UK Foreign Office top civil servant forced out over Mandelson vetting row
Sir Olly Robbins, the Foreign Office's most senior official, has been forced out after it emerged that Lord Mandelson failed security vetting but the department overruled the decision and allowed him to take up his post as UK ambassador to the US. The Guardian names Robbins explicitly as having been 'forced out,' while BBC reports describe the departure more broadly, noting that Prime Minister Keir Starmer is said to be 'absolutely furious' over the handling of the affair. BBC's Chris Mason characterizes the episode as a 'nightmare' for Starmer and describes the senior official as having been 'effectively sacked.'
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