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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…

Sacked civil servant discloses he overturned vetting ruling without knowing full extent of national security concerns

  • UK politics live – latest updates

The sacked senior civil servant Oliver Robbins ha…

Olly Robbins’s testimony will have been painful for the PM. The No 10 omnishambles was publicly laid bare – and Keir’s fresh out of scapegoats

‘How dare Olly Robbins not have made me look like a chaot…

Drawing a line under Lord Mandelson's appointment is proving impossible for the prime minister.
Olly Robbins has just destroyed Keir Starmer's premiership. He didn't arrive at the foreign affairs select committee brandishing a smoking gun. He carried a smoking bazooka.
Hearing comes after Starmer blamed civil servant for keeping him in the dark over vetting failure
Sacked head of Foreign Office says there was ‘dismissive attitude’ to security vetting of former ambassador
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…

What questions will sacked head of the Foreign Office be asked, and what might they mean for the PM’s future?

On Monday, Keir Starmer testified in front of the Commons about what he knew about the ve…

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