Ex-Foreign Office head to claim he was pressured to clear Mandelson’s appointment as envoy
Sir Olly Robbins to tell MPs that Downing Street pushed for Labour grandee to take up post as ambassador to the US
Keir Starmer faces Mandelson scandal
- Timeline of the Mandelson scandal that put Keir Starmer in the dock Daily Mail —
- Starmer on collision course with sacked civil servant over Mandelson scandal LBC —
- UK PM Starmer admits Mandelson mistake, rejects resignation calls Al Jazeera —
- 'I did not mislead Commons' over Mandelson vetting, says PM Sky News —
- Keir Starmer is accused of throwing officials 'under a bus': PM tries to dodge the blame over Mandelson appointment Daily Mail —