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Foreign Office boss sacked by Starmer submits legal challenge

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

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Sir Olly was sacked after it emerged Mandelson did not pass crucial security checks to become US ambassador. However, there have been rumours that Sir Olly is in talks with Andy Burnham over a shock comeback. The organisation warned it would damage the 'core values of a professional and impartial civil service if its most senior officials can be dismissed on a Prime Ministerial whim, without even the semblance of a fair process or considered understanding of the core issue'.

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Sir Olly was sacked after it emerged Mandelson did not pass crucial security checks to become US ambassador
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However, there have been rumours that Sir Olly is in talks with Andy Burnham over a shock comeback.
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The organisation warned it would damage the 'core values of a professional and impartial civil service if its most senior officials can be dismissed on a Prime Ministerial whim, without even the semblance of a fair process or considered understanding of the core issue'.
according to Daily Mail +1