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Olly Robbins was “wrong” not to tell Starmer or the foreign secretary, that UK security vetting had advised against the appointment and the issue was a “serious mistake”. “I think that was wrong
saga Keir Starmer has laid out a detailed timeline of events leading up to [Peter Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) being refused security vetting and how the message was not passed to No 10. Here
Olly Robbins, the former top official at the Foreign Office, said No 10 took a “dismissive” attitude to vetting, and Mandelson was given access to the Foreign Office building and to “higher-classification briefings” before
Olly Robbins](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/20/keir-starmer-olly-robbins-commons-statement-peter-mandelson-vetting) of deliberately and repeatedly obstructing the truth about the Peter Mandelson vetting scandal before a high-jeopardy appearance of the sacked top official before MPs on Tuesday. 3. ***Health*** | Changes