Robbins: Starmer’s team was ‘dismissive’ about Mandelson vetting

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Former Foreign Office permanent secretary Sir Olly Robbins has criticised Number 10’s “dismissive attitude” to security vetting for Lord Peter Mandelson, who accessed classified files before  Robbins, who was recently sacked from his key civil service post, told the Foreign Affairs Committee that there was “constant pressure” on the Foreign Office to give Mandelson clearance https://www.cityam.com/robbins-starmers-team-was-dismissive-about-mandelson-vetting/">[...]

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