Keir Starmer Yvette Cooper

UK’s Starmer under fire over Mandelson vetting row

Starmer sacks top Foreign Office official after Mandelson vetting revelations

The Foreign Office's top civil servant is leaving his post after his department did not inform the prime minister that Lord Mandelson had failed security vetting for the role of US ambassador.

· 17h

Foreign Office chief Olly Robbins to leave role after Mandelson vetting row

· 13h

Senior British Official Resigns Over Mandelson Appointment, but Starmer Insists He Won't Go

· 6h

Badenoch says Starmer's position untenable as PM 'furious' he wasn't told Mandelson failed vetting

Once again, Starmer has been forced to defend his decision-making in hiring Lord Mandelson as his ambassador to the US.

· 12h

UK's Starmer pleads ignorance over Mandelson, resists pressure to resign

· 1d

Starmer accused of misleading MPs after Mandelson ‘failed vetting’

BreakingNews.ie · 8h

Why is Starmer facing fresh calls to quit over Mandelson vetting?

The leaders of the main opposition political parties have called for Starmer to resign, accusing him of misleading the public and parliament by suggesting that Mandelson had passed vetting.

· 9h

UK: 'Furious' PM Starmer refuses to step down over Mandelson

· 1d

Top Foreign Office official to leave post after Mandelson vetting row

Starmer says talks with Gulf leaders have reinforced sense Iran war ceasefire is ‘fragile’ – as it happened

Prime minister has been in talks with Saudi crown prince and UAE president today

16hon MSN

Politics live: Keir Starmer under pressure as top civil servant sacked over Mandelson

Sir Keir and Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper have lost confidence in Foreign Office permanent under-secretary Sir Olly Robbins over the issue and he will be leaving the job. Sir Keir Starmer is facing mounting pressure after a top civil servant was ousted over the Lord Peter Mandelson scandal.