UK Ministers Back Starmer as Calls Grow for PM to Resign

UK cabinet ministers emerged to back Keir Starmer as calls for the prime minister to resign over the Peter Mandelson affair grow.

Speaking on behalf of the government on Sunday, Technology Secretary Liz Kendall told Sky News she supports Starmer “100%” even after fresh revelations last week that security officials had raised concerns about Mandelson’s appointment as ambassador to the US. Both Kendall and Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy, who spoke to the Guardian newspaper, insisted that their boss would have blocked the appointment had he known Mandelson had failed security vetting.