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.
Sacked official reveals Mandelson pressure
- Starmer sends 'chill' through civil service, union boss says BBC News —
- Robbins says officials considered withholding Mandelson vetting files from parliament The Guardian —
- The Papers: 'Starmer on the ropes' and 'Sobbin' Robbins spills the beans' BBC News —
- Sacked civil servant Olly Robbins reveals 'constant pressure' to get Mandelson in post 📹 Sky News — · 3min
- Olly Robbins’ account of Mandelson vetting piles pressure on Starmer The Guardian —