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evidence to a select committee of MPs on Tuesday morning. He is expected to argue that he was following procedures by not disclosing details of the vetting process to ministers, and by ensuring Mandelson could
details emerged about the extent of his friendship with Epstein. Lord Mandelson has since said he regretted ever having known Epstein. Sir Keir appointed Lord Mandelson to the post, and the decision has dogged
evidence to back up the claim from Olly Robbins, the senior government official sacked for his role in appointing Mandelson anyway, that the vetting body had considered him to be “a borderline case”. A nine
details emerged about Lord Mandelson's friendship with Epstein, Sir Keir was asked by Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch if he had been aware of the pair's connections when he made the appointment
evidence to MPs last month, Robbins claimed UKSV regarded Mandelson’s case as “borderline”. He repeatedly declined to tell the foreign affairs select committee what concerns UKSV had about Mandelson, although he did say they
Details of the due diligence checks made before Lord Mandelson's appointment, which were carried out by the Cabinet Office on behalf of Number 10, are still to emerge. The publication of these checks were
detail ahead of [giving evidence to MPs on the Foreign Affairs Committee next week](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yjl1pmv55o). McSweeney is likely to be asked by the committee about whether he put pressure on civil servants
details of the vetting, which are highly intrusive and personal, as this would undermine the process. He is due to give evidence to the Commons Foreign Affairs Commitee on Tuesday morning. Labour MP Dame Emily
evidence he previously gave to the committee. BBC News understands Sir Olly has not formally accepted the committee's invitation, but friends of his said he was preparing to appear on Tuesday. Sir Olly
evidence. Last week, Little told Sir Keir Starmer that the UK Security and Vetting (UKSV) team had raised concerns about Lord Mandelson, but the Foreign Office had still granted him security clearance. The prime minister
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
detailed in the Epstein files. The force said the claims were historic, dating to the 1980s and 1990s, with one in Surrey and allegations concerning [Berkshire](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/berkshire) understood to relate to the Windsor
evidence to the foreign affairs select committee about the [Peter Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) scandal, Cat Little, the head civil servant in the Cabinet Office, was low key and often cautious. But she did reveal
detailed record that would confirm his account of this conversation, so we are left speculating how something so seemingly black and white – or glaring red, as the UKSV file had it – became so fuzzy
Epstein’s emails. MPs on the cross-party foreign affairs select committee were grilling the most senior civil servants involved in Mandelson’s appointment about the vetting and due diligence. Just over an hour
Epstein before giving him the job. Those warnings were in the first government report that checked out the Labour peer's background, produced by the Cabinet Office's Propriety Department. Starmer's team asked Mandelson