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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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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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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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Starmer was kept in dark about Mandelson’s vetting by two other top civil servants
Exclusive: Officials have spent weeks debating whether or not to release highly sensitive information about the affair
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Keir Starmer faces ‘judgment day’ as Mandelson vetting debacle grows
As revelations mount and accusations fly, prime minister prepares for MPs’ anger and Olly Robbins’ testimony early next week
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‘Pure shock’: how ministers reacted to revelation of Mandelson vetting failure
Inquiries into who knew what, and when, will be pored over in coming weeks and could ultimately decide Starmer’s fate
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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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Starmer could have been told about Mandelson’s vetting failure, claims No 10 with release of briefing paper – UK politics live
Downing Street takes unusual step of releasing document ahead of PM’s Commons showdown over Mandelson scandal