Kemi Badenoch is to seek disclosures about vetting process and what was known about links to Jeffrey Epstein
Keir Starmer could be forced to disclose confidential vetting documents from Peter Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador, with the Tories set to trigger a rare Commons vote to compel their release.
Labour MPs have indicated they are not prepared to oppose the Conservative motion – known as a humble address – that would disclose the details of the vetting process and what if anything was known about Mandelson’s links to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Kemi Badenoch plans to use the arcane parliamentary procedure on Wednesday to force the release of files relating to the appointment of Mandelson as the UK’s ambassador to the US.
In a dramatic move that will put pressure on Starmer’s chief of staff Morgan McSweeney, Badenoch said she would use the procedure to uncover “why the proper vetting never happened”.
