No 10 publishes previously confidential memo to refute claim that Starmer misled MPs over Mandelson appointment – as it happened

Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle earlier confirmed that MPs will decide whether to let inquiry into Keir Starmer’s statements over Peter Mandelson proceed Lindsay Hoyle, the Commons speaker, is telling MPs about the privileges committee debate. He says he received letters from various MPs, including the opposition leader. He says issues like this should be taken to the privileges committee sparingly. He is a gatekeeper, he says. He says he is there to stop frivolous complaints being taken forward. He says his job is to consider if the Commons should take a view. Having taken advice, he has decided to let MPs take this decision. He says Kemi Badenoch will be able to table a motion for debate tomorrow. The debate will be held after any statements and urgent questions. Gordon Brown, the former prime minister, has urged Labour MPs to support Keir Starmer when the Commons votes tomorrow on a Tory motion saying the privileges committee should investigate allegations Starmer lied to MPs about the Peter Mandelson vetting process. Brown issued a statement after the speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, announced that a vote will take place tomorrow. Brown said: double quotation markAt challenging times both f