PM and foreign secretary were nowhere in sight as hapless Stephen Doughty faced the Commons over Peter Mandelson

PM was grilled by Kemi Badenoch on suitability of Mandelson for job as US ambassador

PM says he has confidence in ambassador when questioned in the Commons by Lib Dem and Tory leaders

What did Keir Starmer know and when? They are the questions the PM must answer as his attempts to defend his ambassador to Washington Peter Mandelson collapse around him.

Messy exit of ambassador to US was entirely predictable, leaving many to ask why PM failed to see it coming

Lord Mandelson is part of a long list of key appointees that Sir Keir Starmer has been forced to sack for predictable problems, which poses big questions about his judgment, as…

PM and foreign secretary were nowhere in sight as hapless Stephen Doughty faced the Commons over Peter Mandelson

PM’s top aide under scrutiny over reports he pushed hard for Labour grandee’s appointment as US ambassador

Fingers are being pointed at the PM and his chief aide Morgan McSweeney over the disastrous appointment of the peer as US ambassador.

Keir Starmer is facing questions over why he picked Mandelson for the Washington job despite his links to Jeffrey Epstein.