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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
Mandelson was announced as the UK's ambassador to the US in December 2024, before in-depth vetting had been carried out. He formally took up the role on 10 February 2025 but was sacked
Mandelson. The peer was given security clearance for the role of UK ambassador to the US, despite concerns being raised by vetting officials. The prime minister went on to sack
Mandelson as ambassador to the US. It comes after it emerged the peer was given security clearance for the role in January 2025, against the recommendation of officials who vetted him. He formally took
sacked official says Downing Street considered giving the prime minister's then-director of communications Lord Doyle an ambassador role, the former top civil servant at the Foreign Office has said. Sir Olly Robbins made
sacked hours after the Guardian revealed that Peter Mandelson [failed his security vetting](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/17/keir-starmer-kept-in-dark-peter-mandelson-vetting-two-top-civil-servants) in January 2025, during the process to appoint him as ambassador
sacked by Keir Starmer has given a devastating account of his government, saying Downing Street put [huge pressure on the civil service](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/21/olly-robbins-peter-mandelson-vetting-keir-starmer) to approve the appointment of Peter Mandelson as Washington ambassador
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
ambassador to Washington which they feared could “blow up”, the energy secretary has revealed. Miliband said he had spoken to Lammy, who was foreign secretary at the time Mandelson was given the Washington post, with
sacked by the prime minister and foreign secretary last week, will give his side of the story in Parliament this morning. Sir Olly Robbins, who had been the permanent under secretary at the Foreign Office
Mandelson protege, reiterated that he resigned because he “took responsibility” for recommending the peer for the role of ambassador. McSweeney had previously said in his exit statement, that he took “full responsibility” for giving Starmer
Mandelson vetting row continued to undermine Keir Starmer’s premiership. As MPs attempt to unravel the facts, McSweeney is to appear next Tuesday to respond to allegations that Downing Street put huge pressure
Mandelson was granted a security clearance despite concerns raised during the vetting process is expected to face questions from MPs on Tuesday. Sir Olly Robbins will be grilled by the Foreign Affairs Committee over
ambassador role. Downing Street says it learned this week that the Foreign Office, which oversaw Mandelson's DV process, granted him clearance "against the recommendation" of the vetting agency. We do not know the specifics
Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) as ambassador to Washington, Ed Davey has said. The Liberal Democrat leader called for the prime minister to be investigated by the privileges committee to determine whether he committed contempt
ambassador to the US, and Mandelson’s communications with ministers and officials, which have to be published as a result of the humble address passed by parliament. It was in this capacity that she discovered
ambassador, Warren Stephens, and his personal trip to Washington in March had failed to move the process forward, the newspaper reported. Speaking of withholding documents, yesterday Cat little, the top civil servant at the Cabinet
sacked Olly Robbins, the Foreign Office permanent secretary, for not telling him that Mandelson did in effect fail the security vetting. (But technically he “passed”, because as head of the Foreign Office Robbins
ambassador. He expressed regret over his decision to advise Sir Keir to appoint Lord Mandelson, but declined to discuss the issue in detail ahead of [giving evidence to MPs on the Foreign Affairs Committee next
ambassador to the US, is likely to face questions about whether he put pressure on civil servants to speed up the vetting. It comes after former senior Foreign Office civil servant Sir Olly Robbins accused