Downing Street pressured me to approve Mandelson hire, sacked Foreign Office chief says
Sacked by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer last week, today the former top Foreign Office civil servant Sir Olly Robbins has broken his silence.
Mandelson Vetting Scandal Rocks Starmer
- Olly Robbins’ account of Mandelson vetting piles pressure on Starmer The Guardian —
- Sacked civil servant Olly Robbins reveals 'constant pressure' to get Mandelson in post Sky News —
- Mandelson crisis: Starmer’s future ‘hanging in the balance’ Channel 4 News —
- Ex-UK official says he felt pressure over Mandelson from PM’s office South China Morning Post —
- UK: No 10 had "dismissive attitude" to Mandelson's vetting France 24 —