What Starmer said, and didn’t say, in the Commons about the Mandelson saga
PM sets out chronology of Mandelson’s vetting failure – and insists he has not misled MPs
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Keir Starmer has laid out a detailed timeline of events leading up to Peter Mandelson being refused security vetting and how the message was not passed to No 10.
Here’s what his statement did tell us – and what it was more vague on.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/20/what-starmer-said-and-didnt-say-in-the-commons-about-the-mandelson-saga">Continue reading...Starmer Under Fire Over Mandelson
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