Civil servant defends Starmer over ‘due process’ on Mandelson

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A top Whitehall operator has appeared to defend Sir Keir Starmer’s insistence that due process was followed by the government in the appointment of Lord Peter Mandelson as US ambassador.

Cat Little, the Cabinet Office’s chief operating officer, said that bureaucratic procedures around security and vetting were adhered to by the Prime Minister’s team at https://www.cityam.com/civil-servant-defends-starmer-over-due-process-on-mandelson/">[...]

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