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Olly Robbins launches legal challenge to dismissal as Foreign Office chief by Keir Starmer

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Ex-FCDO top civil servant says he was given ‘irrational’ reasons for firing amid Peter Mandelson vetting scandalUK politics live – latest updatesOlly Robbins, the former Foreign Office chief sacked by Keir Starmer over the Peter Mandelson security vetting scandal, has submitted a legal challenge over his dismissal. Robbins was requesting a judicial review after he was removed as the top civil servant at the Foreign Office, the FDA Union representing him said in a statement.

Ex-FCDO top civil servant says he was given ‘irrational’ reasons for firing amid Peter Mandelson vetting scandal

Olly Robbins, the former Foreign Office chief sacked by Keir Starmer over the Peter Mandelson security vetting scandal, has submitted a legal challenge over his dismissal.

Robbins was requesting a judicial review after he was removed as the top civil servant at the Foreign Office, the FDA Union representing him said in a statement.

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