Controversial Appointment

Starmer Survives Parliamentary Probe Bid Over Mandelson US Envoy Appointment

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer survived a parliamentary probe after MPs voted 335-223 against investigating his appointment of Peter Mandelson as envoy to the US. The opposition Conservative Party, led by Kemi Badenoch, had sought a privileges committee probe into whether Starmer misled parliament about Mandelson's appointment. Mandelson is a former associate of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The five-hour debate marks another chapter in an unrelenting scandal that has plagued Starmer's Labour government for months.