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appoint Lord Mandelson to the Washington job; and that Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper and Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden both criticised [attempts by No10 to sound out an ambassadorial role for Matthew (now Lord
UK security vetting. There is strong support for Robbins within Whitehall, with senior civil servants said to believe he was in effect sacked for doing what No 10 wanted by swiftly passing Mandelson through vetting
appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador. In recent weeks several Labour ministers have [played down](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/26/wes-streeting-says-he-does-not-want-keir-starmer-ousted) the possibility of Starmer being removed because of any poor performance in the local elections, citing