Sir Keir Starmer's former chief of staff Morgan McSweeney has been summoned to appear before the Foreign Affairs Committee next week amid the Lord Peter Mandelson vetting scandal.Mr McSweeney, widely regarded as a protege of Lord Mandelson, resigned in February over his part in the peer's appointment to the role of US ambassador.The political strategist will appear at the influential parliamentary committee on Tuesday, after an expected showing on Thursday morning by Cat Little, the most senior

Sir Keir Starmer's former chief of staff Morgan McSweeney has been summoned to appear before the Foreign Affairs Committee next week amid the Lord Peter Mandelson vetting scandal.Mr McSweeney, widely regarded as a protege of Lord Mandelson, resigned in February over his part in the peer's appointment to the role of US ambassador.The political strategist will appear at the influential parliamentary committee on Tuesday, after an expected showing on Thursday morning by Cat Little, the most senior Cabinet Office civil servant.