STARMER RESISTS CALLS TO RESIGN OVER MANDELSON VETTING

Aides to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer say he is not going to resign over the latest controversy around the appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington.

It's emerged Mandelson was appointed to that role despite failing security vetting.

The government insists no ministers were aware the Foreign Office overruled that vetting process.

The top civil servant in that department, Olly Robbins, has been sacked over the issue.

Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister Darren Jones says Keir Starmer is 'furious'.

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Dame Emily Thornberry chairs the Foreign Affairs Select Committee and says she feels misled by the civil servants she questioned initially about the appointment.

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Shadow Business Secretary Andrew Griffith says it raises major questions about Keir Starmer's government.

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Labour MP Jon Trickett says Keir Starmer must address the issue personally.

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Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch says the Prime Minister should step down.

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Reform party leader Nigel Farage says the government's explanation doesn't stand up.

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Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey says the Prime Minister must take ultimate responsibility.

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