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'Furious' Starmer Says It Is 'Unforgivable' He Was Not Told Mandelson Failed Security Vetting
Keir Starmer in Paris Keir Starmer has lashed out at the Foreign Office saying it is “unforgivable” that he was not told Peter Mandelson failed security vetting. The prime minister is under fresh pressure after the Guardian revealed the ex-Labour peer failed security vetting – only for Foreign Office officials to reportedly override advice and to give Mandelson the job as ambassador to the US anyway. Starmer then fired the most senior civil servant in the Foreign Office, Olly Robbins, on Thursday night. “That I wasn’t told that Peter Mandelson had failed security vetting when he was appointed is staggering,” the prime minister told Sky News. Starmer is currently in Paris where he is co-hosting a meeting with French president Emmanuel Macron about reopening the Strait of Hormuz. But, dogged by this domestic issue which threatens to undo his premiership, Starmer insisted that he did not know about Mandelson’s vetting failure. He said: “That I wasn’t told that he had failed security vetting when I was telling parliament that due process had been followed is …
UK’s Starmer under fire over report Mandelson failed security vetting | Politics News
Gov’s spokesperson says Starmer had no knowledge of the Foreign Office overriding the security recommendation. Published On 16 Apr 202616 Apr 2026 United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under renewed pressure over UK media reports that former ambassador to Washington Peter Mandelson failed security vetting but was cleared to take on the role by foreign ministry officials. A government spokesperson denied on Thursday that Starmer had any knowledge of the Foreign Office overriding the security recommendation regarding Mandelson, who was sacked in September after less than a year in the role over his links to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list After UK newspaper The Guardian reported on Thursday that Mandelson had failed vetting, the government spokesperson said that neither Starmer nor any other government ministers had been aware of the decision, adding that the Foreign Office had granted him “developed vetting”. Citing multiple unnamed sources, the newspaper said the 72-year-old had initially been denied clearance in late January 2025 after a “highly confidential background check …
Starmer Under Fire Amid Claim Mandelson Failed Security Vetting Before Getting Top Job
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, right, talks with Britain’s ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson during a welcome reception at the ambassador’s residence on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025 in Washington. Keir Starmer is facing fresh backlash after he previously claimed “full due process” was followed over Peter Mandelson’s appointment as the UK’s ambassador to the US. It comes after the Guardian reported the ex-Labour peer actually failed his security vetting clearance in late January 2025. However the Foreign Office allegedly overruled that decision and Mandelson worked as the ambassador from February until September 2025. The former Labour minister was sacked last Autumn as the depth of his relationship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein began to emerge. Files released by the US Department of Justice earlier this year also revealed their friendship extended years after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for soliciting a minor. Mandelson has denied any wrongdoing in regard to his relationship with Epstein. The saga has raised questions about how much the government knew before giving Mandelson the plum job. Multiple sources told the Guardian that …
Foundation NFT Platform Shuts Down After Failed Blackdove Sale (
Add one more casualty of the collapsed NFT market to the list: Foundation, a curated Ethereum-based marketplace that rose to prominence during the 2021 digital art boom. On Wednesday, cofounder and CEO Kayvon Tehranian announced in an open letter on X that the platform’s sale to digital art company Blackdove collapsed, leaving no viable way to keep operating. “Our goal in pursuing a sale was always to see Foundation live on—to find someone who would keep the platform running and serve this community going forward,” Tehranian wrote. “That’s no longer possible.” Related Articles Foundation has now started a “wind-down process,” which will see the infrastructure underpinning the NFTs and digital assets backed by the platform kept active for a “one-year window.” Tehranian urged users to start the process of migrating off the platform. “I acknowledge this is a disappointing outcome, but I continue to believe this community is resilient and better days are ahead,” he said, acknowledging that the “current state of the market” meant that there are no other viable buyers “worth pursuing.” Founded …
Oil Rises Back Above $100, but US Stocks Hold Steadier After US-Iran Talks Failed to End the War
NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices are back above $100 per barrel on Monday after 21 hours of ceasefire talks between the United States and Iran failed to end their war. But U.S. stocks are holding relatively steady, an indicator that Wall Street still hopes both sides will ultimately avoid a worst-case scenario for the global economy. The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in morning trading after erasing an earlier dip. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 250 points, or 0.5%, as of 10:05 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.3% higher. The moves were much more modest than the extreme swings that have been hitting financial markets since the war began in late February. The oil market showed more concern, and prices there rose roughly 5%. But even there, prices pared bigger, earlier gains as the morning progressed. A blockade would keep even more oil off the global market, after prices already jumped for everyone worldwide because of shortfalls due to Iran’s restrictions on traffic in the important strait. That narrow …
Dollar jumps as failed US-Iran peace talks spark safe-haven push
LONDON, April 12 : The dollar jumped against other major currencies in early Asia trading on Monday, as investors sought its relative safety after marathon talks between Washington and Tehran failed to yield a peace deal, plunging markets into a seventh week of uncertainty. President Donald Trump on Sunday said the U.S. Navy would start blockading the Strait of Hormuz nL1N40U07M, a choke point for 20 per cent of the world’s daily energy supplies that Iran effectively closed since the war started in late February. That has driven oil prices up by over 30 per cent and fuelled fears of a widespread surge in inflation. The dollar, which has acted as a safe haven given the limited exposure of the United States to imported energy-price inflation, rallied as Asian markets opened for trading, leaving the euro down 0.53 per cent at $1.1663 and gaining 0.1 per cent against the Japanese yen to trade at 159.43. US stock futures fell more than 1 per cent in late Sunday U.S. trading. Hopes the Middle East war was …
Tehran says US ‘failed to gain the trust’ of Iran negotiators in Pakistan – POLITICO
Marathon talks between Washington and Tehran in Islamabad hit a dead-end late Saturday, with U.S. Vice President JD Vance saying Iran had “chosen not to accept our terms.” Vance said U.S. negotiators had sought confirmation that Iran would not seek a nuclear weapon. President Donald Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social that Iran was “very unyielding” to this “single most important issue.” In a separate post, Trump said that the U.S. would shortly “begin the process of BLOCKADING any and all ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz,” threatening that “any Iranian who fires at us, or at peaceful vessels, will be BLOWN TO HELL!” Trump played down the importance of the ceasefire negotiations on Saturday, claiming that reaching a peace deal “makes no difference.” Speaking to reporters outside the White House, the president claimed military victory against Iran and said of the talks in Pakistan: “We win regardless.” Source link
Single Parents Are Being Failed. It’s Time The Equality Act Protected Us
The last few weeks as a single parent campaigner have been a whirlwind, from the celebrations of Single Parents Day to the reality-check of the latest child poverty data. The days leading up to Single Parents Day (21 March) were filled with celebrations in Parliament, local events, and online campaigns. By the time the day arrived, I was both exhausted and energised. More importantly though, I felt seen and – for a moment – the weight of solo parenting felt lighter. But fast forward less than a week later and data released by the government was a stark reminder that single parents are fighting a system stacked against them. A system that no amount of community can overcome. Almost 1.5 million children in single parent families – 41% – are living in poverty, compared with 23% of children in coupled families. Policies often aren’t designed for single parent families One driver of this stark difference in poverty rates is that policies aren’t designed for single parent families. Take the benefit cap, for example. The cap …
Starmer has ‘utterly failed’ to help Scots during energy ‘crisis’, Swinney says
The Scottish First Minister hit out at the Prime Minister over energy policy. Source link