MPs raise doubts over missing Mandelson vetting documents
File detailing security mitigations is among those withheld at the request of the Metropolitan policeMinisters have faced renewed cross-party pressure...
Mandelson received sensitive Foreign Office briefings before vetting finished
Revelations appear in second tranche of released files about Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassadorPeter Mandelson was receiving sensitive security ...
Revealed: Mandelson vetting warned of ties to senior figures in China, Russia and Israel
Vetting officials also flagged £1m loan when recommending he should be denied security clearanceKey questions: did ‘mitigations’ cover links to China ...
No evidence of formal security vetting when Andrew became UK trade envoy, minister says
Documents released by government also show late queen was ‘very keen’ for her son to have prominent roleUK politics live – latest updatesFormal securi...
Ministers have no authority to withhold Mandelson vetting file, committee says
Group of MPs and peers in effect accuse government of failing to comply with parliament’s will over release of filesA powerful parliamentary committee...
Keir Starmer to face vote on Mandelson vetting scandal as key figures give evidence to MPs - UK politics live
Morgan McSweeney among those giving evidence to foreign affairs committee ahead of Commons vote Good morning. The former US president Lyndon Johnson i...
Top Foreign Office official ‘felt pressure’ for ‘rapid outcome’ on Mandelson vetting
Ian Collard tells MPs he had not seen UKSV assessment summary before briefing Olly Robbins on clearanceA top Foreign Office security official who pla...
Key figure in Mandelson vetting scandal will not give evidence before MPs
Chief property and security officer Ian Collard set to submit written answers to foreign affairs committee questionsA key figure in the row over Peter...
Security vetting stepped up after MP is given bodyguard with far-right links
Extra social media checks brought in amid growing threat to politicians from extremistsThe security company that provides bodyguards for MPs has tight...
‘Toxic’ views of Reform UK candidates raise questions about party’s vetting
Hope Not Hate campaign identifies election hopefuls calling for a ‘white Britain’ and complaining of ‘kowtowing to the black community’A Reform UK can...
Former Labour MP calls for Starmer to face Commons committee over Mandelson vetting
Karl Turner, who lost Labour whip after criticising PM, calls for privileges committee to examine if Starmer misled parliamentUK politics live – lates...
Olly Robbins refused to hand Mandelson vetting summary to Cabinet Office, says Cat Little
In evidence to MPs, Cabinet Office’s top civil servant disputes claim her department suggested vetting might not be neededUK politics live – latest up...
Top Cabinet Office official to give evidence to MPs about Peter Mandelson’s vetting – UK politics live
Permanent secretary, Cat Little, to give evidence to foreign affairs committee as pressure increases on Keir Starmer Good morning. As Kiran Stacey, Pi...
How Olly Robbins’ knightly charm glossed over burning questions on Mandelson vetting
Mandelson received two ‘clearance denied’ red ticks yet top Foreign Office civil servant says he did not have access to file – which he later readUK p...
Robbins says officials considered withholding Mandelson vetting files from parliament
Sacked civil servant acknowledges ‘debate’ about release of documents after question about alleged ‘cover-up’Olly Robbins responded to a question abou...
Olly Robbins’ account of Mandelson vetting piles pressure on Starmer
Sacked civil servant tells select committee of ‘pressure’ to give clearance and ‘dismissive’ attitude to vettingThe civil servant sacked by Keir Starm...
Robbins’ account raises questions over whether he was misled on Mandelson vetting
Sacked Foreign Office chief tells MPs he was briefed that UKSV considered Mandelson ‘a borderline case’UK politics live – latest updatesAn account of ...
Robbins v Starmer: the key points they disagree on over Mandelson vetting
Sacked civil servant says it was right not to tell PM that Mandelson had failed vetting – a view Starmer rejectsIn the last 24 hours, the two men at t...
Sacked Foreign Office chief Olly Robbins to face MPs’ questions over Mandelson vetting – UK politics live
Robbins was forced out as Foreign Office permanent secretary over the Mandelson vetting revelations in the GuardianGood morning. In about an hour Olly...
British leader Starmer’s job at risk over Epstein-linked envoy’s vetting
The prime minister appears to be in the sharpest peril of his 21 months in office, after revelations that Peter Mandelson was appointed despite red fl...
