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Starmer rejects calls to quit as pressure mounts over Mandelson vetting

Keir Starmer says he is “absolutely furious” that he was not informed that Peter Mandelson failed his [security vetting](/news/2026/4/16/uks-starmer-under-fire-over-report-mandelson-failed-security-vetting) before being appointed UK envoy to Washington, as the United Kingdom prime minister faced renewed

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