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concerns about how the government had responded to the humble address. "The committee has been told that certain documents are being withheld from the process," he said, adding: "The prime example is a vetting file
Mandelson failed secured vetting](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/16/revealed-mandelson-failed-vetting-but-foreign-office-overruled-decision) for the US role has put Starmer’s future back in focus, amid calls for his resignation by opposition parties. Record-breaking electoral losses will only
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
vetting A former Labour MP has joined opposition parties calling for Keir Starmer to face a Commons committee to examine whether the prime minister misled parliament as the government’s crisis surrounding the appointment
concerns about the appointment of [Peter Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) as the UK’s ambassador to Washington which they feared could “blow up”, the energy secretary has revealed. Miliband said he had spoken to Lammy
vetting of Lord Mandelson to be the UK's ambassador to the United States. The prime minister sacked Lord Mandelson from the role in September 2025 over his links to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey
vetting clearance. Cat had not seen the audit trail for this decision so we did not yet know on what basis the decision had been taken, contrary to the recommendation. Second, UKSV is part
Mandelson’s appointment”. The language in the motion, called [a humble address](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/04/peter-mandelson-disclosures-what-is-humble-address-parliament), made an exception for papers “prejudicial to UK national security or international relations”, which it said should be provided
vetting process undertaken as part of Lord Mandelson’s appointment.” The senior [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) minister suggested next month’s local elections were likely to be tough for the Labour party even before
concerns about Lord Mandelson's appointment as the UK's ambassador to the US. Sir Philip said no-one in Downing Street consulted him before making the decision to appoint Lord Mandelson when
vetting dropped](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2r15151xgo). Since then, an unremittingly, relentlessly, incessantly grim story, if you think of it from the perspective of the Labour Party, has been squatting on the news agenda, expelling the potential
concern at various points to allies about the influence that Mandelson seemed to be wielding in the background. “She knew he was after a job,” one former staffer said. “She took him off the shortlist
concerns. 2. --- ### Morgan McSweeney McSweeney served as the prime minister’s chief of staff from October 2024 to February 2026, stepping in after Gray’s departure. Among numerous roles with the Labour party
Mandelson was sacked as ambassador last year after the emergence of new revelations about the extent of his relationship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In February, MPs voted to force the government
vetting file. The prime minister’s decision to appoint Mandelson as ambassador to the US in December 2024 has cast a shadow over his premiership and led to calls for his resignation prior to Labour
vetting and whether he misled MPs about it, the prime minister faces much deeper-rooted problems. Almost as soon as he won a historic victory in 2024, things began to unravel for his Labour government
Mandelson took up the job, given that vetting result? “I was told – let me be completely precise – that UKSV [UK Security Vetting] were leaning towards recommending against, but accepted that it was a borderline case