Top Foreign Office civil servant to leave post after Starmer loses confidence

Sir Olly Robbins will leave his post (Dominic Lipinski/PA) - (PA Archive)

The Foreign Office’s top civil servant will be leaving his post after it emerged the department had overruled a security vetting process to clear Lord Peter Mandelson to become UK ambassador to the US.

Sir Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper have lost confidence in Foreign Office permanent under-secretary Sir Olly Robbins, the Press Association understands.