Darren Jones says he has ordered an urgent review into news that the Foreign Office ignored security vetting advice
Back on the morning rounds, Darren Jones, chief secretary to the prime minister, has been addressing the calls for Keir Starmer to go.
Starmer has not considered resigning and did not mislead Parliament, he said.
The fact is the prime minister is telling everyone that he was told [about the Foreign Office vetting decision] on Tuesday.
The Ministerial Code states that when a minister discovers… that parliament has been inadvertently misled they need to correct the record at the first opportunity. The first opportunity was on Wednesday morning at prime minister’s questions. He gave a long sermon about all sorts of things, refused to answer questions I asked him, and didn’t tell the house, that in itself is a breach of the ministerial code.
