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vetting scandal. The home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, is understood to have questioned whether it was justifiable to [sack Robbins](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/21/olly-robbins-keir-starmer-mandelson-vetting-foreign-office) for his failure to tell Starmer that Mandelson
Starmer last week after [the Guardian disclosed](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/16/revealed-mandelson-failed-vetting-but-foreign-office-overruled-decision) he had overturned a recommendation from UK Security Vetting (UKSV) to deny clearance for Mandelson. At prime minister’s questions
question is, why? And here it will get difficult for Starmer, because Robbins is likely to argue that he felt under pressure to grant vetting approval because Starmer had already said he wanted Mandelson
Questions over Mandelson’s vetting will continue into the coming week,with Starmer’s former
questions about the prime minister’s judgment in appointing him. Starmer will also be pressed over whether he misled the public in remarks about the security vetting process, which he said had given Mandelson
questions on Keir Starmer’s Mandelson debacle Downing Street [has tried to do](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/17/keir-starmer-peter-mandelson-unforgivable-not-told-failed-vetting) a lot of explaining, as has Keir Starmer himself. But there are still plenty of things
Starmer’s former chief of staff, to be questioned by MPs Morgan McSweeney, the prime minister’s former chief of staff, has been summoned before the foreign affairs select committee as the Peter Mandelson vetting
Starmer as leadership questions grow over Mandelson saga – UK politics live **Liz Kendall** has repeated David Lammy’s claim the prime minister would have stopped **Peter Mandelson’s** appointment if he had known the peer
Questioned about whether he knew one particular detail about Mandelson’s business links, Starmer made it clear that this was the sort of detail he not only did not know about the vetting
Starmer's team asked Mandelson three further questions after that report and were satisfied with his answers, although they now believe he misled them. Step two: crucially after the prime minister had given the former
questions asked of him honestly. He will push back on the fact that Mandelson “failed” his security vetting, arguing the final decision on clearance was his to make. Senior Whitehall officials have criticised Starmer
question about an alleged “cover-up” on Tuesday by confirming that government officials had considered withholding Peter Mandelson’s secretive vetting documents from parliament. Robbins, who was sacked by Keir Starmer
Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) developed vetting clearance, and not tell Starmer he had done so against the advice of the official vetting agency. The former BBC journalist Jon Sopel declared while watching the evidence
Mandelson as ambassador to the US, the former New Labour “prince of darkness” failed UK security vetting – something Keir Starmer says he was not told about. On Friday, Starmer said he was “absolutely furious
Questioned by Sky News as to why Mandelson was publicly named as ambassador before vetting had happened, particularly when many controversies about him were already known, Alexander said this was in part because
Starmer to appoint the former ambassador, he is [likely to face questions](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/27/what-might-mcsweeney-and-barton-reveal-about-mandelson-vetting-scandal) over whether due process was followed, including whether he put pressure on the Foreign Office over Mandelson. He is also
Starmer is set to face a packed Commons later where he will address questions over Lord Mandelson's vetting
vetting was conducted to the usual standard, which was signed by the foreign secretary. Starmer said: “Let me be very clear to the house – this was in response to questions which included whether concerns were
vetting process. After reviewing the due dilligence findings, No 10 sources said Sir Keir Starmer asked Lord Mandelson to address three specific questions
Mandelson’s appointment despite him failing his security vetting has electrified the question of who knew what and when. Speaking on Friday, [Keir Starmer