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Ministers rally around Keir Starmer as leadership questions grow over Mandelson saga – UK politics live

Mandelson’s** appointment if he had known the peer had failed security vetting. Speaking to Trevor Phillips on Sky News on Sunday, the science and technology said **Keir Starmer** was a “man of integrity

Pressure on Starmer grows over Mandelson vetting despite ousting of Foreign Office official – UK politics live

Keir Starmer is facing “judgment day” according to senior government figures over the failure in Peter Mandelson’s vetting process. The prime minister has said that was “staggered” and “furious” to have not been told

Mandelson scandal is biggest crisis for diplomatic service in decades, says ex-Foreign Office chief

Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer), when he was dismissed from his role on Thursday. Robbins was sacked hours after the Guardian revealed that Peter Mandelson [failed his security vetting](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/17/keir-starmer-kept-in-dark-peter-mandelson-vetting-two-top-civil-servants) in January

Foreign secretary concerned ministers not told of Mandelson vetting fears sooner

Starmer is facing calls to resign from opposition parties and is due to answer questions on the scandal in Parliament on Monday. The Foreign Office's top civil servant Sir Olly Robbins, who was sacked

Starmer would have blocked Mandelson role over vetting failure, says Lammy

failure, says Lammy Keir Starmer would have blocked Peter Mandelson from serving as the UK’s ambassador to Washington had he known he failed [security vetting](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/17/what-happens-security-vetting-peter-mandelson), David Lammy has said