Editorial: The prime minister’s explanation has shifted between being misled and admitting error, raising questions about vetting, accountability and what he knew

PM says it is ‘staggering’ and ‘unforgivable’ that he was not told Mandelson had failed security vetting. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s head of investigations, Paul Lewis

Editorial: The prime minister’s explanation has shifted between being misled and admitting error, raising questions about vetting, accountability and what he knew

According to revelations by the Guardian on Thursday, April 16, the former ambassador to the United States, implicated in the Jeffrey Epstein affair, was sent to Washington…

PM said he was ‘staggered’ not to have been told that Peter Mandelson had failed his security vetting before becoming ambassador to the US

Keir Starmer faces intense scrutiny from MPs over the Mandelson scandal amid growing calls for his resignation.

PM Starmer faced fresh calls to quit last week after it was revealed that Mandelson − whose friendship with late convicted US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was long known − had…