Brits count the cost of saving Keir's skin: Latest Whitehall chief sacrificed over Mandelson vetting outrage could be in line for huge payoff... as allies 'warn he won't be fall guy'

A senior Whitehall official is reportedly being sacrificed over a vetting scandal involving Peter Mandelson, with potential financial payoffs for the departing figure. Allies suggest the official won't accept blame for the controversy.