Now ministers claim Starmer would have U-turned on making Mandelson UK's top diplomat if told of peer's vetting failure - as PM is branded 'unfit to govern'

Liz Kendall insisted that the PM was 'a man of integrity' who would have acted despite having already publicly announced he was making the peer the UK's man in Washington.

Now ministers claim Starmer would have U-turned on making Mandelson UK's top diplomat if told of peer's vetting failure - as PM is branded 'unfit to govern'
Liz Kendall insisted that the PM was 'a man of integrity' who would have acted despite having already publicly announced he was making the peer the UK's man in Washington.