Keir Starmer Faces Commons Questions Over Mandelson Vetting
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will face a packed Commons later. He will address questions over Lord Mandelson’s vetting. The Labor peer was appointed as US ambassador in December 2024.
A Packed Commons Awaits
Sir Keir has repeatedly told MPs that “full due process” was followed. However, last week he learned new information. Civil servants in the Foreign Office withheld information from him. The information involved red flags in the initial vetting process.
Calls for Resignation
The prime minister said he was “staggered” by the revelation. Every opposition leader has now called for him to resign. Sir Keir has pledged “true transparency” instead. He will try to set out exactly what happened.Here are the main questions he needs to answer. Who knew what? When did they know it? And why was the prime minister kept in the dark?
