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Starmer would have blocked Mandelson role over vetting failure, says Lammy
Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy stated that Prime Minister Keir Starmer would have blocked Peter Mandelson's appointment as UK ambassador to Washington if he had known Mandelson failed security vetting. Lammy called it inexplicable that top civil servant Oliver Robbins did not inform Downing Street of the vetting outcome, amid ongoing political fallout and a planned review by Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper.
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