OLLY ROBBINS LAUNCHES LEGAL CHALLENGE TO DISMISSAL AS FOREIGN OFFICE CHIEF BY KEIR STARMER

1. WHAT HAPPENED

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• The Guardian: 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…
• The Guardian: 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.
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• BBC News: The former official was fired in April over Lord Mandelson's vetting to be the UK's ambassador to the US.
• The Guardian: Officers say decision made after ‘new information and evidence has come to light’ Counter-terrorism police are now leading the investigation into the death of the former MP and Reform spokesperson Ann Widdecombe in…

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