Sacked Foreign Office chief Sir Oliver Robbins tells MPs he faced "constant pressure" to get Peter Mandelson appointed as US ambassador without proper vetting.
Robbins painted a picture of No 10 wanting Mandelson in at any cost, despite security concerns, leaving Starmer accused of scapegoating a civil servant for his own error.
Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-keir-starmer-peter-mandelson-vetting-commons-iran-war-olly-robbins-12593360
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