Revealed: Sacked Sir Olly's truth bombs that blew the PM apart
In two-and-a-half hours of testimony to the foreign affairs committee, Sir Olly made it clear that No 10 was determined to get its controversial choice of US ambassador in place, whatever the risks.
Mandelson vetting scandal pressures Starmer
- Starmer's support starts to crack: Sacked civil servant plunges knife into reeling PM as Labour MPs call on Cabinet to act - with Miliband and Cooper the first to show dissent Daily Mail —
- Robbins says officials considered withholding Mandelson vetting files from parliament The Guardian —
- Starmer faces rising pressure over US envoy appointment after new testimony France 24 —
- Mandelson vetting scandal LIVE: Starmer under pressure over Olly Robbins fallout ahead of PMQs Mirror —
- PM in name only: Cabinet minister refuses to say Starmer's sacking of mandarin over Mandelson scandal was 'fair'… as MPs say it is 'when not if' he goes Daily Mail —