10:22, Tue, Apr 28, 2026 Updated: 10:35, Tue, Apr 28, 2026 Keir Starmer failed to follow the usual procedures in appointing Peter Mandelson ambassador to the US, the former head of the foreign office ...

Former top Foreign Office civil servant Sir Philip Barton and ex-No 10 chief of staff Morgan McSweeney are answering MPs' questions.

Sir Philip Barton became the latest former civil servant to give evidence to the Foreign Affairs Committee on Peter Mandelson’s appointment as UK ambassador to the United States. The former permanent ...

Sir Philip Barton and Morgan McSweeney, two of the most senior figures involved in the appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ...

Former senior official Sir Philip Barton has told MPs there was no way for him to raise his concerns about Lord Mandelson's appointment as the UK's ambassador to the US. Sir Philip said no-one in ...

Sir Keir Starmer’s assertion that “full due process” was followed in Lord Peter Mandelson’s appointment as ambassador to the US has not been backed by the former top official at the Foreign Office.