Liz Kendall tries to limit fallout from vetting scandal as PM prepares for Commons showdown

A decision to go against the recommendation of the vetting agency was taken by officials in the Foreign Office, spokesperson says.

Speculation over the prime minister’s future dominates UK front pages after the Guardian revealed Peter Mandelson failed his security vetting

Darren Jones says he has ordered an urgent review into news that the Foreign Office ignored security vetting advice

The decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as envoy to the Trump administration has backfired spectacularly and could bring down the prime minister.

PM says he is ‘furious’ and did not know security officials had recommended that Mandelson be denied clearance

Starmer’s disastrous decision to make New Labour veteran the US ambassador has led to months of political outcry

The PM is facing calls to resign over the revelation that Lord Mandelson did not pass security checks.

How did the PM’s chosen US ambassador fail security vetting but still get approved, what exactly did he know, and who is to blame?

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

Exclusive: Officials have spent weeks debating whether or not to release highly sensitive information about the affair

As revelations mount and accusations fly, prime minister prepares for MPs’ anger and Olly Robbins’ testimony early next week

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…

Inquiries into who knew what, and when, will be pored over in coming weeks and could ultimately decide Starmer’s fate

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

Deputy prime minister says it is ‘inexplicable’ top civil servant kept Downing Street in dark

The prime minister’s leadership is still in the spotlight after Mandelson was appointed US ambassador after he failed security vetting

The prime minister says he only learned of security concerns around the ex-US ambassador earlier this week.

Liz Kendall tries to limit fallout from vetting scandal as PM prepares for Commons showdown

Whitehall officials are weighing up ‘unprecedented’ disclosure of documents in security clearance scandal

Prime minister to deliver high-stakes statement to MPs over vetting controversy that has put his position in peril