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‘Unacceptable’ vetting delays hampering national security, says watchdog

An “unacceptable” level of delays in carrying out essential security checks on government officials is hampering vital national security work, the Whitehall spending watchdog has warned. The National Audit Office (NAO) said UK Security Vetting ...

18 Jan 2023 at 00:01

More than 100 civil servants set to be cut from security vetting and Cobra teams

More than a hundred jobs could be cut from the organisation in charge of vetting people for security clearance as the Government looks to slim down the Civil Service. The Cabinet Office has proposed reducing the staff at UK Security Vetting ...

10 Aug 2025 at 08:48

Top Foreign Office civil servant to leave post after Starmer loses confidence

The Foreign Office’s top civil servant will be leaving his post after it emerged the department had overruled a security vetting process to clear Lord Peter Mandelson to become UK ambassador to the US. Sir Keir Starmer and Foreign ...

16 Apr 2026 at 23:25

Starmer orders Foreign Office to explain after overruling Mandelson vetting

Sir Keir Starmer has ordered the Foreign Office to explain how Lord Peter Mandelson was cleared to become UK ambassador to the US after it emerged the department had overruled a security vetting process. The Prime Minister was ...

16 Apr 2026 at 22:25

Starmer ‘not aware’ Foreign Office overruled Mandelson vetting until this week

Sir Keir Starmer was not aware that the Foreign Office overruled a security vetting process for Lord Peter Mandelson to become UK ambassador to Washington “until earlier this week”, the Government has said. The Foreign Office ...

16 Apr 2026 at 18:25

Keir Starmer accused of misleading MPs after Lord Mandelson ‘failed vetting’

Starmer accused of misleading MPs after Mandelson ‘failed vetting’

Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of misleading MPs over the appointment of Lord Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US, after it was reported that the peer failed his security vetting but was still handed the Washington ...

16 Apr 2026 at 16:25

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