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Voices: By likening Nigel Farage to Jimmy Savile, Peter Kyle has handed Reform a free gift

COMMENT: The technology secretary’s remark that the Reform UK leader’s position on the Online Safety Act puts him ‘on the side’ of a notorious child sex abuser is a gratuitous distraction – and it allows Farage to pose as the wronged party, says John Rentoul

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Sue Gray: Afghan women’s rights a ‘global responsibility’

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Sue Gray calls on Starmer to support Afghan women and girls in first remarks since sacking

Sue Gray was sacked in October after losing a bitter power struggle with Keir Starmer’s elections chief Morgan McSweeney

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Cabinet Office to cut a third of jobs as Labour shrink civil service

THE Cabinet Office's workforce will be slashed by a third as Labour seek to accelerate plans to reform the civil service, the UK Government has…

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Cabinet Office to cut thousands of jobs as Government shrinks Civil Service

Around 1,200 people will be made redundant

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Cabinet Office to cut its workforce by a third as Government shrinks Civil Service

Some 1,200 people will be made redundant and another 900 transferred to other departments under plans announced on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Cabinet Office to shed 2,100 jobs as Government shrinks Civil Service

Some 1,200 people will be made redundant and another 900 transferred to other departments under plans announced on Thursday.

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Sue Gray Slams 'Insults' and Warns of Chaos If Civil Service Faces Brutal Cuts

Sue Gray, once known as the steely investigator at the heart of the Partygate scandal, has made her first official appearance in the House of Lords—and she didn’t hold back.

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Starmer’s government must now get its messaging in order

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The loss of No 10’s director of communications after just nine months should come as a warning to the entire government. It needs to better explain to the public why it is making unpopular decisions and demanding sacrifices – or sink further in the polls

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Andoni Iraola could be Tottenham's next Mauricio Pochettino but key questions raised

Bournemouth boss may be a good fit if Spurs decide to move on from Ange Postecoglou, but is likely to face familiar problems

Evening Standard

'It's true': Tottenham transfer target Johnny Cardoso confirms summer deal agreed

Spurs’ summer transfer business began almost a year ago

Evening Standard

Sue Gray warns No 10 to be careful about cuts to civil service

Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff uses maiden Lords speech to emphasise importance of public servants

The Guardian - UK

Sue Gray urges caution over Civil Service cuts while hitting out at insults

Officials are central to the Labour administration’s mission to realise economic growth, the Labour peer said in her maiden speech.

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Sue Gray takes seat in Lords after leaving Government amid internal rows

The former civil servant wore the traditional scarlet robes for the short introduction ceremony, watched by her Labour MP son.

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Sue Gray to take seat in Lords months after leaving heart of Government

The former senior civil servant was among 30 new Labour peers who were announced last December by Downing Street.

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Andrew Gwynne’s sacking is latest in string of Government departures

Who else has left since Labour took power?

Evening Standard

Who has left the Government since Labour took power?

Andrew Gwynne’s sacking comes after the departures of Tulip Siddiq, Louise Haigh and Sue Gray.

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Keir Starmer’s handling of the Tulip Siddiq affair forms part of a worrying pattern

A blind spot on standards has marked the new government’s early days – but it’s not too late for Labour to restore trust in politics, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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Evening Standard

Who has left the Government since Labour took power?

Tulip Siddiq’s resignation as Treasury minister came after the prominent departures of Louise Haigh and Sue Gray.

The Guardian - UK

Many great prime ministers overcome a shaky start – but Keir Starmer’s window is closing fast

Successful PMs learn on the job, and Labour’s leader needs to start 2025 by showing his party and the country he has done so, writes biographer Anthony Seldon

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2024 brings new leaders at Westminster, Holyrood, the Senedd and Stormont

Labour’s general election landslide swept Sir Keir Starmer into No 10 and there were leadership changes across the UK.

The Independent UK

Six new Tory peers are ‘brave, true radicals’, Kemi Badenoch claims

Toby Young, the founder and director of the Free Speech Union, is among those who have been nominated as a Conservative life peer by the Tory leader.

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'Odd way to abolish it': Labour pledge slated as 38 new peers announced

DOWNING Street announced a raft of new nominations to the House of Lords on Friday afternoon, which included former chief of staff to the…

The Independent UK

New peerages list in full: Sue Gray joined by Therese Coffey and controversial Tory columnist

Downing Street announced a raft of new appointments to the House of Lords on Friday afternoon

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Sue Gray handed peerage months after being sacked by Keir Starmer

Prime minister’s former chief of staff, who was responsible for the Partygate investigation that helped topple Boris Johnson’s government, will become a life peer

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