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UK's ambassador to the US are being "withheld" from MPs, the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) has said. Lord Beamish, chair of the committee tasked with reviewing the documents, said Lord Mandelson's vetting
vetting findings was “utterly unacceptable” He said he had ordered an urgent review after discovering that the Foreign Office and other Government departments the right to ignore security advice when appointing people to sensitive roles
UK national security. I will not hide from the fact that my department, including me, took that view in those internal discussions.” Lord Beamish, the chair of the intelligence and security committee (ISC), which
UK Security Vetting” (UKSV), the agency that in January 2025 recommended Mandelson’s security clearance should be denied. The following day, the Foreign Office’s then permanent secretary, Olly Robbins, granted Mandelson his “developed vetting
UK Security and Vetting's (UKSV) recommendation not to give clearance to Mandelson. Sir Olly [was sacked last week](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c747r3v90k3o) after it emerged that he had granted clearance against the recommendation
security clearances being reviewed We do not know if any of the above applied to Mandelson, nor do we know what issues led the vetting agency to recommend that he be refused clearance. Downing Street
UK Security Vetting (UKSV), the government agency that did Lord Mandelson's vetting, did not relate to his previous relationship with Epstein, but did not say what they were about. Sir Olly insisted that
security officials. He said the department's officials should have informed him at the time - and then missed "repeated occasions" afterwards to make him aware, including when the UK's then former top civil servant
UK security vetting recommendations, while rightly protecting detailed sensitive vetting information, to allow ministers to make judgments on appointments or on explaining matters to parliament.” Asked whether it had been a mistake to not follow
government story has become murkier and more contradictory. It is time for the truth.” Mandelson’s vetting took place in December 2024 and January 2025, after the job had been announced, Starmer said, saying this
UK’s most senior diplomat in Washington, dealing with intelligence from GCHQ and the NSA, handling top-secret material, was allowed into that role despite failing a vetting process that even relatively junior civil servants
government budget came in below its annual borrowing target by £700m, official figures show – but the Iran war is likely to blow a hole in Rachel Reeves’s carefully calculated fiscal “headroom” over the coming
reviewed, she said it had actually been the Foreign Office that raised the possibility of Mandelson not needing to be vetted given he was a member of the House of Lords. Questioned by Emily Thornberry
review of the information given to the committee to ensure it is "fully accurate". She wrote: "I am extremely concerned about information that has now come to light and the fact that
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, as he attempted to shore up the prime minister amid damaging fallout from
secure indictments against Comey and James, but the cases later collapsed. Trump fired Bondi on 2 April, reportedly because he was angered by the department’s lack of progress in prosecuting enemies. Todd Blanche