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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
scandal surrounding the peer's ties to Epstein continue to reverberate through UK politics, and this week the former top civil servant at the Foreign Office, Sir Olly Robbins, said he had been pressured
Olly Robbins, the permanent secretary at the Foreign Office [dismissed last week](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/16/foreign-offices-top-civil-servant-olly-robbins-leaves-post-in-mandelson-vetting-row) by the prime minister over the Peter Mandelson scandal
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
scandal will not give evidence before MPs A key figure in the row over Peter Mandelson’s appointment as UK ambassador to Washington will not appear before a parliamentary committee of MPs to give evidence
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)