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scandal, having spent the early part of last week ringing MPs to try to shore up support for Starmer ahead of the privileges committee vote. “There’s a huge amount of anger, sort of despondency
Mandelson scandal as the Guardian learned of [concerns around the cabinet table](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/22/olly-robbins-starmer-sacking-ministers-cabinet-meeting), a senior minister refused to say the dismissal of Olly Robbins was fair and several mandarins called for Robbins
Mandelson, told MPs on the foreign affairs committee on Tuesday that [“constant pressure”](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/21/olly-robbins-peter-mandelson-vetting-keir-starmer) was applied. It comes as [divisions emerged in cabinet over Starmer’s decision to sack Robbins](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/22/olly-robbins-starmer-sacking-ministers-cabinet-meeting)
sacked by Starmer, [told MPs on Tuesday](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/21/olly-robbins-account-mandelson-vetting-piles-pressure-on-starmer) that No 10 had created an “atmosphere of pressure” that made it impossible to deny clearance for Mandelson and had taken a “dismissive” attitude
Mandelson’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein as like [“having a knife through my soul”](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/28/ex-fdco-chief-philip-barton-concerns-mandelson-epstein-links). The loss of confidence in Starmer’s leadership has been a slow burn, says Kiran Stacey, who thinks
scandal: the key questions that remain unanswered The parliamentary inquiry into Peter Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador has heard more than 77,000 words of evidence from five of the most senior officials
scandal as key figures give evidence to MPs - UK politics live From Good morning. The former US president Lyndon Johnson is credited with saying the most important skill in politics is knowing how to count
sacked. Documents show that the Foreign Office security team requested access to the vetting file four days after Collard sent an outline of the vetting process to Downing Street. He did not say that vetting
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
scandal, Cat Little, the head civil servant in the Cabinet Office, was low key and often cautious. But she did reveal several pieces of new information – or at times information different to that given
scandal. With Starmer aiming to [explain to the Commons](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/19/starmer-faces-commons-showdown-over-mandelson-vetting-scandal) on Monday afternoon why he did not know the Foreign Office had overruled a decision to refuse Mandelson vetting, some senior government figures
scandal will not give evidence before MPs A key figure in the row over Peter Mandelson’s appointment as UK ambassador to Washington will not appear before a parliamentary committee of MPs to give evidence
scandal, Keir Starmer has told MPs, as he sought to set out his side of events in a politically crucial statement in parliament. Saying to jeers that he accepted it appeared “incredible” he and other
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
scandal of the Mandelson saga, there is an unlikely figure in the north-west who might help him – temporarily. It has been the week where the prime minister seemed at his most isolated. But Labour
sacked in September 2025 [after documents released in the US](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/16/officials-debate-withholding-mandelson-vetting-documents-from-parliament) revealed the extent of his ties with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which the Foreign Office said were “materially different from that