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role as UK ambassador without the Foreign Office revealing it had overruled the decision to fail his vetting. 4. ***Protest*** | Seven people from an activist group calling for higher taxes on the super-rich [have
sacking as US ambassador on 11 September 2025, after the extent of his relationship with Epstein came to light, parliamentary scrutiny mounted. On 16 September, Yvette Cooper, the foreign secretary, and Robbins, her top official
sacked top official before MPs on Tuesday. Six days after the prime minister said he had learned that his pick for Washington ambassador had failed security vetting, Starmer admitted his decision to appoint
sacked by Starmer. ## Oral briefings The committee has so far focused on a decision taken by Robbins over a few hours in late January 2025. Starmer had weeks earlier announced that Mandelson would
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 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
ambassador. However, Sir Olly Robbins, who was the senior civil servant in the Foreign Office until he was sacked by the PM, [told the Foreign Affairs Committee last week that there was "constant pressure
ambassador," he said. Lammy, who was foreign secretary at the time, added that neither he nor his advisers had been told about Lord Mandelson's vetting process at the time, but conceded there were some
sacked as UK ambassador to the US over his ties to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Lord Mandelson served as European trade commissioner from 2004 to 2008. The European Commission asked the European Anti-Fraud
ambassador to the US without the usual vetting process but the Foreign Office pushed back and the vetting eventually went ahead. The former permanent secretary, who was sacked by Keir Starmer last week after
role in the security vetting of Lord Mandelson. McSweeney, who advised the prime minister to appoint Lord Mandelson as the UK's ambassador to the US, is likely to face questions about whether
sacked by Keir Starmer three weeks ago after [the Guardian revealed](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/16/revealed-mandelson-failed-vetting-but-foreign-office-overruled-decision) he had granted Mandelson clearance despite the vetting agency recommending his clearance be denied. Starmer said Robbins’s failure to inform
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
Mandelson was the UK ambassador to the US ay the time, but was later sacked over his association with the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Some Met intelligence officials are understood to believe significant
ambassador to Washington. It is highly unusual for Downing Street chiefs of staff to appear before Commons committees even after they have left post, and the session is likely to be an explosive
ambassador in messages that were not disclosed as part of the humble address release. Jones’s texts also included requests for advice on the reshuffle and disobliging comments about the then business secretary Jonathan Reynolds
sacking in September 2025. Mandelson’s security vetting began on 23 December 2024, three days after Starmer announced him as the pick for US ambassador. The purpose of national security vetting is not to identify
sacked as US ambassador. It was revealed in March that McSweeney did not disclose that he was Starmer’s chief of staff when he [reported the theft of his phone](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/24/police-theft-morgan-mcsweeney-phone-sensitive-contents).
role as the prime minister’s chief of staff. For his part, allies of McSweeney say he will want to “correct the caricature” of himself in the press, including how close he was to Mandelson
sacking on Thursday, Lord McDonald said: "I cannot see that there was any process, any fairness, any giving him the chance to set out his case, and that feels, to me, wrong." Sir Keir