No 10 refuses to say whether British PM will correct the record on Mandelson appointment

Keir will give a statement to MPs on Monday afternoon (Carl Court/PA)

Britain's Downing Street has repeatedly refused to say whether Keir Starmer will correct the record after telling Parliament due process was followed in making Mandelsonambassador to the US.

The British Prime Minister will battle to save his job in an address to MPs later on Monday following extraordinary revelations that the disgraced peer took up the Washington job despite failing security vetting.