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

PM’s former chief of staff tells committee he did not think Mandelson gave him ‘full truth’ about Epstein linksQ: Was there pressure on you to approve Mandelson’s vetting?This is a reference to the claim that Keir Starmer misled MPs last week when he talked about no pressure being placed on the Foreign Office.One is during my tenure. I was not aware of any pressure on the substance of the Mandelson DV case.Question two was there pressure? Absolutely. And I’ve described it. And I also have seen w...