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Robbins’ account raises questions over whether he was misled on Mandelson vetting
UK NewsPolitics•April 21, 2026 at 1:11 PMNational

Robbins’ account raises questions over whether he was misled on Mandelson vetting

By Paul Lewis, Pippa Crerar and Henry Dyer•The Guardian - UK News

Sacked Foreign Office chief tells MPs he was briefed that UKSV considered Mandelson ‘a borderline case’An account of Peter Mandelson’s vetting process given by the former top civil servant Sir Olly Robbins has raised new questions about whether Robbins was misled about the findings of the agency responsible for vetting.Robbins, who was sacked from his role of permanent secretary at the Foreign Office last week after revelations in the Guardian, gave testimony about the process to a select committee. Continue reading...

Sacked Foreign Office chief tells MPs he was briefed that UKSV considered Mandelson ‘a borderline case’

An account of Peter Mandelson’s vetting process given by the former top civil servant Sir Olly Robbins has raised new questions about whether Robbins was misled about the findings of the agency responsible for vetting.

Robbins, who was sacked from his role of permanent secretary at the Foreign Office last week after revelations in the Guardian, gave testimony about the process to a select committee.

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