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Sacked Foreign Office chief describes 'dismissive' attitude to Mandelson vetting.
The Guardian view on Starmer and Mandelson: when process follows power | Editorial ⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Olly Robbins exposed a deeper failure: when the prime minister’s decision came first, security vetting was left to catch up after the fact
It was a classic Whitehall performance: understated and explo…
No 10 had 'dismissive attitude' to Mandelson vetting, says sacked Foreign Office chief ○
Sir Olly Robbins has defended his decision to approve the peer's security clearance for the role.
Olly Robbins says he faced ‘constant pressure’ to get Mandelson in post ⊕
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Sacked civil servant discloses he overturned vetting ruling without knowing full extent of national security concerns
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The sacked senior civil servant Oliver Robbins ha…
Cooper opens Cabinet dissent against Starmer after extraordinary No10 order to 'just f-ing approve' Mandelson was exposed at explosive hearing ⊖
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
Ministers have voiced alarm after explosive testimony from the Foreign Office chief who was sacked for not telling the PM Mandelson failed security vetting.
No 10 secretly 'pushed for Starmer's spin doctor to get plum diplomatic job abroad' - before he was kicked out of Labour over links to paedophile ⊖
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
The Prime Minister's private office was said to have to told Sir Olly Robbins he must not even tell the Foreign Secretary about the plan to find a posting for Matthew Doyle.
POLL OF THE DAY: Does Keir Starmer have a 'dismissive approach' to national security? ⊕
Sir Olly Robbins, the former top official at the Foreign Office, said today that there was a 'dismissive approach' to Peter Mandelson's security vetting from Sir Keir Starmer's No 10.
Robbins says Downing St pressured him to sign off Mandelson appointment ○
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Sacked head of Foreign Office says there was ‘dismissive attitude’ to security vetting of former ambassador
UK officials saw ‘no need’ to vet Peter Mandelson, sacked Olly Robbins claims. ○
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a story from Politico EU ✅ › Politico EU
The ex-top Foreign Office official said the risks in appointing the controversial Labour figure as U.K. ambassador to Washington were made clear to the PM before his appointment.
Sacked Foreign Office chief Olly Robbins to face MPs’ questions over Mandelson vetting – UK politics live ⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Robbins was forced out as Foreign Office permanent secretary over the Mandelson vetting revelations in the Guardian
Good morning. In about an hour Olly Robbins will give evidence to the Commons foreig…