Former UK ambassador to US Peter Mandelson failed security vetting before taking job
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Peter Mandelson, Britain’s former ambassador to the United States, failed his security vetting before taking up the role, but Prime Minister Keir Starmer was unaware that officials had overruled the recommendation, the government said Thursday.
Starmer in crisis over Mandelson
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- Keir Starmer ‘won’t resign’ after latest crisis over Mandelson scandal Metro —