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Robbins says officials considered withholding Mandelson vetting files from parliament

Mandelson clearance only on Tuesday last week. The Cabinet Office maintains there was no undue delay because the civil servants were engaged in a process of “expedited checks” aimed at informing the prime minister

Five questions awaiting Starmer as he faces Commons over Mandelson scandal

delay, although we know the prime minister was in Paris on Thursday for a pre-scheduled meeting of global leaders on the Iran war, and the next parliamentary sitting was Monday. The remaining documents relating

US justice department blocking Met police investigation into Mandelson, reports say – UK politics live

documents relate to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which Scotland Yard believes could hold key evidence related to Mandelson, who served as business secretary and US ambassador. While the Met has asked

Ministers urged to share Mandelson vetting files with intelligence committee

delays and obstacles. Alex Burghart, a Conservative shadow minister, told the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg that MPs had instructed the prime minister to hand over “all of the documents associated with this

Olly Robbins refused to hand Mandelson vetting summary to Cabinet Office, says Cat Little

document and its relevance to the scope of the humble address”. Questioned on the claim that the idea of Mandelson not needing to be vetted at all had been suggested, Little said this was raised

Starmer was kept in dark about Mandelson’s vetting by two top civil servants

delay in informing the prime minister will fuel concern about whether his government is being run by mandarins rather than ministers. Romeo, who was appointed by Starmer in February, was told about the failure