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What Mandelson vetting row reveals about escalating tensions between ministers and civil servants

Keir Starmer’s decision to fire Foreign Office chief Olly Robbins has contributed to “one of the worst crises in relations” between ministers and civil servants in modern times. The words of former cabinet secretary Gus O'Donnell, writing after Robbins was sacked for declining to inform Starmer that Peter Mandelson failed…

The Conversation

Officials requested Mandelson’s vetting details days after Independent revealed he failed

Cat Little, the most senior official in the Cabinet Office, said details of the disgraced peer’s vetting were requested by the Foreign Office seven months ago

The Independent UK

Five things we learned from Cat Little’s evidence to MPs about the Mandelson saga

Top civil servant reveals more details of vetting process and lack of paper trail for approval of appointment

The Guardian - UK

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Olly Robbins refused to give Mandelson vetting summary to Cabinet Office, says Cat Little

In evidence to MPs, Cabinet Office top civil servant disputes that her department suggested vetting might not be needed

The Guardian - UK

Global Counsel, lobbying firm set up by Mandelson, went bust owing £4.5m just before his arrest – as it happened

Firm went bust in February amid fallout from the scandal over Mandelson’s links to Jeffrey Epstein

The Guardian - UK

EU Pet Passports Are No Longer Valid for Domestic Animals Travelling to Europe from England, Scotland or Wales

British pet owners traveling to the EU face new challenges as EU pet passport rules change, requiring an Animal Health Certificate for each trip, impacting costs and travel plans.

International Business Times UK

Starmer-Mandelson latest: Dismissal of Robbins over vetting scandal ‘wholly unacceptable’, says ex-Labour minister

Denis MacShane said he had never seen such a ‘fallout’ between No 10 and the civil service

The Independent UK

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Ian Collard: the Foreign Office insider who may be key to Mandelson scandal

Olly Robbins’ meeting with Collard resulted in Mandelson’s security clearance, which is now under intense scrutiny

The Guardian - UK

Morgan McSweeney, Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff, to be questioned by MPs

Exclusive: McSweeney summoned by foreign affairs select committee in rare step, as Mandelson vetting row continues

The Guardian - UK

Divisions emerge in Keir Starmer’s cabinet over his sacking of Olly Robbins

PM under increasing pressure over Mandelson vetting scandal as sources say ministers spoke up at tense meeting

The Guardian - UK

Mandelson vetting scandal: why Whitehall is the worst of all worlds when it comes to accountability

Keir Starmer’s decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US keeps coming back to haunt him. It has now emerged that Mandelson was granted security clearance by the Foreign Office, despite concerns raised during the vetting process. Top Foreign Office civil servant Olly Robbins was sacked over these…

The Conversation

How Olly Robbins’ knightly charm glossed over burning questions on Mandelson vetting

Former Foreign Office top official’s evidence raises stark issues with ‘the system’ he was seeking to defend

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer fails to deny Lord linked to paedophile was considered for top diplomatic job during fiery PMQs

During a fiery Prime Minister’s Questions, Sir Keir faced grilling over his former spin doctor Matthew Doyle

Evening Standard

Watch in full: Starmer faces more backlash from MPs over Mandelson vetting scandal at PMQs

Sir Keir Starmer faced a grilling in the House of Commons at Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday (22 April) amid the ongoing fallout over the vetting of Lord Peter Mandelson.

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UK politics: Labour MP calls for Starmer’s resignation to end ‘psychodrama’ – as it happened

Jonathan Brash says ‘own goals’ are distracting from Labour’s achievements

The Independent UK

Starmer told to do another U-turn and give ‘distinguished’ ex-foreign office chief his job back

Lord Sedwill says the sacked Foreign Office chief ‘shouldered his responsibilities rather than shunting them’

The Guardian - UK

Wednesday briefing: Can Keir Starmer’s premiership survive more revelations about his handling of diplomatic posts?

In today’s newsletter: Olly Robbins’ appearance before MPs raises fresh questions about how key diplomatic appointments are handled, threatening to engulf the prime minister at a precarious political moment

The Independent UK

Starmer-Mandelson latest: PM could face Privileges Committee after claims he misled MPs

The Tories, SNP and Lib Dems are asking Sir Lindsay Hoyle to refer Sir Keir over the appointment of Lord Peter Mandelson - the PM has denied misleading MPs

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The Guardian - UK

Robbins response to ‘cover-up’ question reveals debate over Mandelson vetting file

Sacked civil servant acknowledges discussion over release of documents in key committee hearing

Evening Standard

Starmer to face PMQs amid pressure over Mandelson vetting scandal

Former Foreign Office chief Sir Olly Robbins defended himself in front of the Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

Inquiry under way into Lord Mandelson vetting leak, MPs told

Sir Olly Robbins said it was deeply worrying that the story was given to The Guardian.

The Independent UK

An inquiry into Lord Mandelson vetting leak under way, MPs told

Sir Olly Robbins said it was deeply worrying that the story was given to The Guardian

The Independent UK

Takeaways from former top UK official's testimony on the Mandelson appointment scandal

The former leader of Britain's Foreign Office has revealed details about the appointment of Peter Mandelson as the U.K.'s ambassador to Washington despite failing security checks

The Independent UK

Robbins asked if No 10 told Foreign Office to ‘just f***ing approve’ Mandelson vetting

Sir Olly Robbins was asked whether Morgan McSweeney, the then-chief of staff for Sir Keir Starmer, told the Foreign Office to “just f***ing approve” Peter Mandelson’s security vetting for his appointment as ambassador to the US.

The Independent UK

No 10 put ‘constant pressure’ on Foreign Office to get Mandelson in post

Downing Street also accused of trying to find diplomatic job for former Starmer aide Matthew Doyle, later suspended by the party for his links to a convicted paedophile

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