Former top civil servant gives evidence to MPs on Mandelson vetting ahead of critical vote for Starmer - UK politics live
Philip Barton gives evidence to foreign affairs committe, with Morgan McSweeney due later this morning, ahead of vote this afternoon Last night the foreign affairs committee published a long memo...
By Andrew Sparrow · The Guardian World
Philip Barton gives evidence to foreign affairs committe, with Morgan McSweeney due later this morning, ahead of vote this afternoon Last night the foreign affairs committee published a long memo from the Foreign Office giving answers to questions it had for Ian Collard , who was head of security at the Foreign Office at the time of the Mandelson appointment. Collard was the person who briefed Olly Robbins on the outcome of the Mandelson vetting interviews and who recommended that vetting should be approved, because the risks highlighted in the vetting interviews could be managed. Here is Henry Dyer ’s story about the document. Continue reading...