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Starmer faces Commons showdown over Mandelson vetting scandal

Mandelson vetting scandal Keir Starmer will deliver a high-stakes statement to MPs on Monday

Key figure in Mandelson vetting scandal will not give evidence before MPs

Mandelson vetting scandal will not give evidence before MPs A key figure in the row over

Keir Starmer to face vote on Mandelson vetting scandal as key figures give evidence to MPs - UK politics live

Mandelson vetting scandal as key figures give evidence to MPs - UK politics live From Good

Ministers speak out in cabinet meeting over Starmer’s sacking of Olly Robbins

Mandelson vetting scandal as they warned him not to [alienate the civil service](https://www.theguardian.com

Monday briefing: How is it possible the prime minister didn’t know about Mandelson’s vetting failure?

Mandelson vetting scandal” – that’s the lead story in the **Guardian** at the start of the week

Starmer accuses Robbins of obstructing truth about Mandelson vetting

Mandelson vetting scandal before a high-jeopardy appearance of the sacked top official before MPs on Tuesday

Lucy Powell says Labour has ‘no magic bullet’ as MPs brace for heavy losses in local elections

Mandelson vetting scandal, but said the prime minister would not make a similar mistake again

Tuesday briefing: What it might take for lasting peace between the US and Iran

Mandelson vetting scandal before a high-jeopardy appearance of the sacked top official before MPs on Tuesday

Mandelson scandal is biggest crisis for diplomatic service in decades, says ex-Foreign Office chief

scandal is biggest crisis for diplomatic service in decades, says ex-Foreign Office chief The [Peter Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) security vetting

Five questions awaiting Starmer as he faces Commons over Mandelson scandal

scandal Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is set to face a packed Commons later where he will address questions over Lord Mandelson's vetting

Starmer tells MPs Foreign Office has been stripped of power to overrule vetting

vetting decisions after the [Peter Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) scandal, Keir Starmer has told MPs, as he sought

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

vetting information, to allow ministers to make judgments on appointments or on explaining matters to parliament. We will be focusing mostly on the Mandelson scandal

In Peter Mandelson evidence, Cat Little had the best weapon: an audit trail

scandal so far. Why did the Foreign office ask to look at Mandelson’s vetting

Partygate v Mandelson: Keir Starmer faces attack from his own playbook

scandal. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian Though much of the focus has been on what Starmer knew about Mandelson’s security vetting

Olly Robbins’ account of Mandelson vetting piles pressure on Starmer

vetting through the [humble address process](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/04/peter-mandelson-disclosures-what-is-humble-address-parliament). Starmer has come under intense pressure over the Mandelson scandal

Naming Mandelson as ambassador before vetting was mistake, minister says

scandal. With Starmer aiming to [explain to the Commons](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/19/starmer-faces-commons-showdown-over-mandelson-vetting-scandal) on Monday afternoon why he did not know the Foreign Office had overruled a decision to refuse Mandelson vetting

UK PM Starmer admits Mandelson mistake, rejects resignation calls

Mandelson, whose friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was long known. The British leader again rejected calls for his resignation over the botched vetting process. Those calls have mounted as the issue has developed

Cabinet secretary apparently advised Starmer to wait for vetting before appointing Mandelson

Mandelson was able to take up his role as UK ambassador without the Foreign Office revealing it had overruled the decision to fail his vetting. The scandal

Starmer should face Commons inquiry over Mandelson vetting, says Ed Davey

scandal. The public deserves the truth, not another cover-up. “If it turns out that Starmer was aware at the time that Mandelson’s security vetting

Foreign secretary concerned ministers not told of Mandelson vetting fears sooner

vetting process to appoint Lord Mandelson as US ambassador. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is facing calls to resign from opposition parties and is due to answer questions on the scandal