer as he faces Commons over Mandelson scandal

Cat Little, the head of the Cabinet Office, who had received it two weeks prior. The documents had been revealed after the Conservatives tabled a motion which demanded the publication of all paperwork relating

Morgan McSweeney, Starmer’s former chief of staff, to be questioned by MPs

saying he took “full responsibility” for advising the prime minister to appoint Mandelson, who had been a close ally and political mentor. The senior No 10 adviser’s position had grown increasingly untenable as pressure

Digested week: King bites his tongue as a president indulges his fantasies | John Crace

Vetting had given Mandy two red lights and recommended not sending him to Washington. Perhaps sensing that Starmer was desperate for Mandelson to go and had already announced his appointment, Robbins thought he could manage

Top Cabinet Office official to give evidence to MPs about Peter Mandelson’s vetting – UK politics live

vetting clearance. Cat had not seen the audit trail for this decision so we did not yet know on what basis the decision had been taken, contrary to the recommendation. Second, UKSV is part

US justice department blocking Met police investigation into Mandelson, reports say – UK politics live

say – UK politics live Good morning. The UK criminal investigation into Peter Mandelson **has reportedly ground to a halt** after the US justice department **refused to hand over evidence contained in the Epstein files

PM's ex-chief of staff to give evidence on Mandelson vetting

Cat Little, the most senior civil servant at the Cabinet Office, will appear before the committee on Thursday at 9:30 BST. Committee chair Dame Emily Thornberry has said the Foreign Office's Chief Property

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

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 different to that given

Ministers speak out in cabinet meeting over Starmer’s sacking of Olly Robbins

vetting advice, which was overruled by Robbins. But MPs are questioning why Starmer appointed Mandelson in the first place and why he then sacked Robbins for giving him security clearance. That unease was underlined

Robbins says officials considered withholding Mandelson vetting files from parliament

says officials considered withholding Mandelson vetting files from parliament Olly Robbins responded to a question about an alleged “cover-up” on Tuesday by confirming that government officials had considered withholding Peter Mandelson’s secretive vetting

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

say they did not relate to his relationship with the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the issue that led to Mandelson’s sacking in September 2025. Mandelson’s security vetting began on 23 December