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14 resultsfor “Keir Starmer Mandelson vetting statement details”

Politics

What Starmer said, and didn’t say, in the Commons about the Mandelson saga

Keir Starmer has laid out a detailed timeline of events leading up to [Peter Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) being refused security vetting and how the message was not passed to No 10. Here’s what

The Guardian WorldApr 20
Politics

Starmer could have been told about Mandelson’s vetting failure, claims No 10 with release of briefing paper – UK politics live

Keir Starmer may be finished off by what happens in the Commons today. Since the revelations in the Guardian last week about [Peter Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) in effect failing security vetting for his appointment

The Guardian WorldApr 20
Politics

PM's ex-chief of staff says he doesn't recognise claims about his behaviour

Starmer's chief of staff. Speaking at security conference in Ukraine, McSweeney said he found it "strange reading about a character with the same name as mine sometimes", as he spoke publicly for the first

BBC NewsApr 23
Politics

Starmer accuses Robbins of obstructing truth about Mandelson vetting

Keir Starmer has accused Olly Robbins of deliberately and repeatedly obstructing the truth about the Mandelson vetting scandal before a high-jeopardy appearance of the sacked top official before MPs on Tuesday. Six days after

The Guardian WorldApr 20
Politics

Starmer tells MPs Foreign Office has been stripped of power to overrule vetting

Keir Starmer has told MPs, as he sought to set out his side of events in a politically crucial statement in parliament. Saying to jeers that he accepted it appeared “incredible” he and other ministers

The Guardian WorldApr 20
Politics

No 10 had 'dismissive attitude' to Mandelson vetting, says sacked Foreign Office chief

Starmer. But in front of MPs, Sir Olly defended his actions, insisting he had followed the proper process while under "constant pressure" from No 10 to get Lord Mandelson in post. No 10 denied claims

BBC NewsApr 21
Politics

Key figure in Mandelson vetting scandal will not give evidence before MPs

Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, is due to appear on Tuesday. Collard, who has given evidence to the select committee previously, is a former ambassador to Lebanon and Panama

The Guardian WorldApr 25
Politics

Why Starmer still can't move on from the Mandelson mess

Keir saying again and again he's angry, when that's exactly how the public feels about him!" The prime minister's original decision to give Peter Mandelson the US ambassadorship, one of the best

BBC NewsApr 18
Politics

Mandelson papers being withheld, says intelligence watchdog

statement, Lord Beamish said the committee has reached a decision on all the redactions requested by government in the 337 documents referred to it, and that it is now for the government to publish

BBC NewsMay 15
Politics

Three key statements Starmer made to MPs about Mandelson vetting

Starmer should be investigated in Parliament for allegedly misleading the House of Commons. It relates to several comments he made about the process of appointing Lord Mandelson as the UK's ambassador

BBC NewsApr 28
Politics

Starmer faces Commons showdown over Mandelson vetting scandal

statement to MPs on Monday as he struggles to overcome fears inside his government that the [Peter Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) vetting scandal could yet cost him his leadership. In what

The Guardian WorldApr 19
Politics

MPs raise doubts over missing Mandelson vetting documents

detailing security mitigations that would have been necessary to address concerns identified by vetting officials, whose recommendation was overruled by the Foreign Office. [Sources told the Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/27/mandelson-vetting-warned-ties-senior-figures-china-russia-israel) that the vetting summary contained

The Guardian WorldJun 3
Politics

Cabinet secretary apparently advised Starmer to wait for vetting before appointing Mandelson

Keir Starmer to complete security vetting for [Peter Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) before announcing an appointment, documents reveal. The documents released last month by the Cabinet Office as part of the disclosures over

The Guardian WorldApr 20
Politics

Officials deliberately withheld Mandelson vetting result from me, Starmer says

Starmer has accused officials in the Foreign Office of deliberately and repeatedly withholding the fact Lord Mandelson initially failed security vetting for the role of US ambassador. Giving a statement to MPs, the prime minister

BBC NewsApr 20