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Retired high court judge to review Peter Mandelson’s vetting process

Peter Mandelson’s vetting process and the wider national security vetting system. The review, commissioned by Downing Street, comes after a Guardian investigation revealing that [security officials decided Mandelson should not receive developed vetting clearance

Sadiq Khan may try to stop Scotland Yard signing Palantir contract

statement after [the Guardian revealed last week](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/22/met-police-talks-palantir-ai-tech-criminal-investigations-automate-intelligence) that Palantir, whose software has been used in Donald Trump’s ICE immigration crackdown and by Israel’s military, has held talks with the Metropolitan

Cabinet secretary apparently advised Starmer to wait for vetting before appointing Mandelson

Keir Starmer to complete security vetting for [Peter Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) before announcing an appointment, documents reveal. The documents released last month by the Cabinet Office as part of the disclosures over

Keir Starmer says it is unforgivable he was not told Mandelson failed vetting

Keir Starmer has said it was “unforgivable” that he was not told that [Peter Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) had failed his security vetting before being appointed as ambassador to Washington. The prime minister said

Key figure in Mandelson vetting scandal will not give evidence before MPs

Peter Mandelson’s appointment as UK ambassador to Washington will not appear before a parliamentary committee of MPs to give evidence. Dame Emily Thornberry had requested that Ian Collard speak to the foreign affairs committee

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

Keir Starmer has told Labour MPs to “stick together and fight together” as ministers launched a massive operation to shore up his fragile position before a critical day for his premiership. The prime minister faces

UK’s new ambassador to US said Starmer had been ‘on the ropes’ over Mandelson scandal

Peter Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) scandal and said it is Israel rather than Britain that has a “special relationship” with the White House. Christian Turner, who took office in February to replace Mandelson

Wednesday briefing: Where Starmer stands after another precarious day in Parliament

Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) swept to a remarkable victory in the 2024 general election, winning an enormous majority on the promise of change and accountability. A return to calm, sensible government and drawing

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

Keir saying again and again he's angry, when that's exactly how the public feels about him!" The prime minister's original decision to give Peter Mandelson the US ambassadorship, one of the best

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

Starmer will not face a parliamentary investigation over claims he misled MPs about the process to appoint Lord Mandelson as US ambassador. The House of Commons voted 335 to 223 against a Conservative-led motion

Officials deliberately withheld Mandelson vetting result from me, Starmer says

Starmer has accused officials in the Foreign Office of deliberately and repeatedly withholding the fact Lord Mandelson initially failed security vetting for the role of US ambassador. Giving a statement to MPs, the prime minister

No, Minister: the week Keir Starmer had his own Sir Humphrey moment

Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer), had his own Sir Humphrey moment – potentially an existential one. Olly Robbins, [fired by the prime minister](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/16/foreign-offices-top-civil-servant-olly-robbins-leaves-post-in-mandelson-vetting-row) as the Foreign Office’s permanent secretary after not informing