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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, [first revealed by the Guardian last week
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 in Parliament on Monday. The Foreign Office
sacked civil servant, Oliver Robbins, answers questions of the foreign affairs committee on Tuesday. They know the public has been losing faith in the political system for years. Every twist and turn of the Mandelson
Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) security vetting scandal is the biggest crisis for the diplomatic service in decades, a former Foreign Office chief has said. Sir Simon McDonald, who was the permanent under-secretary
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 was overruled, that would represent a major abuse
sacked Mandelson as ambassador after documents released by a US Congressional committee revealed new details about the depth of his ties to Epstein. Police have opened an investigation into allegations of misconduct in office
sacked seven months later over his ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. On Thursday, [a Guardian investigation](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/16/revealed-mandelson-failed-vetting-but-foreign-office-overruled-decision) revealed Mandelson had been appointed despite failing initial vetting. Later on Thursday
sacked for not creating a problem for the prime minister. Which is novel. The great lesson from all this is that the Labour government want the civil service to save them from their own judgments