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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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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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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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theguardian.com
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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Robbins reveals cronyism under Starmer is worse than we ever thought
The sacked Foreign Office chief gave evidence to MPs over the Mandelson scandal – and exposed the rotten core of Keir Starmer’s government, says political editor David Maddox
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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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Starmer admits his former spin doctor was considered for top ambassador job
Calls for an inquiry as Tory leader Kemi Badenoch accuses PM of delivering ‘cronyism and an old boy’ club’
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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