Badenoch accuses PM of misleading MPs over Mandelson vetting

It follows a report Lord Mandelson failed his security vetting for the role of US ambassador but this was overruled by the Foreign Office.

Five key questions: Who overruled the decision to deny Mandelson security clearance?

Ministers and civil servants face scrutiny after revelation Foreign Office overruled vetting procedure for US ambassador appointment Revealed: Mandelson failed vetting but Foreign Office overruled decision Officials debate withholding Mandelson vetting documents from parliament The revelation that Peter Mandelson failed his security vetting clearance, only for the decision to be overruled by the Foreign Office so he could take up his post as ambassador to the US, raises a number of questio...

By Paul Lewis

Epstein row: UK’s Starmer faces calls to resign over report that Mandelson failed vetting

Britain’s former US ambassador Peter Mandelson failed his security vetting before taking up the role, but Prime Minister Keir Starmer was unaware officials had overruled the recommendation, the government said on Thursday. “Neither the prime minister, nor any government minister, was aware that Peter Mandelson was granted developed vetting against the advice ‌of UK Security Vetting until earlier this week,” a government spokesman said in a statement. The decision was taken by officials in the...

By Reuters

Mandelson failed US ambassador vetting – but was given the job anyway

The Foreign Office is said to have overruled a recommendation not to appoint the disgraced Labour peer

By Kate Devlin