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Ed Miliband says he and Lammy feared Mandelson appointment could ‘blow up’

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

Five questions awaiting Starmer as he faces Commons over Mandelson scandal

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

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

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

Officials deliberately withheld Mandelson vetting result from me, Starmer says

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

Foreign secretary concerned ministers not told of Mandelson vetting fears sooner

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

PM's ex-chief of staff to give evidence on Mandelson vetting

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

Five things we learned from Cat Little’s evidence to MPs about the Mandelson saga

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

How Olly Robbins’ knightly charm glossed over burning questions on Mandelson vetting

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

Olly Robbins and Mandelson’s vetting: what did he do, why – and who knew?

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

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

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