US EditionStarmer ‘pressured Foreign Office into Mandelson appointment’: Report
MPs will question Starmer over claims No 10 pushed through Mandelson’s appointment despite failed security vetting, after Robbins was fired.
- Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer faced an emergency Commons debate on Tuesday over Lord Peter Mandelson's appointment as ambassador after the peer received security clearance despite failing vetting checks.
- Last week, Sir Keir fired top Foreign Office official Sir Olly Robbins, accusing him of deliberately keeping him uninformed that UKSV considered Mandelson's case 'borderline' and likely to oppose clearance.
- Addressing the Commons on Monday, Starmer denied misleading MPs, insisting he followed 'the usual process' and stating it 'beggars belief' he remained uninformed despite reports detailing Mandelson's connections to Epstein.
- Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch declared the appointment 'a matter of national security' under standing order 24, while Lee Anderson and Zarah Sultana were removed from the House for accusing Starmer of lying.
- Robbins was scheduled to testify on Tuesday before the foreign affairs committee, expected to emphasize that vetting is 'rightly independent of ministers,' as Foreign Office minister Stephen Doughty stated in September.
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Pressure Mounts On Starmer Over Mandelson Vetting
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing growing calls to resign after it emerged that Peter Mandelson was appointed as U.S. ambassador despite failing a vetting process. Sir Keir is set to face a packed Commons later on Monday, where he will address questions over Lord Mandelson’s vetting.He repeatedly told MPs that "full due process” was followed when Lord Mandelson was appointed as U.S. ambassador in December 2024.The prime minister said…
Starmer says unaware of security lapse when appointing Mandelson
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday told parliament he was unaware that Peter Mandelson was flagged by security checks prior to his appointment as envoy to the US. The remarks came after Olly Robbins, a senior foreign ministry official who was fired last week, said that Starmer had a "dismissive attitude" towards the security vetting process.
Starmer under pressure ahead of PMQs amid Mandelson vetting scandal fallout
Former Foreign Office boss Sir Olly Robbins, who was sacked amid the scandal, claimed an "atmosphere of pressure" existed within No 10 and that there was a push to get Peter Mandelson to the US
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union-bulletin.comMandelson vetting fiasco leaves Starmer looking like lame duck
LONDON — Forty-eight hours of brutal public inquiry into Keir Starmer’s judgment have left the prime minister looking increasingly like a leader on his way out.
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