Starmer Denies Pressuring UK Official Over Mandelson Appointment
Prime Minister Keir Starmer insisted his office didn’t pressure a senior Foreign Office official to rubber-stamp the appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador, disputing a key part of the bureaucrat’s testimony to a parliamentary committee a day earlier.
Mandelson Vetting Scandal Intensifies
- Starmer sacked Olly Robbins before he could defend himself over Mandelson scandal, allies say The Independent —
- Morgan McSweeney summoned to bombshell Commons hearing on Mandelson scandal Mirror —
- Mandelson scandal shatters UK PM Starmer's promise of stable government The Straits Times —
- Watch in full: Starmer faces more backlash from MPs over Mandelson vetting scandal at PMQs The Independent —
- FactCheck: did Starmer mislead Parliament more than once over Mandelson’s security vetting? Channel 4 News —