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Mandelson received sensitive Foreign Office briefings before vetting finished

detail any steps taken to mitigate commercial conflicts of interest. The files reveal Mandelson “declined

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

details after Mandelson was sacked Starmer sacked Mandelson on 11 September last year. Four days later, Little said, the Foreign Office’s security team requested “access to a number of documents relating to the vetting

Revealed: Mandelson vetting warned of ties to senior figures in China, Russia and Israel

file, the then Foreign Office permanent secretary, Olly Robbins, granted Mandelson security clearance anyway. ![Mandelson gestures as he stands behind a seated Donald Trump in the Oval Office, as a smiling JD Vance stands

Olly Robbins’ account of Mandelson vetting piles pressure on Starmer

files relating to Mandelson’s time in Washington, has now been handed some vetting information including a short summary document with details

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

file, which he described as sitting in a “hermetically sealed box”, and relied entirely on Collard’s “oral briefing”. According to Robbins, Collard briefed him that “UKSV considered Mandelson a ‘borderline’ case” and was only

Ministers urged to share Mandelson vetting files with intelligence committee

details of Mandelson’s developed vetting process. As the Guardian [revealed last week](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/16/revealed-mandelson-failed-vetting-but-foreign-office-overruled-decision), United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) decided that Mandelson should be denied clearance but that advice was overruled

Senior minister defends decision to withhold some Mandelson files

files A senior minister has defended the government’s decision to withhold information relating to the appointment of [Peter Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) as Washington ambassador from a powerful parliamentary committee. Darren Jones, the chief

Mandelson files: What you need to know

files [released in March](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd70lgywgqqo). The documents are still being digested across Westminster. Here is a summary of the key points to have emerged so far. The document dump contains hundreds of internal

MPs raise doubts over missing Mandelson vetting documents

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

Five questions left unanswered by the Mandelson files

files contain more than 160 pages of messages and WhatsApps between Lord Mandelson and government ministers and officials. But the disclosure did not include information from the peer's personal phone, after he declined

Mandelson papers being withheld, says intelligence watchdog

file held by UK Security Vetting (UKSV)." Last month, it was revealed that UKSV had recommended against clearing Lord Mandelson for the job, but the Foreign Office had nevertheless [given him clearance](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c747r3v90k3o).

Second batch of Mandelson files won't be published this month

files. Lord Mandelson was sacked as ambassador last year after the emergence of new revelations about the extent of his relationship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In February, MPs voted to force

Surrey police launch investigation into UK Epstein abuse allegations

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

Mandelson files reveal Labour party is riddled with doubts and infighting

files, but rather what everyone in the Labour government thinks of each other. Many of the most withering assessments have come from Mandelson himself. “Keir is not leading from the front and Morgan [McSweeney

What is Developed Vetting security clearance at centre of Mandelson row?

detailed information about their finances, internet use and medical conditions. Official records are also checked, including a candidate's credit history and any criminal offences. Records held by the Security Service are also reviewed. Those

Robbins says officials considered withholding Mandelson vetting files from parliament

file as existing in a “hermetically sealed box”, adding: “To open that box is to do something that has long-term, damaging and chilling implications for UK national security. I will not hide from