UK’s top Foreign Office chief exits amid Mandelson vetting controversy
TL;DR
Sir Olly Robbins, the Foreign Office’s permanent secretary, is leaving after the department overruled the vetting agency to allow Lord Mandelson to take up the US ambassador post; Mandelson was later dismissed over Epstein ties, prompting renewed questions about the prime minister’s judgement and triggering political fallout and calls for accountability.
Topics:top-newspolitics#foreign-office#olly-robbins#peter-mandelson#politics#security-vetting#uk-politics
- Top Foreign Office official to leave post after Mandelson vetting row BBC
- Mandelson Became Britain’s Ambassador to U.S. Despite Failing Security Vetting The New York Times
- Starmer faces calls to resign as UK government admits ambassador to US failed vetting process Yahoo
- Former UK ambassador to US Peter Mandelson failed security vetting before taking job CNN
- Foreign Office’s top civil servant Olly Robbins to leave post over Mandelson vetting row The Guardian
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