- Sir Keir Starmer's Chief Secretary, Darren Jones, stated the Prime Minister did not lie to MPs and will not resign over the Lord Peter Mandelson scandal.
- Mr Jones revealed Sir Keir was "furious" that the Foreign Office overruled security experts' recommendation against clearing Lord Mandelson for the UK ambassador to the US role, a fact the Prime Minister only learned this week.
- The Foreign Office's top civil servant, Sir Olly Robbins, was effectively dismissed after the disclosure that officials overrode UK Security Vetting's advice.
- Mr Jones has suspended the Foreign Office's and a "small number" of other organisations' right to overrule security vetting recommendations.
- Opposition leaders, including Kemi Badenoch, Sir Ed Davey, the Green Party, and Reform UK, have called for Sir Keir's resignation, accusing him of dishonesty and misleading Parliament.
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