Keir Starmer has denied pressuring civil servants to grant security clearance to Lord Mandelson on Wednesday, but admitted trying to make another adviser, Matthew Doyle, an ambassador.
[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://channel4news.substack.com/subscribe]
The political row isn't going away with more people involved in Mandelson's appointment set to give evidence in the coming week.
Reporter: Gary Gibbon
Producer: Robert Hamilton
Editor: Louise Freeman
-------
Get more news at our site - https://www.channel4.com/news/
Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://channel4news.substack.com/subscribe
Follow us:
TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@c4news
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/channel4news/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/Channel4News
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Channel4News/