UK PM: Should Have Been Told About UKSV Recommendation on Mandelson
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday that the recommendation from UK Security Vetting that Peter Mandelson should be denied developed vetting clearance "was information that could and should have been shared" with him "on repeated occasions." Starmer was speaking in the the House of Commons. (Source: Bloomberg)
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