Ex-Civil Servant Olly Robbins To Sue Over Keir Starmer's Decision To Sack Him

The prime minister blamed the top Foreign Office official for the Peter Mandelson vetting scandal.

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The former top civil servant Olly Robbins has launched a legal challenge over his sacking by Keir Starmer.

The former permanent secretary at the Foreign Office was fired during the scandal surrounding Peter Mandelson’s appointment as the UK’s ambassador to the US.

It emerged in April this year that Robbins had not told ministers of vetting officials’ concerns about giving Mandelson the top job back in early 2025.

As the top civil servant in the........

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