Keir Starmer leaving 10 Downing Street last week.Keir Starmer has comfortably dodged a Tory attempt to force a sleaze inquiry into the Peter Mandelson scandal.
MPs voted 335 to 223 against a Commons motion calling the Privileges Committee to launch a probe into claims the prime minister misled parliament by saying “due process” had been followed when Mandelson was made UK ambassador to Washington.
It emerged two weeks ago that UK Security Vetting (UKSV) had in fact recommended Mandelson not be given clearance to take up the role.
Starmer was also accused of misleading parliament at prime minister’s questions last week by insisting no pressure was put on Foreign Office civil servants to approve the shamed former Labour peer’s appointment.
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