Keir Starmer has denied pressuring civil servants to grant security clearance to Lord Mandelson on Wednesday, but admitted trying to make another adviser, Matthew Doyle, an ambassador.
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The political row isn't going away with more people involved in Mandelson's appointment set to give evidence in the coming week.
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