Labour figures criticise calls for inquiry into Starmer's Mandelson claims

Senior Labour figures have criticized calls for a new parliamentary investigation into whether Prime Minister Keir Starmer was honest about the vetting process for Lord Mandelson's appointment as the UK's ambassador to the US. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch accused Starmer of misleading Parliament multiple times. Labour MP Dame Emily Thornberry suggested there was no rush for a new inquiry, while former Labour ministers described such an inquiry as a 'waste of money'.