A senior minister dodged questions onPeter Mandelson’ssecurity vetting after being shown text messages fromThe Independent’s political editor David Maddox on Sunday Morning withTrevor Phillips.
Technology Secretary LizKendallwas shown text messages stating David Maddox had been told by two sources that Mandelson had not cleared security vetting, sent September 11, 2025 toDowning Street's Director of Communications, Tim Allan.
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When asked if Allan knew there had been problems with vetting, Kendall swerved the question saying Phillips would need to ask him directly, before claiming ministers were told Mandelson had been given developed vetting status but were not told that UK Security Vetting hadn't cleared him.
Kendall insisted: "If we had known that, he wouldn't have been appointed in the first place."
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