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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

Starmer rejects calls to quit as pressure mounts over Mandelson vetting

failure to inform him, as prime minister, was “staggering” and “unforgivable”, pledging to “set out all the relevant facts in true transparency” to Parliament on Monday. The beleaguered prime minister said he only found

UK PM Starmer admits Mandelson mistake, rejects resignation calls

Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington, but rejected mounting calls to resign. Starmer told the UK Parliament on Monday that, while the appointment was a mistake, he would have withdrawn the decision had he known

Olly Robbins’ account of Mandelson vetting piles pressure on Starmer

Peter Mandelson as Washington ambassador despite the concerns of vetting officials. Olly Robbins, the former top official at the Foreign Office, said No 10 took a “dismissive” attitude to vetting, and Mandelson was given access

Foreign secretary concerned ministers not told of Mandelson vetting fears sooner

Peter Mandelson had not passed the vetting, he would never, ever have appointed him ambassador," he said. Lammy, who was foreign secretary at the time, added that neither he nor his advisers had been told

Starmer could have been told about Mandelson’s vetting failure, claims No 10 with release of briefing paper – UK politics live

failure, claims No 10 with release of briefing paper – UK politics live Good morning. There are occasions when a prime minister wakes up knowing that how they perform in the Commons that day will decide

Starmer would have blocked Mandelson role over vetting failure, says Lammy

failure, says Lammy Keir Starmer would have blocked Peter Mandelson from serving as the UK’s ambassador to Washington had he known he failed [security vetting](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/17/what-happens-security-vetting-peter-mandelson), David Lammy has said

Starmer accuses Robbins of obstructing truth about Mandelson vetting

details of Mandelson’s personal life, and financial and business dealings – which the prime minister is also believed to have now seen – as well as the recommendation that Mandelson had failed vetting

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

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