In our session on the Integrated Security Fund, @LordMcConnell told us that funding cuts and a lack of strategy and prioritisation is impacting the UK's ability to support peacebuilding and be a reliable long-term partner.
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- Disinformation has the power to seriously harm our democracy. The government has said it wants to combat disinformation, and is taking steps to do so. But the we think it should be going further and doing more 🧵
- The Foreign Affairs Committee has criticised the Government response to its report as “woefully inadequate” and failing to “engage meaningfully with its substance”. Read the letter and the Government response: committees.parliament.uk/committee/78/f…
- Our session has resumed with Morgan McSweeney, former Downing Street Chief of Staff, giving evidence on Lord Mandelson’s security vetting. Watch on YouTube:
- Our session questioning Sir Philip Barton, former Permanent Under-Secretary at @FCDOGovUK and Morgan McSweeney, former Downing Street Chief of Staff, on Lord Mandelson’s security vetting has begun. Watch on YouTube:
- We’ve published the response from the @FCDOGovUK, to the Chair’s latest letter. Read the FCDO’s response: committees.parliament.uk/publications/5…
- We will hear from Sir Philip Barton, former Permanent Under-Secretary at @FCDOGovUK, on Lord Mandelson’s security vetting tomorrow at 9am Tuesday 28 April. Morgan McSweeney, former Downing Street Chief of Staff will also be giving evidence at 11am.
- Our Chair @EmilyThornberry has written to the Foreign Secretary @YvetteCooperMP, to request that Ian Collard at the @FCDOGovUK to appear before the Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday 28 April on Lord Mandelson's security vetting. ➡️committees.parliament.uk/publications/5…
- We will hear from Sir Philip Barton, former Permanent Under-Secretary at @FCDOGovUK, on Lord Mandelson’s security vetting at 9am Tuesday 28 April. Details of our session with Morgan McSweeney will be announced soon.
- Our session with Cat Little, Permanent Secretary at the Cabinet Office and Chief Operating Officer of the United Kingdom's Civil Service on Lord Mandelson's vetting has begun. Watch on YouTube:
- Our session speaking to @cabinetofficeuk Permanent Secretary and chief operating officer of the UK’s Civil Service Cat Little tomorrow at 9:30am will be livestreamed on YouTube ⬇️
- We will hear from former No 10 Chief of Staff Morgan McSweeney and Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary Cat Little on Lord Mandelson's security vetting across two sessions. We will hear from Ms Little tomorrow at 9:30am, with Mr McSweeney due to appear on Tuesday 28 April.
- Today, Sir Oliver Robbins told us that it would have been "a very difficult problem" to deny clearance to former Ambassador Lord Peter Mandelson after his appointment had been publicly announced.
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