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US ambassador in September last year, after new details emerged about the extent of his friendship with the late convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. He has since said he regretted ever having known Epstein
ambassador to the US. Sir Philip said no-one in Downing Street consulted him before making the decision to appoint Lord Mandelson when he was the top civil servant in the Foreign Office
controversial figure, and I was worried that this could become a problem in future.” He said there was “no space or avenue or mechanism for me to put that on the table” even though
ambassador to Washington. The prime minister said he was “furious” about what had happened, as he insisted he had not known that security officials had initially recommended that Mandelson be denied clearance. Speaking on Friday
controversy. The Little hearing is unlikely to be as revelatory as the Olly Robbins session on Tuesday. But Little is a key figure in this story, for two reasons. First, as head of the Cabinet
us: how? How could so senior a civil servant be in possession of such apparently politically explosive information and not pass it on to the prime minister and others? And how could a prime minister
ambassador, the Guardian can reveal. Any such decision could amount to an extraordinary breach of a parliamentary vote which ordered the release of “all papers” relevant to Mandelson’s appointment. The Guardian has revealed that