Permanent secretary Cat Little tells MPs that she sought legal advice before sharing the vetting information with the prime minister

Documents also show PM’s choice for US ambassador was offered ‘higher tiers’ briefing before vetting was finalised

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

Keir Starmer details vetting procedure overruled by the FCDO and culminated in his decision to appoint Mandelson

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

Permanent secretary Cat Little tells MPs that she sought legal advice before sharing the vetting information with the prime minister

Top civil servant reveals more details of vetting process and lack of paper trail for approval of appointment

In evidence to MPs, Cabinet Office top civil servant disputes that her department suggested vetting might not be needed