Starmer denies Downing Street pressured ex-FO chief on Mandelson appointment vetting
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has denied that Downing Street pressured the former Foreign Office permanent secretary to override security concerns about Peter Mandelson’s appointment as UK ambassador to the United States. Starmer’s denial comes after Olly Robbins, who was sacked as the top civil servant at the Foreign Office on 16 April 2026, told the … Read more