Morgan McSweeney says advising Starmer to appoint Mandelson was ‘serious error of judgment’ – UK politics live

Key figures are giving evidence to the UK foreign affairs committee ahead of a Commons vote today on whether Prime Minister Keir Starmer should be referred to the privileges committee over the vetting process for Peter Mandelson's appointment as US ambassador. The opposition, led by Kemi Badenoch and supported by multiple parties and independents, is arguing that Starmer misled Parliament about the appointment, comparing it to Boris Johnson's Partygate lies, though Labour MPs are on a three-line whip to vote against the motion and expect to win easily. The underlying controversy centers on Starmer's appointment of Mandelson itself rather than whether he deliberately misled MPs.