Cross-party committee of MPs found vital security vetting for New Labour grandee appeared to be viewed ‘as a nuisance’

The Foreign Affairs Committee has concluded that Downing Street 'forced' the appointment on the Foreign Office and that the process was 'being made up as it went along'.

A Foreign Affairs Committee investigation found it it was 'difficult to understand' how the disgraced peer was handed the plum Washington role, citing concerns about national…