Published Apr 22, 2026, 7:51 AM ET · Updated 7 months ago · 1 source

Starmer Denies Pressuring UK Official Over Mandelson Appointment

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Starmer Denies Pressuring UK Official Over Mandelson Appointment

Prime Minister Keir Starmer insisted his office didn’t pressure a senior Foreign Office official to rubber-stamp the appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador, disputing a key part of the bureaucrat’s testimony to a parliamentary committee a day earlier.