Robbins v Starmer: the key points they disagree on over Mandelson vetting (opens in new tab)

Sacked civil servant says it was right not to tell PM that Mandelson had failed vetting – a view Starmer rejectsIn the last 24 hours, the two men at the heart of the Peter Mandelson vetting scandal have given their version of events: Keir Starmer, the prime minister, and Olly Robbins, the man he sacked as lead civil servant at the Foreign Office.Robbins’ testimony to the foreign affairs select committee on Tuesday completes much of the picture as to why Lord Mandelson was given security clear...