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Olly Robbins refused to hand Mandelson vetting summary to Cabinet Office, says Cat Little

sacked Foreign Office head, had granted Mandelson clearance against the advice of security officials – was instead provided to Cat Little by UK Security Vetting, she said. Giving evidence to the Commons foreign affairs committee, Little

Keir Starmer says it is unforgivable he was not told Mandelson failed vetting

ambassador to Washington. The prime minister said he was “furious” about what had happened, as he insisted he had not known that security officials had initially recommended that Mandelson be denied clearance. Speaking on Friday

Starmer sends 'chill' through civil service, union boss says

sack the lead civil servant in the Foreign Office over the Lord Peter Mandelson vetting fiasco. Sir Olly Robbins, who gave evidence to the Foreign Affairs Select Committee of MPs on Tuesday, was fired

Naming Mandelson as ambassador before vetting was mistake, minister says

ambassadors.” The established process “in retrospect was inadequate”, he said. “That’s why, already, even before the events of the last few days, the government has moved to change that process to make sure that

Officials debate withholding Mandelson vetting documents from parliament

ambassador, the Guardian can reveal. Any such decision could amount to an extraordinary breach of a parliamentary vote which ordered the release of “all papers” relevant to Mandelson’s appointment. The Guardian has revealed that

No, Minister: the week Keir Starmer had his own Sir Humphrey moment

ambassador in Washington, appeared before the foreign affairs select committee, as many a civil servant embroiled in a crisis has in the past. How was it that Mandelson took up the job, given that vetting

UK PM Starmer admits Mandelson mistake, rejects resignation calls

ambassador to Washington, but rejected mounting calls to resign. Starmer told the UK Parliament on Monday that, while the appointment was a mistake, he would have withdrawn the decision had he known the Foreign Office

Former Labour MP calls for Starmer to face Commons committee over Mandelson vetting

ambassador to Washington continues. Karl Turner, who lost the [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) whip last month [after making a series of interventions](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/31/karl-turner-labour-whip-suspended) criticising Starmer and No 10, has written to the speaker

Starmer tells MPs Foreign Office has been stripped of power to overrule vetting

ambassador. “Before I go into the details, I want to be very clear with this house that while this statement will focus on the process surrounding Peter Mandelson’s vetting and appointment, at the heart

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

ambassador to the US two months earlier, after the disclosure of Jeffrey Epstein’s emails. MPs on the cross-party foreign affairs select committee were grilling the most senior civil servants involved in Mandelson