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Five things we learned from Cat Little’s evidence to MPs about the Mandelson saga
UK NewsPolitics•April 23, 2026 at 1:14 PMNational

Five things we learned from Cat Little’s evidence to MPs about the Mandelson saga

By Peter Walker Senior political correspondent•The Guardian - UK News

Top civil servant reveals more details of vetting process and lack of paper trail for approval of appointmentUK politics live – latest updatesIn more than 90 minutes of evidence to the foreign affairs select committee about the Peter Mandelson scandal, Cat Little, the head civil servant in the Cabinet Office, was low key and often cautious.But she did reveal several pieces of new information – or at times information different from that given to the same committee by Olly Robbins, the former permanent undersecretary at the Foreign Office. Continue reading...

Top civil servant reveals more details of vetting process and lack of paper trail for approval of appointment

In more than 90 minutes of evidence to the foreign affairs select committee about the Peter Mandelson scandal, Cat Little, the head civil servant in the Cabinet Office, was low key and often cautious.

But she did reveal several pieces of new information – or at times information different from that given to the same committee by Olly Robbins, the former permanent undersecretary at the Foreign Office.

Continue reading...