Starmer Pleads For 'Total Transparency' From Civil Servants As He Tries To Repair Whitehall Ties

It comes weeks after the prime minister sacked the top civil servant in the Foreign Office.

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Keir Starmer has attempted to rebuild trust with Whitehall by sending civil servants in an email the night before polling stations opened.

The prime minister admitted “the events of the last recent weeks have felt unsettling”, alluding to his controversial decision to sack the top civil servant in the Foreign Office.

Starmer blamed Olly Robbins for giving Peter Mandelson security clearance so he could become ambassador to the US, even after the disgraced Labour peer failed vetting.

The PM claimed he was not aware security........

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