Sir Keir Starmer is dealing with mounting stress to face an investigation by a strong Westminster committee over the Lord Mandelson scandal.
It comes after Kemi Badenoch and Sir Ed Davey reportedly urged the Speaker to press for the Privileges Committee – the physique that introduced down Boris Johnson – to pose inquiries to the present Prime Minister.
The Tory chief claims the Prime Minister might have misled the House of Commons by saying that due course of was adopted with the disgraced peer’s appointment as ambassador to the US, and that no stress was placed on the Foreign Office over the Labour grandee’s vetting.
They had been joined by MP Karl Turner, who was elected below the Labour banner however later suspended for opposing authorities modifications to jury trials.
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