INSANE: 4 - The Real Truth

New top mandarin issues stark warning to Whitehall on first day in the job

Chris Wormald, the new cabinet secretary, has delivered a warning to civil servants

The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2024

Civil Service chief tells officials to ‘relish opportunities’ of Starmer reforms

In an address to the civil service, new Cabinet Secretary Sir Chris Wormald said officials would have to change the way they work.

Evening Standard · Dec 16, 2024

New Covid corruption chief to leave ‘no stone unturned’, Reeves warns

Tom Hayhoe has been appointed to to claw back taxpayers’ money wasted on deals during the pandemic.

Evening Standard · Dec 3, 2024

Starmer appoints ‘safe pair of hands’ to run civil service as he prepares for major reset

The prime minister builds towards a major relaunch after only five months of government as he picks Sir Chris Wormald, the Department of Health’s long-serving permanent secretary, to take over as the new cabinet secretary running Whitehall

The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2024

Michelle Mone hits out at Rishi Sunak and Michael Gove amid PPE scandal

MICHELLE Mone has attacked both Rishi Sunak and Michael Gove as questions around her involvement with Covid contracts awarded to her husband’s…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 18, 2023

Social care sector 'broadly relaxed' about visa changes, Health Secretary claims

International care workers will be banned from bringing dependants when they move to the UK under the changes

Evening Standard · Dec 13, 2023

What we learned from Patrick Vallance at the Covid inquiry

Chief scientific adviser in pandemic says lockdown should have come sooner and Boris Johnson is not great at science

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2023

Rishi Sunak was ‘not pleased’ at early prospect of London lockdown

Sir Patrick Vallance’s argument for tighter restrictions due to the early spread of Covid-19 in London was rejected by ministers.

The Independent UK · Nov 20, 2023

UK should have gone into lockdown earlier, Patrick Vallance tells Covid inquiry

Government’s top scientist said he was reprimanded for saying action should have been taken sooner

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2023

‘The blame game’: revelations from health officials at UK Covid inquiry

Simon Stevens and Chris Wormald recall inefficiency, lack of planning and a ‘horrible dilemma’ on life-or-death decisions

The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2023