Vetting process for Mandelson needed more awkward questions, expert says

System used for civil servants not thorough enough for those with ‘baggage’ of years in politics or business, Peter Ricketts saysDowning Street cannot appoint politicians or business figures to senior diplomatic posts using the same security vetting it uses to check civil ...

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