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Olly Robbins launches legal challenge to dismissal as Foreign Office chief by Keir Starmer
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Monday, July 13, 2026 at 12:08 PM
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The Guardian Politics
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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 scandal UK politics live – latest updates 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 has applied to the high court for a judicial review of the prime minister’s decision to remove him as the top civil servant at the Foreign Office, the FDA union representing him said in a statement. Continue reading...

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