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PM in 'precarious position' after MPs force climbdown over Mandelson files release
Sir Keir Starmer is facing growing anger among Labour MPs and renewed speculation about his future after the government was forced to publish files about his decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as the UK's US ambassador.
The government had signalled it would release most of the documents following revelations about Lord Mandelson's relationship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Tap here for the latest on the Epstein files But the prime minister's original plan was for his top civil servant to determine whether any should remain secret on national security grounds, or because they could prejudice international relations.
He was forced into a rapid climbdown after interventions from senior backbench Labour MPs during a dramatic Commons session on Wednesday, including former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner, while Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch accused Sir Keir of an attempted "cover-up". MPs eventually backed a compromise that will see parliament's independent Intelligence and Security Committee determine what should be done with the more sensitive files - but it leaves Sir Keir in the most perilous position of his premiership so far.
Sky News political editor Beth Rigby described the mood in parliament as a "tinderbox.
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