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Olly Robbins has raised new questions about whether he was misled about the findings of the agency responsible for vetting. Robbins, who was sacked from his role of permanent secretary at the Foreign Office last
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
testimony, among fellow knights of the civil service realm at least, was unanimous. Lord Sedwill, a former Cabinet secretary, called on the prime minister to “retract his accusations against Olly Robbins and reinstate him”. Simon
Olly Robbins, who gave evidence to the Foreign Affairs Select Committee of MPs on Tuesday, was fired as the permanent under secretary at the Foreign Office last week. Dave Penman, general secretary
Olly Robbins says he faced ‘constant pressure’ to get Mandelson in post The sacked senior civil servant Oliver Robbins has said he was subject to “constant pressure” when he arrived in the Foreign Office
Robbins, who had been the permanent under secretary at the Foreign Office since January 2025, was removed from his post last Thursday evening after the prime minister discovered he had not been told
testimony – during which he described heavy pressure from Downing Street to confirm Mandelson in post – raised questions about the prime minister’s judgment and risked exacerbating tensions with Whitehall. One source said: “There
Robbins. It all prompted a one-word question from many of us: how? How could so senior a civil servant be in possession of such apparently politically explosive information and not pass