Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

What Mandelson vetting row reveals about escalating tensions between ministers and civil servants

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par Patrick Diamond, Professor of Public Policy, Queen Mary University of London

Keir Starmer’s decision to fire Foreign Office chief Olly Robbins has contributed to “one of the worst crises in relations” between ministers and civil servants in modern times. The words of former cabinet secretary Gus O'Donnell, writing after Robbins was sacked for declining to inform Starmer that Peter Mandelson failed vetting for his ambassador role, are a stark warning for the prime minister.

Such a crisis has been building for some time. Historically,…

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