Drawing a line under Lord Mandelson's appointment is proving impossible for the prime minister. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source [mwai_chat context="Let's have a discussion about this article:nnDrawing a line under Lord Mandelson's appointment is...

The war in the Middle East has brought renewed attention to Britain's vulnerability to energy price shocks. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source [mwai_chat context="Let's have a discussion about this article:nnThe war in the Middle East has brought...

He is likely to set out to the Foreign Affairs Committee the context in which his initial decision was taken – that Lord Mandelson's appointment as ambassador had already been publicly announced and his interpretation of the law, the Constitutional Reform and...

Education minister Jacqui Smith said the move would create "a clear legal requirement for schools". Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source [mwai_chat context="Let's have a discussion about this article:nnEducation minister Jacqui Smith said the move would...

The PM tells the Commons that if he had known the peer failed security vetting he would not have been appointed. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source [mwai_chat context="Let's have a discussion about this article:nnThe PM tells the Commons that if he had...

The prime minister has been back in the Commons after it emerged the Labour peer failed vetting. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source [mwai_chat context="Let's have a discussion about this article:nnThe prime minister has been back in the Commons after it...

And yet, in the deluge of documents already published there is an email sent to Lord Mandelson at the beginning of February of last year, when he was beginning in the role, saying, on page 76, that the job "requires DV+STRAP" and so "a new STRAP application form will...

The current Labour government has already announced major crackdowns on immigration, including disrupting gangs. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source [mwai_chat context="Let's have a discussion about this article:nnThe current Labour government has...

The prime minister said he was "staggered" to find out last week that civil servants in the Foreign Office withheld information from him. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source [mwai_chat context="Let's have a discussion about this article:nnThe prime...

Dame Emily Thornberry, chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, has said new revelations have "called into question" evidence Sir Olly gave to MPs in November, during which he did not disclose that the government's security vetting agency advised the Foreign Office to...

It is the first time the prime minister has been north of the border since the Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar called for him to step down in February. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source [mwai_chat context="Let's have a discussion about this...

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, financial...