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Burnham criticises Government over ‘dividing lines’ in blood scandal payouts

A memorial service for those affected was held at St Paul’s Cathedral in London, with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer attending.

Evening Standard

Peter Mandelson scandal: the key questions that remain unanswered

The foreign affairs select committee meets this week to discuss next steps and there are concerns any conclusions reached at this stage may be premature

The Guardian - UK

Read Naushabah Khan statement in full after quitting as Cabinet Office PPS amid calls for ‘new leadership’

The Cabinet Office PPS was the latest Labour aide to step down on Monday

The Independent UK

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Starmer on the brink as cabinet ministers urge him to quit

Exclusive: Senior cabinet ministers believed to be among those telling PM to oversee orderly departure hours after he said he would fight any challenge

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Starmer and Mandelson: questions that won’t go away

Editorial: The prime minister’s account is not false, but it seems partial. The omissions raise serious questions about his judgment and parliamentary accountability

The Guardian - UK

What might McSweeney and Barton reveal about Mandelson vetting scandal?

MPs likely to question Starmer’s ex-chief of staff and former top official in Foreign Office on pressure, process and access

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Starmer’s Mandelson gamble: his political judgment faces scrutiny in pivotal week

Editorial: Conflicting accounts will be tested in parliament. The outcome may not be decisive, but risks reinforcing concerns about PM’s leadership

The Guardian - UK

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Cat Little’s evidence to MPs is destined for civil service textbooks

The Cabinet Office permanent secretary’s 100 minutes before the foreign affairs committee will be required viewing

The Guardian - UK

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

In Peter Mandelson evidence, Cat Little had the best weapon: an audit trail

Where Olly Robbins relied on recollections, Cabinet Office’s top civil servant was at pains to link her account to paper trail

The Guardian - 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

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

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

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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

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

Evening Standard

Capita’s Royal Mail pension scheme contract terminated after failures – minister

The Government will do all it can to ensure continuity of service, Royal Mail pensioners were assured.

The Independent UK

Royal Mail pension scheme contract terminated after ‘failure to deliver numerous milestones’

The Government will do all it can to ensure continuity of service, Royal Mail pensioners were assured

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The Guardian - UK

After Starmer and Robbins, McSweeney faces a grilling on Mandelson. Can this government survive? Our panel responds

The civil servant says he was pressured by No 10 to get Mandelson’s vetting done; the PM says he wasn’t informed. Who emerges most damaged?

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

The Guardian - UK

Olly Robbins’ account of Mandelson vetting piles pressure on Keir Starmer

Sacked civil servant tells select committee of ‘pressure’ to give clearance and ‘dismissive’ attitude to vetting

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

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 Guardian - UK

Sir Hayden Phillips

Senior civil servant regarded as the ‘mandarin’s mandarin’ who worked in the Home Office, the Cabinet Office, the Treasury and at the European Commission

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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