by News Feed Editor | Apr 18, 2026 | Politics
Step two: crucially after the prime minister had given the former Labour minister the job, there was a security check, known as developed vetting. As we reported in the autumn, that’s a standalone confidential process, which involved an in-person interview,...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 18, 2026 | Politics
Former Former Office chief Sir Olly Robbins is expected to be grilled by the Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source [mwai_chat context=”Let’s have a discussion about this article:nnFormer Former Office chief...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 17, 2026 | Politics
The PM is facing calls to resign over the revelation that Lord Mandelson did not pass security checks. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source [mwai_chat context=”Let’s have a discussion about this article:nnThe PM is facing calls to resign over...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 17, 2026 | Politics
The process is designed to identify whether people applying for government jobs pose a security risk, either because they might seek to abuse their position, or because their personal lives make them a potential blackmail target – for example, if they are in...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 17, 2026 | Politics
Calling for the PM to stand down earlier, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said: “It is either, he knew that Mandelson failed the security vetting and lied to us in Parliament, on TV repeatedly, or he didn’t know, didn’t ask and said he had passed...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 16, 2026 | Politics
Sir Keir is, I understand, absolutely furious. Several figures we have spoken to who worked in No10 at the time insist they had no idea about all this. Friends of Morgan McSweeney, the prime minister’s chief of staff at the time, say he didn’t know either....
