The Foreign Office boss sacked by Sir Keir Starmer over Peter Mandelson’s vetting has informed MPs there was strain from No 10 to get Mandelson put in because the UK’s ambassador to the US as shortly as attainable.
Sir Olly Robbins was dismissed by the prime minister final week after it emerged UK Security Vetting (UKSV) really useful in opposition to granting Mandelson high safety clearance – however Robbins went forward with the approval and didn’t inform ministers or the PM concerning the suggestion.
He informed the Foreign Affairs Committee there was "an atmosphere of pressure" to get Mandelson within the submit.
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