Keir Starmer would have blocked Peter Mandelson from becoming Britain’s top diplomat in a highly embarrassing public U-turn if he knew he failed his security vetting, senior ministers claimed today.
They leapt to the defence of the beleaguered Prime Minister as he faced ever-increasing questions and pressure over the revelations that experts who deemed Lord Mandelson a security risk were over-ruled.
Deputy PM David Lammy and Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall both went out to bat
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