Keir Starmer says he did not mislead Parliament over Peter Mandelson vetting

Starmer's spokesperson has said the PM would 'never knowingly mislead parliament.'

The PM made the comments earlier today (20 April) while addressing the House of Commons.

These comments come after it was widely reported that Downing Street implied Starmer had "inadvertently" misled parliament.

Meanwhile, reports from the Guardian said that the PM was expected to admit that he inadvertently did give misleading information to MPs about the vetting process.

Starmer said: "I did not mislead the House of Commons. I accept that information that I should have had, and information that the House should have had should have been before the House, but I did not mislead the House".

This is just the latest in the saga concerning Starmer and former UK ambassador to the US Peter Mandelson.

It follows the revelation that Mandelson failed security vetting before becoming US ambassador.

Starmer is facing accusations from opposition parties that he misled parliament after saying back in September at PMQs that “full due process” had been followed in Mandelson’s appointment.

Earlier today, his spokesperson said Starmer himself was also misled and the Labour leader would “never knowingly mislead parliament or the public.”

Starmer’s spokesman said on Monday: ““The prime minister would never knowingly mislead parliament or the public.

“He’s clear though that this information should have been provided to Parliament, it should have been provided to him, it should have been provided to other government ministers and so he will obviously update the House with the full information later today.

“He’ll be updating Parliament with information that it should have had.”