Watch PMQs LIVE – as Starmer faces pressure over Mandelson appointment
Pressure is piling up on Keir Starmer and he is likely to face further questions from Conservative MPs about his appointment of Peter Mandelson as US Ambassador at PMQs today.
Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch had previously called on Sir Keir Starmer to be investigated over his insistence that due process was followed in the peer’s appointment as ambassador to the US.
However, Labour MPs voted decisively against launching an investigation by a majority of 112 – slightly less than the Government’s working majority of 165.
Unhappy with Labour’s decison, Mrs Badenoch is now accusing Labour MPs of being complicit in a “cover-up”.
Today’s PMQs will be the last before Parliament is suspended ahead of the start of a new session on May 13.
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