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…
Drawing a line under Lord Mandelson's appointment is proving impossible for the prime minister.
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…
The Prime Minister hung them out to dry by highlighting how they had missed four opportunities to flag issues with Lord Mandelson's vetting.
All of today's papers respond to Starmer's claims he didn't know of Lord Mandelson's failed vetting for the role of British ambassador to the US.
Sir Olly Robbins is expected to defend his decision not to tell Sir Keir Starmer that Lord Mandelson failed vetting.