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UNCOVERED: 2 | History Defined

Every revelation from Olly Robbins’ evidence over Mandelson’s appointment

The former top official at the Foreign Office was sacked last week over failings around Peter Mandelson’s vetting

The Independent UK

Key points: Olly Robbins gives evidence on Lord Mandelson vetting scandal

The sacked civil servant was answering questions at the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee.

Evening Standard

Starmer-Mandelson latest: Labour MPs turn on PM over vetting scandal - but Reeves rules out leadership contest

MPs warned of a ‘a toxic culture’ taking hold at No 10

The Independent UK

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Peter Mandelson: a timeline of his appointment as UK ambassador to US

Keir Starmer details vetting procedure overruled by the FCDO and culminated in his decision to appoint Mandelson

The Guardian - UK

Starmer ‘would not have appointed Mandelson if he was aware of vetting failure’

Technology Secretary Liz Kendall said the Prime Minister would not have appointed the peer if he knew UK Security Vetting had not cleared him.

Evening Standard

Starmer was left in dark about Mandelson’s vetting by two other top civil servants

Exclusive: Officials have spent weeks debating whether or not to release highly sensitive information about the affair

The Guardian - UK

Olly Robbins is just the latest: a guide to the high-profile exits under Starmer’s tenure

There has been a steady succession of departures by ministers and senior officials in the past two years

The Guardian - UK

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Antonia Romeo given powerful mandate to deliver No 10’s priorities

PM’s most senior civil servant now has task of rewriting civil service code and ‘making it recognised for improved productivity’

The Guardian - UK

Cabinet Office to ask Mandelson to provide messages from personal phone

Concerns that exchanges about US ambassador appointment may have been lost after theft of McSweeney’s phone

The Guardian - UK

Apologise for 'headlong rush into Iran war,' Keir Starmer tells Kemi Badenoch in heated PMQs clash

The Prime Minister accused the Tory leader of making the ‘gravest mistake’ possible by an Opposition leader with her stance on committing UK troops to Donald Trump’s conflict

Evening Standard

Labour appears to back recording Sikh as ethnicity in UK census

The UK government is considering a campaign by British Sikh groups and MP Preet Kaur Gill to record Sikhs as an ethnicity, not just a religion. This move, supported by Cabinet Office minister Satvir Kaur, aims to better understand and address inequalities and discrimination faced by the Sikh community.

The Times of India

Tories call on Starmer’s ethics adviser to investigate Mandelson ‘cover-up’

The Opposition has written to standards watchdog Sir Laurie Magnus calling for him to look into a ‘potential cover-up’.

Evening Standard

Kemi Badenoch questions PM’s version of events on Mandelson appointment

The Tory leader alleged that notes had been removed from the files released.

Evening Standard

Peter Mandelson’s £75,000 payout after sacking was ‘value for money’ – minister

Nick Thomas-Symonds argued the peer should donate the money to charity.

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Evening Standard

£75,000 payout for Lord Mandelson was 'value for money,' argues minister after peer sacked in Epstein scandal

Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds defended the £75,000 payment to Labour grandee Lord Mandelson

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer to face questions on Mandelson after files showed ‘risk’ warning

The Prime Minister will speak to journalists on a visit to Belfast.

The Guardian - UK

Mandelson documents raise questions about Starmer’s decision-making

PM knew of US ambassador’s ‘close relationship’ with Jeffrey Epstein and potential conflicts of interest from his lobbying role

The Guardian - UK

Peter Mandelson asked Foreign Office for £500k severance payment, files show

Ex-peer sacked as US ambassador over Epstein links was offered £75,000, documents released by Cabinet Office show

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International Business Times UK

UK Set to Release First Mandelson Files: Revisiting Epstein Friendship That Ended Ambassador Role

The documents are expected to explain how Mandelson's appointment was approved in 2024 despite public knowledge of his past connection to Epstein.

Reason

Brickbat: Breaking In

Senior officials in the United Kingdom Cabinet Office's Propriety and Ethics team broke into a locked safe to retrieve and… The post Brickbat: Breaking In appeared first on Reason.com.

The Independent UK

Starmer’s judgement under fresh scrutiny as another Labour peer he appointed is suspended

The newly ennobled Lord Joe Docherty of Milngavie, who was nominated to join the House of Lords by the prime minister, was stripped of the party whip on Saturday, pending an investigation into alleged inappropriate behaviour

Evening Standard

Cabinet Office minister Josh Simons resigns over Labour Together ‘distraction’

The Makerfield MP previously ran the prominent think tank.

The Independent UK

Starmer will have no say on which Mandelson papers are released

Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee confirmed in a statement that its members had met with Cabinet Office officials earlier on Thursday morning

The Independent UK

Starmer cannot block release of Mandelson documents, officials say

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Starmer orders ethics chief to investigate Labour minister over targeting of reporters

Labour Together reportedly paid £36,000 for the probe

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