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Top Foreign Office official Olly Robbins to leave post after Mandelson vetting row
It comes after it emerged the peer failed security vetting but the Foreign Office still allowed him to take up the post.
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independent.co.uk
Mandelson failed US ambassador vetting – but was given the job anyway
PM faces calls to resign as government says he was ‘not aware’ Foreign Office overruled disgraced Labour peer’s vetting ‘until this week’
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Foreign Office chief Olly Robbins to leave role after Mandelson vetting row
Sir Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper expressed a loss of confidence in Sir Olly, it is understood
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bbc.com
Top Foreign Office official Olly Robbins to leave post after Mandelson vetting row
It comes after it emerged the peer failed security vetting but the Foreign Office still allowed him to take up the post.
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theguardian.com
Foreign Office’s top civil servant Olly Robbins forced out over Mandelson vetting row
Keir Starmer understood to have lost confidence in official over decision to override security vetting failure
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'Staggering' I was not told Mandelson failed vetting, says Starmer
The PM is facing calls to resign over the revelation that Lord Mandelson did not pass security checks.
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Olly Robbins and Mandelson’s vetting: what did he do, why – and who knew?
Starmer says ministers were in the dark, but friends of former top civil servant suggest it was a case of them looking the other way
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upi.com
British foreign office official fired for not disclosing ambassador failed security check - UPI.com
The most senior civil servant in Britain's Foreign Office has been fired former ambassador Peter Mandelson's security vetting not being disclosed.
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Mandelson scandal is biggest crisis for diplomatic service in decades, says ex-Foreign Office chief
Simon McDonald says Olly Robbins was ‘thrown under a bus’ by the prime minister and the decision feels wrong
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Olly Robbins has been ‘thrown under the bus’, says former Foreign Office chief
Lord Simon McDonald says Mandelson scandal is the biggest crisis in the diplomatic service in decades
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Keir Starmer ‘threw Olly Robbins under the bus’ in wake of Mandelson vetting row
Exclusive: Helen MacNamara calls Starmer’s decision to sack Olly Robbins ‘unacceptable’