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Olly Robbins: I was asked to find job for Starmer aide and not tell David Lammy
Sacked civil servant says No 10 pushed Foreign Office to find diplomatic role for Matthew Doyle, without mentioning it to foreign secretary
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independent.co.uk
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’
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theguardian.com
Will Olly Robbins’ testimony jeopardise Keir Starmer’s defence?
What questions will sacked head of the Foreign Office be asked, and what might they mean for the PM’s future?
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Who is Olly Robbins? The man sacked over Mandelson vetting scandal
The 50-year-old, who has served three prime ministers at Number 10, will face MPs on the foreign affairs committee on Tuesday to give his account on the scandal
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Olly Robbins: I was asked to find job for Starmer aide and not tell David Lammy
Sacked civil servant says No 10 pushed Foreign Office to find diplomatic role for Matthew Doyle, without mentioning it to foreign secretary
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Olly Robbins says he faced ‘constant pressure’ to get Mandelson in post
Sacked civil servant discloses he overturned vetting ruling without knowing full extent of national security concerns
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Robbins asked if No 10 told ‘just f***ing approve’ Mandelson vetting
Sir Olly Robbins was asked whether Morgan McSweeney, the then-chief of staff for Sir Keir Starmer, told the Foreign Office to “just f***ing approve” Peter Mandelson’s security…
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Mandelson vetting row: Starmer v Robbins blame game deepens - The Latest
The Foreign Office chief sacked over the Peter Mandelson security vetting scandal has finally given his side of the story in an explosive appearance before MPs. Lucy Hough speaks…
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Starmer still faces more questions than answers after Olly Robbins’ quietly damning defence | John Crace
Sacked civil servant told Commons committee there was pressure from No 10 to approve appointment of Mandelson
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No 10 ‘secretly pushed Olly Robbins to give ambassador job to disgraced Starmer aide’
Matthew Doyle, Keir Starmer’s former communications chief, was suspended by Labour over his past association with paedophile councillor Sean Morton
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Olly Robbins’ account of Mandelson vetting piles pressure on Starmer
Sacked civil servant tells select committee of ‘pressure’ to give clearance and ‘dismissive’ attitude to vetting
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No 10 put ‘constant pressure’ on Foreign Office to get Mandelson in post
Downing Street also accused of trying to find diplomatic job for former Starmer aide Matthew Doyle, later suspended by the party for his links to a convicted paedophile
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Starmer faces first PMQs since Olly Robbins’ Mandelson evidence to MPs – UK politics live
PM takes questions from MPs a day after sacked Foreign Office chief’s evidence on Peter Mandelson’s security vetting
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bbc.com
Starmer admits No 10 asked about job for aide Matthew Doyle
The ex-communications chief was made a Labour peer after leaving Downing Street in March 2025, but was suspended from the parliamentary party this February over links with a…
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Ministers speak out in cabinet meeting over Keir Starmer’s sacking of Olly Robbins
Sources say cabinet ministers warned PM against alienating civil service after firing of official over Mandelson scandal
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Starmer sacked Olly Robbins before he could defend himself, allies say
Exclusive: Kemi Badenoch says the ‘whole thing stinks’ and suggests that the PM would have misled MPs if the claims were true