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Keir Starmer addresses Parliament on Mandelson inquiry process
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told parliament he was not informed that his former ambassador to the United States, Peter Mandelson, was initially rejected for the country’s top security clearance.
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I know that many Members of the House will find these facts unbelievable. (Laughter) On that – on that, on that, all I can say is they’re right. It beggars belief that during the entire period of events, Foreign Office officials saw fit to conceal this information from the most senior ministers in our system of government. This is information I should have gotten a long time ago. I do not follow through with the appointment. I shouldn’t have hired Peter Mandelson. I take responsibility for that decision, and I apologize again to the victims of pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, who were clearly failed by my decision.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told parliament he was not informed that his former ambassador to the United States, Peter Mandelson, was initially rejected for the country’s top security clearance.
By Christina Kelso
20 April 2026
