17 resultsfor “Peter Mandelson security vetting controversy”
security vetting procedures to install the Labour veteran Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington, as [revealed by a Guardian investigation](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/16/revealed-mandelson-failed-vetting-but-foreign-office-overruled-decision) last week. But one of the key accusations that Starmer threw
vetting, says Ed Davey A powerful Commons committee should investigate whether Keir Starmer misled parliament over the appointment of [Peter Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) as ambassador to Washington, Ed Davey has said. The Liberal Democrat
Peter Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) vetting 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
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
Peter Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) as the UK’s ambassador to the US before he was security vetted for the role, one of Keir Starmer’s senior ministers has said before the prime minister
Peter Mandelson was receiving sensitive security briefings about the Foreign Office’s work, and was in discussions with the head of MI6, before he had completed the developed vetting process, [documents reveal](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/01/mandelson-received-sensitive-foreign-office-briefings-before-vetting-finished).
Peter Mandelson’s vetting process with the parliamentary committee tasked with deciding if they should be made public. In February, MPs passed a binding parliamentary motion, known as a humble address, requiring the government
Peter Mandelson’s security vetting by two other top civil servants, including the head of the civil service, the Guardian can reveal. The prime minister said on Friday that it was [“unforgivable” and “staggering
controversy – UK politics live Good morning and welcome to today’s live coverage of UK politics. Despite several calls for his resignation from within his own party, **Keir Starmer** told [the Sunday Times](https://www.thetimes.com
security vetting, and police [continue to investigate](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/06/peter-mandelson-released-from-bail-conditions) serious allegations over his own conduct, Mandelson has [stepped out of his Regent’s Park mansion](https://www.itn.co.uk/news/lord-mandelson-leaves-home-0) and pottered across the road
Peter Mandelson [failed his security vetting](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/17/keir-starmer-kept-in-dark-peter-mandelson-vetting-two-top-civil-servants) in January 2025, during the process to appoint him as ambassador the US. Robbins is said to have known about Mandelson’s failure to pass
Peter Mandelson had failed security vetting when he was appointed is staggering. “That I wasn’t told that he had failed security vetting when I was telling parliament that due process had been followed
Peter Mandelson’s links to Jeffery Epstein – and said there was “absolutely” pressure from Downing Street over the pace of vetting. Giving evidence to the foreign affairs select committee, the former Foreign Office permanent secretary
Peter Mandelson vetting scandal as they warned him not to [alienate the civil service](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/21/anger-whitehall-civil-service-olly-robbins-sacked-keir-starmer), sources have told the Guardian. Several ministers spoke out about the decision to sack Robbins during a gloomy
Peter Mandelson had [failed security vetting](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/16/revealed-mandelson-failed-vetting-but-foreign-office-overruled-decision) before he assumed the role of US ambassador, the Guardian can reveal. Any such decision could amount to an extraordinary breach of a parliamentary vote which
Peter Mandelson's links with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein before giving him the job. Those warnings were in the first government report that checked out the Labour peer's background, produced
Peter Mandelson’s associations with senior figures in China, Russia and Israel were among the concerns raised by the UK’s vetting agency when it concluded he should be denied clearance, multiple sources have told