Sir Keir Starmer is addressing MPs in the House of Commons in an attempt to explain exactly what he knew about Lord Mandelson’s security vetting.
The Prime Minister, who is expected to come out swinging against the Foreign Office’s top mandarin, Sir Olly Robbins, is briefing Labour MPs he will swing the axe at civil servants.
However, No10 admitted Sir Keir inadvertently misled MPs just hours before the Prime Minister entered the House of Commons.
“He could not be clearer that the House should have had this information,” the Prime Minister’s official spokesman said.
“It was wrong that this information was not provided to the House, and he will provide that update later today.”
A leaked briefing to Labour MPs appears to suggest the Prime Minister’s loyalists will pile pressure on the Foreign Office and quote a victim of the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
