Lord Matthew Doyle stepped down as the Prime Minister’s communications chief last March

Kemi Badenoch asked why Sir Keir claimed to have only learnt about Lord Mandelson failing vetting last week, when The Independent raised concerns with Downing Street in September

The US president weighs in on the scandal over Keir Starmer’s appointment

The European Court of Justice has ruled that Hungary’s legislation banning LGBTQ+ content for minors violates EU law

Cabinet minister Nick Thomas-Symonds faced a grilling from Victoria Derbyshire over fears of unvetted staff inside the government following the Lord Peter Mandelson scandal.

The former Labour minister is currently leading a review into young people and work

Watch live as former top civil servant Sir Olly Robbins answers MPs questions on Tuesday (21 April) on the appointment of Lord Peter Mandelson as US ambassador.

Asked if Sir Keir should lose his job, Ed Miliband said: ‘I don’t think so, no. Obviously I don’t.’

The 50-year-old, who has served three prime ministers at Number 10, will face MPs on the foreign affairs committee on Tuesday to give his account on the scandal

Political editor David Maddox looks back on The Independent’s exclusive in September last year and how he informed Downing Street of Mandelson’s vetting failure seven months before the prime minister claims he knew