Cabinet minister grilled on unvetted staff after Mandelson scandal | News

Cabinet minister Nick Thomas-Symonds has been criticized by Victoria Derbyshire over fears that staff within the government have not been vetted in the wake of the Lord Peter Mandelson scandal.

It seems BBC news night On Monday (April 20), Mr Thomas-Symonds said he “sincerely hoped” no one else was working for the government without a security clearance from the UK, adding that the government would “certainly” find out if that had happened.

The statement comes after Sir Keir Starmer said he would not have appointed Lord Mandelson as US ambassador if he had known he had failed his vetting.

It emerged after questions emerged about the extent of information in Downing Street: Independent there was No 10 was made aware of allegations that Mandelson failed to vet last September.