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Starmer was kept in dark about Mandelson’s vetting by two top civil servants

Office. A Cabinet Office spokesperson said that, after receiving the UKSV document, Little “immediately undertook

Revealed: Mandelson failed vetting but Foreign Office overruled decision

Office, Downing Street, the Cabinet Office, Morgan McSweeney and Peter Mandelson have been approached for comment

Officials debate withholding Mandelson vetting documents from parliament

Office’s decision to override it. The ultimate decision will rest with the Cabinet Office

Olly Robbins is just the latest: a guide to the high-profile exits under Starmer’s tenure

Cabinet Office, she investigated the Partygate scandal. Her subsequent criticism of the government led by Boris

'Staggering' I was not told Mandelson failed vetting, says PM

Cabinet Office, presented the Foreign Office with a list of potential risks as well as a recommendation

Badenoch accuses PM of misleading MPs over Mandelson vetting

Cabinet Office, and is designed to make sure individuals are unlikely to abuse their access

What is Developed Vetting security clearance at centre of Mandelson row?

Cabinet Office, and applies to thousands of relatively junior officials working in government departments and overseas

Mandelson saga is a messy palaver - and the questions continue to swirl

Cabinet Office pulled together this information, [the Guardian revealed](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/16/officials-debate-withholding-mandelson-vetting-documents-from-parliament) that a row broke

Chris Mason: Mandelson nightmare haunts Starmer again, as senior figure effectively sacked

Office, Downing Street, the then Foreign Secretary David Lammy's team and the Cabinet Office

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

Office, and increased pressure on [Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer), amid claims from the prime minister and other Cabinet

Pressure on Starmer amid Mandelson revelations as Foreign Office official forced out – UK politics live

Cabinet Office, immediately last night, I suspended the rights for these organisations to make these

Olly Robbins and Mandelson’s vetting: what did he do, why – and who knew?

cabinet secretary, Sir Chris Wormald – sitting alongside the most senior civil servant in the Foreign Office

Why Trump’s endorsement hasn’t been a ‘close out move’ for Louisiana Senate

office. “When you're just meeting someone new in politics, and you hear all these bad things, you might have a first impression, but you tend to start having second thoughts,” he added

Israeli ambassador to Germany condemns Bezalel Smotrich’s tirade against chancellor

cabinet member who made historically charged accusations against the German chancellor, [Friedrich Merz](https://www.theguardian.com/world/friedrich-merz), saying the attack “[eroded] the memory of the Holocaust”. In a rare rebuke of a top Israeli official

Children ‘low-hanging fruit’ in fight to end trans care, official at pro-Trump thinktank says

cabinet-level positions. In a [press release](https://www.americafirstpolicy.com/issues/america-first-in-action-one-year-of-results-under-president-trump), the AFPI boasted the Trump administration had implemented, at least partially, “more than 90%” of its policy agenda. Formed by [Trump alumni](https://www.americafirstpolicy.com/issues/mcmahon-kudlow-rollins-launch-america-first-policy-institute)

Two weeks that pushed Trump to the edge. Is his presidency unravelling?

office, suggesting that his tried and trusted playbook could finally be falling apart. Having launched an unpopular war with Iran, the president was scrambling for a way out as fuel prices climb; he insulted