{"id":335799,"date":"2026-04-18T00:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T23:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/keir-starmer-furious-he-wasnt-told-about-mandelsons-failed-security-vetting\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T00:00:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T23:00:22","slug":"keir-starmer-furious-he-wasnt-told-about-mandelsons-failed-security-vetting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/keir-starmer-furious-he-wasnt-told-about-mandelsons-failed-security-vetting\/","title":{"rendered":"Keir Starmer &#8216;furious&#8217; he &#8216;wasn&#8217;t told&#8217; about Mandelson&#8217;s failed security vetting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/CLJ9xwFXPpQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Keir Starmer 'furious' he 'wasn't told' about Mandelson's failed security vetting\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CLJ9xwFXPpQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Sir Keir Starmer was &quot;not aware&quot; the Foreign Office had granted Lord Peter Mandelson vetting clearance against recommendations until a meeting on Tuesday night, according to an email from the prime minister\u2019s principal private secretary (PPS).<\/p>\n<p>Downing Street on Friday released a &quot;readout&quot; of the meeting, which was sent via email by Starmer&#8217;s PPS Dan York-Smith on Wednesday, summarising discussions said to have involved the Cabinet Secretary Dame Antonia Romeo and permanent secretary at the Cabinet Office Catherine Little.<\/p>\n<p>The memo appeared to add credence to the PM&#8217;s defence that Foreign Office officials were responsible for clearing Mandelson&#8217;s appointment without his knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>Starmer on Friday said it was &quot;staggering&quot; and &quot;unacceptable&quot; that he was not told the former US ambassador had failed his security vetting.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sir Keir Starmer was &quot;not aware&quot; the Foreign Office had granted Lord Peter Mandelson vetting clearance against recommendations until a meeting on Tuesday night, according to an email from the prime minister\u2019s principal private secretary (PPS). Downing Street on Friday released a &quot;readout&quot; of the meeting, which was sent via email by Starmer&#8217;s PPS Dan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":335800,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128812],"tags":[135671,128931,128932],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-335799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-itv-news","tag-aware","tag-keir","tag-starmer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Keir Starmer &#039;furious&#039; he &#039;wasn&#039;t told&#039; about Mandelson&#039;s failed security vetting | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Keir Starmer &#039;furious&#039; he &#039;wasn&#039;t told&#039; about Mandelson&#039;s failed security vetting for free, here on News ISC. 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