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

Foreign Office official forced out – UK politics live With the prime minister in Paris for talks

Revealed: Mandelson failed vetting but Foreign Office overruled decision

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

Foreign Office’s top civil servant Olly Robbins to leave post over Mandelson vetting row

Foreign Office’s top civil servant Olly Robbins to leave post over Mandelson vetting row Sir Olly

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

Foreign Office by the vetting services was a "no". The Foreign Office is believed to be the only

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

Foreign Office. I immediately made calls to the Foreign Office, Downing Street, the then Foreign

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

Foreign Office officials, with neither the prime minister or foreign secretary made aware at the time

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

Foreign Office to allow him to become US ambassador. The disclosure on Thursday led to the resignation

Five unanswered questions on Keir Starmer’s Mandelson debacle

Foreign Office not only overruled this but told no one in No 10. However, Ciaran

Officials debate withholding Mandelson vetting documents from parliament

deserves.” The Foreign Office, Downing Street and the Cabinet Office have been approached for comment.

UK’s Starmer under fire over report Mandelson failed security vetting

Foreign Office overriding the security recommendation regarding [Mandelson](/news/2026/2/23/british-police-arrest-epstein-linked-ex-ambassador-mandelson), who was sacked in September after

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

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

Key questions facing government over Mandelson vetting

Foreign Office about the "facts of this case", including vetting. Developed vetting is said to be a highly

Badenoch accuses PM of misleading MPs over Mandelson vetting

Foreign Office overruled the vetting decision to ensure the peer could take up the post

King not meeting Epstein survivors, but state visit could help ease US-UK tensions

Foreign Office spokeswoman also highlighted how the King's visit could help strengthen the relationship

Starmer should face Commons inquiry over Mandelson vetting, says Ed Davey

Foreign Office. On Friday morning, Darren Jones, the prime minister’s chief secretary, described the controversy

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

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is the latest departure of an official or minister

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

Foreign Office, Sir Olly Robbins – suddenly appeared a little tense. The bonhomie evident in earlier

Detention of journalist in Kuwait raises questions about crackdown on freedom of speech

Foreign Office need to demand the release of all media workers from their allies in the Gulf

Keir Starmer says it is unforgivable he was not told Mandelson failed vetting

Foreign Office, on Thursday night. The prime minister will appear before MPs on Monday to give

Chagos Islands treaty is now ‘impossible to agree at political level’, UK minister says

Foreign Office minister has said. Stephen Doughty told the Commons that the agreement with [Mauritius