UK whistleblower ‘morally compelled’ to speak out on Afghan withdrawal Civil servant Josie Stewart spoke to media after government presented ‘dishonest account’, tribunal told The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2024
Patients maimed by infected blood, innocents jailed, lives ruined. We want real justice – not inquiries The contaminated blood and Post Office scandals demand accountability and speedy redress for victims. We’re getting neither, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins The Guardian - UK · Apr 30, 2024
Thames Water collapse could trigger Truss-style borrowing crisis, Whitehall officials fear Exclusive: Concerns over effect on UK’s finances lead officials to believe utility should be renationalised before general election The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2024
Elected mayors have made their mark, but still Westminster hogs power. That’s a national embarrassment Devolution has been too cautious, and England has less say about community affairs than almost any other democracy, says academic Tony Travers The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2024
Thames Water nationalisation plan could move bulk of £15bn debt to state Exclusive: Under Whitehall blueprint for water company some lenders could lose up to 40% of their money The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2024
OPINION - The warning lights are flashing red — Britain must prepare its defences for worldwide chaos While the world awaits the next twist in the Middle East conflict, there are some hard lessons from what happened across Israeli skies at the weekend — especially for Nato’s European partners — Britain included. Evening Standard · Apr 16, 2024
OPINION - Ocado deliveries, Nigel Farage's birthday and the Queen's final advice: key revelations from Liz Truss's book The short-lived prime minister is now a published author with a paltry advance. Ethan Croft on Liz Truss’s life after Downing Street Evening Standard · Apr 15, 2024
The Guardian view on local councils: they must meet the needs of communities, not just Whitehall Editorial: Democracy’s link to the places that matter to people is being eroded, a concern given next month’s elections The Guardian - UK · Apr 14, 2024
Liz Truss book could cause trouble for Rishi Sunak, despite civil service checks Revelations could easily become big news Evening Standard · Apr 8, 2024
Labour’s Anas Sarwar joins calls for ban on UK arms sales to Israel Scottish Labour leader echoes call by London mayor Sadiq Khan for halt over conduct of war in Gaza The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2024
We have seen the failure of Tory levelling up, so in Manchester we have radical plans to help ourselves At a defining moment for English devolution, my manifesto has clarity, ambition and three big ideas, says Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2024
Britain’s levelling up agenda was stymied from the very start Inherent flaws and political churn doomed Boris Johnson’s signature policy – and it was hobbled through bureaucracy and high inflation The Guardian - UK · Apr 1, 2024
David Cameron, the ‘prime minister for external affairs’, gets tough on Israel Drawing on his years at No 10, the UK foreign secretary is happy to ruffle feathers on the international stage while setting the agenda The Guardian - UK · Mar 23, 2024
‘Chronic’ low pay hurting civil service staff morale and recruitment, say MPs Public accounts committee finds real-terms median pay has decreased for most Whitehall staff since 2013 The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Mar 19, 2024 Jeremy Hunt hints at October election in spending review remarks Chancellor says month is last possible time that would also allow for review of Whitehall budgets before next April
The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2024 ‘It isn’t acceptable’: Garrick Club remains a bastion of male elitism Ban on female members appears not to have deterred senior figures in the government, Whitehall, the arts and the law
The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2024 Starmer’s team coached for government over dinners with top Whitehall figures Shadow ministers step up preparations by holding informal meals to pick the brains of senior political figures
The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2024 Labour steps up preparations to govern as Reeves attacks ‘unfunded’ Tory tax cuts Shadow cabinet talk with Whitehall officials after Keir Starmer meets head of civil service
The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2024 For years, I suspected MI5 interfered in the miners’ strike. The truth was even more shocking than I thought A document buried in the National Archives reveals how the security service abused its power to help the government win, says journalist and author Mark Hollingsworth
The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2024 Labour would shift focus of development aid to poorest countries, says Lisa Nandy NGOs told a future government would take ‘more strategic approach’ and target poorest states with budget
The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2024 Toxic budgets: the UK chancellors who left a poisonous legacy Before an election, chancellors often try to woo voters with tax cuts that leave the incoming government in a hole. Here are six ‘poison pill’ speeches
TechRadar · Feb 29, 2024 UK government set to trial AI services to replace civil servants AI could help boost efficiency and productivity, but the budget is being scrounged from other UK government departments
The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2024 The Guardian view on local government finance: a crisis that corrodes democracy Editorial: Westminster cannot continue to ignore the scale of social devastation caused by the chronic underfunding of council services
The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2024 Jeremy Hunt’s ‘dubious’ financial planning lacks credibility, says IFS Chancellor should resist temptation to announce unfunded tax cuts in March budget, advises leading thinktank
The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2024 Civil servant dragged into fight with ex-chair of Post Office has government’s backing – for now Sarah Munby forced to break cover to rebut Henry Staunton claim she told him to delay Horizon compensation payments