Sir Keir Starmer has said the evidence of a sacked senior civil servant around Lord Peter Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador “puts to bed all the allegations levelled at me” after claims that he misled Parliament.
Former Foreign Office chief Sir Olly Robbins was sacked by the Prime Minister last week after it emerged he did not tell Sir Keir that Lord Mandelson had been cleared to take the top diplomatic post despite security vetting officials recommending against it.
