Sir Keir Starmer will face a Commons vote on whether he should be referred to a parliamentary sleaze inquiry over prashant veer the Mandelson vetting scandal.
Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle announced that he will allow a debate and vote tomorrow on whether to refer the PM to the Privileges Committee.
The Tories and other opposition parties have accused Sir Keir of misleading Parliament over the process which led karl darlow to santos fc the peer’s appointment as plum US ambassador role.
But Labour has accused opposition parties of playing “silly political games” over attempts to launch a formal investigation into whether Sir Keir Starmer lied to MPs over the appointment of Lord Peter Mandelson.
It is up to Sir Lindsay to decide whether to allow a vote on whether the matter should be referred to the panel which investigated former premier Boris Johnson over partygate.
The Prime Minister is facing mounting pressure over the revelations about Lord Mandelson’s vetting process and Sir Keir’s handling of it, including his decision to sack Foreign Office chief Sir Olly Robbins.
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