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

vetting officials not to grant Mandelson clearance. One senior cabinet minister is understood to believe that the top official should not have been sacked, but should have been suspended instead until all the facts were

PM's ex-chief of staff says he doesn't recognise claims about his behaviour

pressure on civil servants to speed up Lord Mandelson's vetting. In his resignation statement in February, McSweeney said he did not oversee the vetting but wanted to take "full responsibility" for advising the prime

Mandelson received sensitive Foreign Office briefings before vetting finished

vetting, because he held the position of privy councillor as a former cabinet minister, the files say. Officials eventually decided clearance was needed. The documents published on Mondayshed new light on the appointment of Mandelson

Olly Robbins says he faced ‘constant pressure’ to get Mandelson in post

pressure” when he arrived in the Foreign Office to get [Peter Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) in post as soon as possible. He said the Cabinet Office urged the Foreign Office to allow Mandelson’s appointment

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

pressure to explain who knew what about Mandelson’s vetting, after the Guardian revealed on Thursday that the former peer had failed the checks. Mandelson was [appointed to the post](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/dec/20/appointment-peter-mandelson-new-uk-ambassador-to-us-divides-labour-mps) in late

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

vetting, says Ed Davey A powerful Commons committee should investigate whether Keir Starmer misled parliament over the appointment of [Peter Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) as ambassador to Washington, Ed Davey has said. The Liberal Democrat

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

clearance. The prime minister effectively sacked Sir Olly, expressing anger that the Foreign Office had not told him that Lord Mandelson failed security vetting. Giving his version of events to the Foreign Affairs Committee

Officials deliberately withheld Mandelson vetting result from me, Starmer says

clearance. Sir Keir did not name Sir Olly in his initial statement to MPs, instead referring to officials. However, asked directly what Sir Olly had told him about why he overruled the vetting recommendation

MPs raise doubts over missing Mandelson vetting documents

pressure in parliament over documents missing from a 1,500-page release of papers about Peter Mandelson’s appointment as ambassador to Washington. Despite the volume of information published on Monday, crucial documents were withheld

Key takeaways from senior official on Mandelson vetting

clearance against the advice of UK Security Vetting (UKSV), a specialist agency within the Cabinet Office. Opposition parties have said Parliament was misled - but Sir Keir has continued to insist that "full due process

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

clearance anyway.  Mandelson at the White

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

pressure over UK media reports that former ambassador to Washington [Peter Mandelson](/news/2026/4/2/mandelson-tried-to-get-epsteins-goddaughter-access-to-10-downing-street) failed security vetting but was cleared to take on the role by foreign ministry officials. A government spokesperson denied on Thursday that

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

vetting process was rushed. Speaking on Monday, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said there was "still a lot of information that doesn't add up". "What I'm seeing is a prime minister who is saying

Ministers urged to share Mandelson vetting files with intelligence committee

pressure to share the documents from Peter Mandelson’s vetting process with the parliamentary committee tasked with deciding if they should be made public. In February, MPs passed a binding parliamentary motion, known

Key figure in Mandelson vetting row will not appear to give evidence to MPs

clearance for the peer. Sir Adrian Fulford, a retired judge, is conducting a review into the process and it is understood he will look at whether the briefing given by Collard correctly summed

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

pressure that Peter Mandelson should not be vetted at all and that he should be sent to Washington regardless of the vetting outcome". Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey earlier said the country needed

Key questions facing government over Mandelson vetting

clearance for the role"? Which leads to the next question... Given journalists were asking about Lord Mandelson failing vetting, should No 10 have been more curious? No 10 said there had been repeated requests

Foreign secretary concerned ministers not told of Mandelson vetting fears sooner

pressures" on the Foreign Office to confirm him ahead of Donald Trump's return to the US presidency. On the departure of Sir Olly, Lammy said he was "surprised and shocked" by the news, calling

No way to raise Mandelson concerns, former senior official says

clearance for the role. The former Labour minister was then sacked as US ambassador in September last year, after new details emerged about the extent of his friendship with Epstein. Lord Mandelson has since said

Pressure on Starmer amid Mandelson revelations as Foreign Office official forced out – UK politics live

Pressure on Starmer amid Mandelson revelations as Foreign Office official forced out – UK politics live With the prime minister in Paris for talks on the opening of the Strait of Hormuz, his chief secretary, Darren