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Mandelson papers being withheld, says intelligence watchdog

minister Alex Burghart said: "It is outrageous that Labour are trying to withhold documents about the Mandelson-Epstein affair from Parliament." He accused the government of trying "to pull the wool over the public

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

prime minister, said on Friday morning that he had asked for an “urgent review” into any other decisions to overrule UKSV recommendations. ![Darren Jones leaves 10 Downing Street after attending the weely Cabinet meeting

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

prime minister, he is advised that in order to give the Washington role to a political appointee, the FCDO would “develop a plan for them to acquire the necessary security clearances and do due diligence

McSweeney denies bullying civil servants into appointing Mandelson

statement, that he took “full responsibility” for giving Starmer advice that resulted in the “wrong” appointment decision, and called for an overhaul of vetting procedures. Starmer and his government have faced a difficult week after

Chris Mason: PM facing awkward hours ahead as Mandelson questions remain

Mandelson's appointment to Washington, such as writing to the King about it on the 18th of December. In other words, it was a done deal. We already know some vetting issues had already been

Monday briefing: How is it possible the prime minister didn’t know about Mandelson’s vetting failure?

prime minister will face parliament in the wake of the [Guardian’s exclusive revelation](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/16/revealed-mandelson-failed-vetting-but-foreign-office-overruled-decision) that during the process of appointing Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US, the former New Labour “prince

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

prime minister misled parliament when he said [normal procedures were followed with Mandelson’s appointment](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/20/peter-mandelson-a-timeline-of-his-appointment-as-uk-ambassadorto-the-us). The privileges committee previously examined Boris Johnson’s behaviour around lockdown-breaking Downing Street parties during Covid

Senior minister defends decision to withhold some Mandelson files

Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) as Washington ambassador from a powerful parliamentary committee. Darren Jones, the chief secretary to the prime minister, told the Commons on Tuesday there were good reasons not to disclose certain information

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

statement is sufficient.” Robbins said when he took over in the Foreign Office in January 2025, Mandelson was already being granted access to “highly classified briefings” on a case-by-case basis – without his security

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

statement and subsequent answers, the PM was no more explicit than saying that the Commons did not have all the information it should have had. But in response to a direct question from Tory

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

prime minister’s claim that there was “no pressure whatsoever” applied on the Foreign Office over the affair, when Robbins had [said there was](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/21/olly-robbins-peter-mandelson-vetting-keir-starmer). No 10 has said his comment referred specifically

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

statement of government policy. No 10 had no immediate comment on Turner’s remarks, which were unusually candid for a diplomat. ![Claire Turner, the queen, the king and Christian Turner standing on steps](https://i.guim.co.uk

Key questions facing government over Mandelson vetting

vetting is said to be a highly personal process. It's unlikely we will see full details of the questions asked and answers given. But will the public be told what the concerns were

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

Mandelson as US ambassador. The House of Commons voted 335 to 223 against a Conservative-led motion which sought to trigger the inquiry. Some Labour MPs on the left of the party said

MPs raise doubts over missing Mandelson vetting documents

vetting officials had recommended against giving clearance.  Emily Thornberry, chair of the Commons foreign affairs committee, said she had expected to see evidence of risk mitigation in the Mandelson files

Sacked Foreign Office chief Olly Robbins to face MPs’ questions over Mandelson vetting – UK politics live

vetting exercise). Robbins also told the committee: > double quotation markBy the time we are describing [when DV was carried out], it was clear that the prime minister wanted to make this appointment himself

Second batch of Mandelson files won't be published this month

Prime Minister Darren Jones said the papers would be released after Parliament's upcoming recess to give MPs "sufficient time to review the material". Jones gave the update in the House of Commons after

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

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

vetting process, insisting he would never have appointed Mandelson had he known, and says that the correct hiring process was followed. But many MPs are not so sure. The leader of the opposition, Kemi Badenoch

Starmer could have been told about Mandelson’s vetting failure, claims No 10 with release of briefing paper – UK politics live

prime minister wakes up knowing that how they perform in the Commons that day will decide whether or not they keep their job – but they are very, very rare. The best example in modern times