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Starmer faces Commons showdown over Mandelson vetting scandal

Mandelson was able to take up his role as UK ambassador without the Foreign Office revealing it had overruled the decision to fail his vetting. The scandal, [first revealed by the Guardian last week

Foreign secretary concerned ministers not told of Mandelson vetting fears sooner

Mandelson as US ambassador. Prime Minister Sir Keir 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

Starmer is facing his judgment day over Mandelson missteps

sacked civil servant, Oliver Robbins, answers questions of the foreign affairs committee on Tuesday. They know the public has been losing faith in the political system for years. Every twist and turn of the Mandelson

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

Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) security vetting scandal is the biggest crisis for the diplomatic service in decades, a former Foreign Office chief has said. Sir Simon McDonald, who was the permanent under-secretary

Five questions awaiting Starmer as he faces Commons over Mandelson scandal

scandals around money and influence that led to him being forced out of Cabinet twice. Yet it seems the first person to request the UKSV summary form was Dame Antonia, shortly after her appointment

Starmer should face Commons inquiry over Mandelson vetting, says Ed Davey

scandal. The public deserves the truth, not another cover-up. “If it turns out that Starmer was aware at the time that Mandelson’s security vetting was overruled, that would represent a major abuse

UK’s Starmer under fire over report Mandelson failed security vetting

sacked Mandelson as ambassador after documents released by a US Congressional committee revealed new details about the depth of his ties to Epstein. Police have opened an investigation into allegations of misconduct in office

'Staggering' I was not told Mandelson failed vetting, says PM

sacked seven months later over his ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. On Thursday, [a Guardian investigation](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/16/revealed-mandelson-failed-vetting-but-foreign-office-overruled-decision) revealed Mandelson had been appointed despite failing initial vetting. Later on Thursday

Why Starmer still can't move on from the Mandelson mess

sacked for not creating a problem for the prime minister. Which is novel. The great lesson from all this is that the Labour government want the civil service to save them from their own judgments