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Catch the latest Financial News EventsMore than half of Windrush compensation claims rejected by Home Office, report finds
Data shows only a third of concluded claims in scheme for those wrongly classed as illegal migrants resulted in pay outsThe Home Office has refused to pay compensation for more than half the claims made by victims of the Windrush scandal , new analysis by the UK’s...
Is Mandelson vetting scandal the final straw for Starmer? – The Latest
Keir Starmer says it is ‘staggering’ and ‘unforgivable’ that he was not told Peter Mandelson had failed security vetting before taking up the role of US ambassador. The comments follow a Guardian investigation that exclusively revealed Mandelson had initially been...
What happens during security vetting and why did Peter Mandelson fail his?
Almost all officials working in Foreign Office’s HQ undergo the process before gaining access to top secret materialAfter Keir Starmer announced Peter Mandelson as his pick to be ambassador to the US in December 2024, officials in the Foreign Office contacted him to...
Five unanswered questions: Keir Starmer’s Mandelson debacle
How did the PM’s chosen US ambassador fail security vetting, what exactly did he know, and what next?Downing Street has tried to do a lot of explaining, as has Keir Starmer himself. But there are still plenty of things we do not know about how Peter Mandelson failed...