Sacked civil servant says No 10 pushed Foreign Office to find diplomatic role for Matthew Doyle, without mentioning it to foreign secretary

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

Sacked civil servant says No 10 pushed Foreign Office to find diplomatic role for Matthew Doyle, without mentioning it to foreign secretary

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

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…

Sacked civil servant told Commons committee there was pressure from No 10 to approve appointment of Mandelson

Sacked civil servant tells select committee of ‘pressure’ to give clearance and ‘dismissive’ attitude to vetting

PM takes questions from MPs a day after sacked Foreign Office chief’s evidence on Peter Mandelson’s security vetting

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…

Sources say cabinet ministers warned PM against alienating civil service after firing of official over Mandelson scandal