‘Was not told sacked US envoy failed vetting process’: Starmer

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Friday he was "furious" after it emerged his sacked US ambassador Peter Mandelson was appointed despite failing security vetting, as the scandal again threatens his hold on power.

"That I wasn't told that he had failed (security vetting) when I was telling parliament that due process had been followed is unforgivable," Starmer told broadcasters on Friday during a visit to Paris.

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"Not only was I not told, no minister was told, and I'm absolutely furious about that," he said, adding he would address parliament on Monday "to set out all the relevant facts in true transparency".

Starmer has faced repeated calls to quit since his 2024 decision to appoint Mandelson as Britain's top diplomat in Washington backfired spectacularly over the envoy's longstanding ties to late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.