Another civil servant throws Starmer under the bus: Officials didn't think Mandelson needed to be vetted and pushed Foreign Office to wave appointment through, says mandarin
Philip Barton told MPs that the Cabinet Office initially argued as a peer the New Labour architect was a 'fit and proper person' and did not need to go through 'developed vetting'.
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Philip Barton told MPs that the Cabinet Office initially argued as a peer the New Labour architect was a 'fit and proper person' and did not need to go through 'developed vetting'.
