Mandelson vetting: Sir Philip Barton and Morgan McSweeney questioned

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Mandelson vetting: Sir Philip Barton and Morgan McSweeney questioned

MPs told that No 10 “uninterested” in the vetting process says Sir Philip Barton..

Morgan McSweeney: “just (expletive) approve” the vetting of Lord Mandelson.

Sir Philip Barton, former Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), and Morgan McSweeney, former Downing Street Chief of Staff, give evidence on Lord Mandelson’s security vetting for the role of British Ambassador to Washington.

Sir Philip was the Permanent Under-Secretary at the FCDO from September 2020 to January 2025 and a direct predecessor to Sir Oliver Robbins.

Morgan McSweeney served as Downing Street Chief of Staff under Prime Minister Keir Starmer from October 2024 until February 2026.