Six-figure payout for senior civil servant sacked over Peter Mandelson vetting

Olly Robbins was removed from his post following the Guardian’s disclosure that he had overturned a recommendation to deny clearance for Mandelson. Photograph: Mark Kerrison/Alamy

Olly Robbins, the former head of the Foreign Office sacked by Keir Starmer over his role in vetting Peter Mandelson, has received a six-figure payout from the government over his dismissal.

Robbins had 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 after he was dismissed in April.