Olly Robbins gives evidence to the committee.Pressure on Keir Starmer over the Lord Mandelson scandal is set to intensify as a result of the “utterly devastating” testimony of the senior civil servant he sacked.
Olly Robbins’ spent nearly two-and-a-half answering questions from MPs on the Foreign Affairs Committee.
His appearance came a day after the prime minister told the Commons it “beggars belief” he was not told that Mandelson had not been cleared by UK Security Vetting before being appointed the UK’s ambassador to Washington.
As the top civil servant in the Foreign Offi...
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