Tory minister refuses multiple times to say PM has confidence in Suella Braverman Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View... Read more »
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Good afternoon from Selby, where Playbook PM has been taking the temperature of the upcoming by-election — with a focus on Labour’s... Read more »
Sue Gray broke the Civil Service code by discussing a job with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, a Cabinet Office investigation has concluded. In a written ministerial statement, Cabinet Office minister Jeremy... Read more »
Sir John Bourn, who has died aged 88, was parliament’s longest serving auditor general, responsible for exposing waste, inefficiency and scandal in the corridors of power, and for shaping the National Audit... Read more »
A woman who became pregnant during an affair with a married senior civil servant told a court he looked “very flustered” before preparing a drink for her allegedly spiked with an abortion... Read more »
LONDON — The U.K.’s most senior civil servant attended an impromptu Christmas drinks gathering in his government office last year in an apparent breach of COVID rules, according to multiple Whitehall officials.... Read more »
Amid a torrential September downpour, work continues apace at High Speed 2 (HS2)’s North-West London logistics hub. Undeterred by the unseasonal weather, a digger continues methodically depositing earth into nearby logistics train... Read more »
Civil servants could lose up to £4,000 ‘London weighting’ salary boost if they continue to WFH: Business Secretary says he wants government workers back in office for a ‘fair three days a... Read more »