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Foreign Office boss sacked by Starmer submits legal challenge

Sir Olly Robbins was sacked after it emerged Peter Mandelson did not pass crucial security checks to become US ambassador

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Sir Olly Robbins was sacked after it emerged Peter Mandelson did not pass crucial security checks to become US ambassador. Robbins said: “I bring this action reluctantly. His submission makes the case that Starmer had no statutory authority to dismiss him as the head of the diplomatic service, and that there was “no fair procedure” and “no process at all” in the dismissal.

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Sir Olly Robbins was sacked after it emerged Peter Mandelson did not pass crucial security checks to become US ambassador
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Robbins said: “I bring this action reluctantly.
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His submission makes the case that Starmer had no statutory authority to dismiss him as the head of the diplomatic service, and that there was “no fair procedure” and “no process at all” in the dismissal.
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Sir Olly Robbins was sacked after it emerged Peter Mandelson did not pass crucial security checks to become US ambassador
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