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Olly Robbins of deliberately and repeatedly obstructing the truth about the Mandelson vetting scandal before
Mandelson scandal accelerates that. So when another opportunity presents itself to change leadership, they may take it.” Last week Starmer sacked Olly Robbins
Olly Robbins as the Foreign Office’s top official over the Peter Mandelson vetting scandal
Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) scandal with divisions emerging in cabinet over his decision to sack the Foreign Office civil servant Olly Robbins
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
Olly Robbins’ Mandelson evidence – UK politics live Good morning. Keir Starmer faces PMQs today with the [Peter Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) vetting row still dominating the Westminster agenda and – in the view of most observers
Mandelson scandal as the Guardian learned of [concerns around the cabinet table](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/22/olly-robbins-starmer-sacking-ministers-cabinet-meeting), a senior minister refused to say the dismissal of Olly Robbins
Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) scandal, Cat Little, the head civil servant in the Cabinet Office, was low key and often cautious. But she did reveal several pieces of new information – or at times information different
Olly Robbins ousted on the same day. Badenoch slammed Starmer for failing to take responsibility. “It is how you face up to those mistakes that shows the character of a leader,” she told Parliament, saying
scandal has already led to the [sacking of the top civil servant at the Foreign Office, Olly Robbins](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/16/foreign-offices-top-civil-servant-olly-robbins-leaves-post-in-mandelson-vetting-row), who is expected to appear before MPs on Tuesday in what could be another
scandal in Parliament on Monday. The Foreign Office's top civil servant Sir Olly Robbins, who was sacked last week over the matter, is expected to face MPs on the Foreign Affairs Committee the following
scandal has dragged on for months and has so far cost Sir Keir his US ambassador, his chief of staff, and the head of the Foreign Office, Sir Olly Robbins, who was ousted on Thursday
scandal, [first revealed by the Guardian last week](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/16/revealed-mandelson-failed-vetting-but-foreign-office-overruled-decision), has already led to the sacking of the top civil servant at the Foreign Office, Olly Robbins, who is expected to appear before
Olly Robbins](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/16/foreign-offices-top-civil-servant-olly-robbins-leaves-post-in-mandelson-vetting-row), the most senior civil servant at the Foreign Office. On Friday morning, Darren Jones, the prime minister’s chief secretary, described the controversy as a “failing of the state”. Davey
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 a look
Olly Robbins was forced to quit the Foreign Office. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA Robbins is understood to have been furious at being forced out, and there are fears that his side of events could leave Starmer
Mandelson, told MPs on the foreign affairs committee on Tuesday that [“constant pressure”](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/21/olly-robbins-peter-mandelson-vetting-keir-starmer) was applied. It comes as [divisions emerged in cabinet over Starmer’s decision to sack Robbins](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/22/olly-robbins-starmer-sacking-ministers-cabinet-meeting)
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, the top Foreign Office official sacked by Starmer, [told MPs on Tuesday](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/21/olly-robbins-account-mandelson-vetting-piles-pressure-on-starmer) that No 10 had created an “atmosphere of pressure” that made it impossible to deny clearance for Mandelson
Olly Robbins has seemingly been sacked for not creating a problem for the prime minister. Which is novel. The great lesson from all this is that the Labour government want the civil service to save