No 10 refuses to say whether PM will correct the record on Mandelson appointment

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer leaving 10 Downing Street on his way to Parliament to make a statement (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Wire)

Downing Street has repeatedly refused to say whether Sir Keir Starmer will correct the record after telling Parliament due process was followed in making Lord Mandelson ambassador to the US.

The Prime Minister will battle to save his job in an address MPs later on Monday following extraordinary revelations that the disgraced peer took up the Washington job despite failing security vetting.