PM takes questions from MPs a day after sacked Foreign Office chief’s evidence on Peter Mandelson’s security vetting
Mike Wood (Con) asks Starmer if he can deny that No 10 considered appointing Matthew Doyle to a diplomatic role.
Starmer says, when people leave a role, employers often consider other roles for them. But nothing came of this, he says.
Badenoch said Simon Case, the then cabinet secretary, told Starmer to get security clearance for Mandelson before announcing the appointment. That did not happen. She says that shows due process was not followed.
Starmer says Chris Wormald was asked to look at this when he was cabinet secretary. He said the normal process was followed.
