Sacked civil servant says it was right not to tell PM that Mandelson had failed vetting – a view Starmer rejects

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

Exclusive: Helen MacNamara calls Starmer’s decision to sack Olly Robbins ‘unacceptable’

Prime minister faces a Commons grilling from MPs on Monday before Olly Robbins – sacked by Starmer on Thursday over the vetting scandal – gives his version of events on Tuesday

PM to give Commons statement on Monday, a day before sacked civil servant Olly Robbins tells his side of the story

Downing Street takes unusual step of releasing document ahead of PM’s Commons showdown over Mandelson scandal

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

The PM tells the Commons that if he had known the peer failed security vetting he would not have been appointed.

PM sets out chronology of Mandelson’s vetting failure – and insists he has not misled MPs

PM admits he made mistake in choice of ambassador as he makes high-stakes statement to parliament over scandal

Jonathan Freedland on what Keir Starmer said – and didn’t say – to the House of Commons about the Mandelson vetting failure

What questions will sacked head of the Foreign Office be asked, and what might they mean for the PM’s future?

Political editor David Maddox looks back on The Independent’s exclusive in September last year and how he informed Downing Street of Mandelson’s vetting failure seven months…

The 50-year-old, who has served three prime ministers at Number 10, will face MPs on the foreign affairs committee on Tuesday to give his account on the scandal

Robbins was forced out as Foreign Office permanent secretary over the Mandelson vetting revelations in the Guardian

The sacked Foreign Office chief gave evidence to MPs over the Mandelson scandal – and exposed the rotten core of Keir Starmer’s government, says political editor David Maddox

Sacked civil servant says it was right not to tell PM that Mandelson had failed vetting – a view Starmer rejects

Sacked Foreign Office chief tells MPs he was briefed that UKSV considered Mandelson ‘a borderline case’

Sir Olly Robbins was asked whether Morgan McSweeney, the then-chief of staff for Sir Keir Starmer, told the Foreign Office to “just f***ing approve” Peter Mandelson’s security…

The Foreign Office chief sacked over the Peter Mandelson security vetting scandal has finally given his side of the story in an explosive appearance before MPs. Lucy Hough speaks…

Editorial: Olly Robbins exposed a deeper failure: when the prime minister’s decision came first, security vetting was left to catch up after the fact