PM sets out his side of events relating to appointment and security vetting in address to parliament
Keir Starmer has ordered an investigation into any security concer…
The PM tells the Commons that if he had known the peer failed security vetting he would not have been appointed.
The prime minister has been back in the Commons after it emerged the Labour peer failed vetting.
Revelation comes ahead of PM addressing Commons about officials’ failure to share findings of security checks
Keir Starmer will run the gauntlet of MP fury in the Commons this afternoon as he desperately tries to shift the blame on to another 'fall guy'.
Keir Starmer knew only too well his choice for ambassador was tainted not just by his connection with notorious paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, but also hostile foreign states and their security services
Sir Keir was told about it last Tuesday, meaning that he could have made a statement to MPs before Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday or at any point on Thursday when Parliament was sitting.
Many of today's papers preivew Starmer's statement about the Mandelson vetting scandal in parliament today.