Who is Olly Robbins? Meet the former top civil servant to give evidence after being sacked by Starmer over Mandelson vetting scandal

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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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How safe is Starmer’s premiership after his Mandelson vetting statement to MPs?

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Despite his explanation and the need for political stability, the PM is still unpopular – and Olly Robbins has yet to give his side of the storyLabour MPs frustrated with the lack of a clear mission from Keir Starmer’s No 10 have often urged the prime minister to be more forceful in his arguments, to…

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Starmer battles for Downing Street future amid Mandelson vetting scandal

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Prime minister’s statement to MPs will come ahead of testimony from sacked Foreign Office head Olly Robbins

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Judgement day for Starmer over Mandelson vetting scandal

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Prime minister faces Commons grilling from MPs on Monday before Olly Robbins – sacked by Starmer on Thursday over the vetting scandal – gives his version of events on Tuesday

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Mandelson scandal is biggest crisis for diplomatic service in decades, says ex-Foreign Office chief

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Sir Simon McDonald says Olly Robbins was ‘thrown under a bus’ by the prime minister and the decision feels ‘wrong’The Peter Mandelson security vetting scandal is the biggest crisis for the diplomatic service in decades, a former Foreign Office chief has said.Sir Simon McDonald, who was the permanent under-secretary of the government department until 2020,…

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Keir Starmer ‘threw Olly Robbins under the bus’ in wake of Mandelson vetting row

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Exclusive: Helen MacNamara calls Starmer’s decision to sack Olly Robbins ‘unacceptable’

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Exclusive: Has Keir Starmer made a huge mistake in sacking Olly Robbins over Mandelson vetting?

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There’s a new development in the Mandelson-Epstein-Starmer scandal – and as usual, it raises more questions over No. 10’s dealings than it answers.

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Olly Robbins and Mandelson’s vetting: what did he do, why – and who knew?

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Starmer says ministers were in the dark, but friends of former top civil servant suggest it was a case of them looking the other wayUK politics live – latest updatesFiddling with his reading glasses, the then cabinet secretary, Sir Chris Wormald – sitting alongside the most senior civil servant in the Foreign Office, Sir Olly…

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Olly Robbins is just the latest: a guide to the high-profile exits under Starmer’s tenure

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There has been a steady succession of departures by ministers and senior officials in the last two yearsThe exit of the top civil servant Olly Robbins from the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is the latest departure of an official or minister under Keir Starmer’s two-year tenure as prime minister. Here we take…

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Minister defends Starmer amid Mandelson revelations, saying vetting decision ‘utterly unacceptable’ – UK politics live

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Darren Jones says he has ordered an urgent review into news that the Foreign Office ignored security vetting adviceSir Ed Davey, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, is among voices calling for the PM to go.He has said even if the prime minister’s explanation – that he was unaware of the Foreign Office’s decision to…

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