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appointed Lord Mandelson to the post, and the decision has dogged him for months, leading to calls for the prime minister to resign. The controversy
Lord Mandelson in Washington DC, an appointment Sir Keir now acknowledges was a grave mistake. In the process, he made an entirely new revelation of a separate attempt to install in a different diplomatic post
Lord Mandelson, his vetting and the removal of the most senior civil servant at the Foreign Office, Sir Olly Robbins. It all prompted a one-word question from many of us: how? How could
controversial, not least because Mandelson had twice been forced to resign from government [over separate scandals](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/11/mandelsons-rollercoaster-career-grinds-to-a-final-stop-with-a-scandal-again). He was also known to have been a friend of Jeffrey Epstein, even after
controversy. "He still has monumental questions to answer in the House of Commons about what he knew about [Peter Mandelson's vetting situation](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0kryzd8l7no). "If he has misled Parliament, he should resign." Gillian
appointed to the post](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/dec/20/appointment-peter-mandelson-new-uk-ambassador-to-us-divides-labour-mps) in late 2024, despite concerns among senior members of the government about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein even after the financier had been convicted of child trafficking
appointment himself". In Whitehall, some are amazed that a highly capable and experienced official took the decision to clear Mandelson for the job despite the vetting verdict, without lodging concern somewhere. One said
appointment”. The language in the motion, called [a humble address](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/04/peter-mandelson-disclosures-what-is-humble-address-parliament), made an exception for papers “prejudicial to UK national security or international relations”, which it said should be provided
controversy was an extraordinary summary document produced by UKSV on 28 January last year – weeks after Starmer had announced Mandelson would be his ambassador to Washington. The document identified highly sensitive concerns UKSV had about
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