Keir Starmer says he wasn’t told Peter Mandelson failed security vetting check over Jeffrey Epstein links
Keir Starmer has blamed former top civil servant Olly Robbins for deliberately keeping him in the dark over Peter Mandelson’s failure to pass security vetting checks before taking the role of ambassador to the US.
Mandelson vetting scandal deepens
- Ex-official blames pressure from U.K. prime minister's office to pick Epstein-linked U.S. ambassador CBC —
- Ex-official describes pressure from UK PM's office, deepening Mandelson row The Straits Times —
- PM’s Office ‘Dismissive’ of Mandelson Vetting: Official Bloomberg —
- Sir Olly Robbins: No10 put Foreign Office under 'constant pressure' to approve Lord Mandelson Yorkshire Post —
- Robbins says Downing St pressured him to sign off Mandelson appointment Financial Times —