The headaches for Keir Starmer just keep coming. As the fallout from Peter Mandelson’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein continues, two more Labour peers who were recently appointed to the House of Lords have been embroiled in their own scandals.
How do unwise political appointments, of all shapes and sizes, happen? In this In The Room clip, former deputy cabinet secretary Helen MacNamara and ex-No 10 adviser Cleo Watson discuss the (not always perfect) process behind vetting.
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