Sacked Foreign Office chief Sir Olly Robbins is set for an explosive clash with MPs on Tuesday which could make or break the Prime Minister.
One key ally said Sir Olly, appointed as the department’s permanent under-secretary by Sir Keir Starmer in January 2025, is furious at the way he has been treated over the Peter Mandelson controversy.
Sir Olly has been accused of not telling Downing Street that Mandelson had failed his UK security vetting after he was
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