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Civil service is ‘too remote’ from people’s lives across UK, says minister

Whitehall must work more with frontline services as part of plans to move offices from London, says Georgia Gould

The Guardian - UK

China’s proposed ‘super embassy poses super risk’ to security, Tories claim

Shadow Cabinet Office minister Alex Burghart accused the Government of being ‘too weak’ to block the plans.

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer facing scrutiny over failure to establish new ethics watchdog

Commons inquiry to examine lack of progress in fulfilling manifesto pledge to set up ethics and integrity body

The Guardian - UK

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EU talks going ‘down to the wire’ ahead of major summit

Government sources said there ‘some outstanding issues on both sides’.

Evening Standard

EU talks going ‘to the wire’ as Starmer prepares to announce deal

The Prime Minister has said the agreement would be ‘another step forwards’ for the UK.

Evening Standard

No plans to reintroduce freedom of movement or customs union, MPs told

Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds says Labour will ‘deliver its manifesto’ rather than rejoining EU initiatives.

Evening Standard

Labour MPs urged to focus on future amid post-election discontent

Labour is facing a ‘battle for the very future and the heart and soul of our country’, Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden said.

Evening Standard

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Tory extinction ‘can’t be ruled out’, says Jeremy Hunt – as it happened

Former chancellor says he does not expect the Conservatives to die out as a party but he says it is a possibility

The Guardian - UK

Government will consider ‘sensible’ UK-EU youth mobility proposals – minister

Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said: ‘A smart, controlled youth mobility scheme would of course have benefits for our young people.’

Evening Standard

Former civil servant, 25, denies lying about being GCHQ intelligence analyst

Ifthikhar Alam is also charged with fraud over allegedly lying about being the Cabinet Office’s ‘Head of Western Balkans’.

Evening Standard

Visas for young European under a youth mobility scheme with EU ‘not in Government plans’, says minister

Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds told MPs the Government is pursuing a new partnership with the EU which will make the UK ‘safer, more secure and more prosperous’.

Evening Standard

Post-Brexit youth visa scheme with EU ‘not in Government plans’, minister says

Nick Thomas-Symonds told MPs the Government is pursuing a new partnership with the EU which will make the UK ‘safer, more secure and more prosperous’

The Independent UK

UK ministers to meet devolved governments over impact of Supreme Court sex ruling

UK ministers will meet with their counterparts in Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales to discuss the implications of the Supreme Court ruling on…

The National (Scotland)

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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The Guardian - UK

About 1,200 jobs to go at Cabinet Office in civil service efficiency drive

Another 900 staff will be transferred to other Whitehall departments for ‘leaner and more focused’ state administration

The Independent UK

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

Around 1,200 people will be made redundant

Evening Standard

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.

The Independent UK

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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The Guardian - UK

UK ministers consider abolishing hundreds of quangos, sources say

Move comes after Keir Starmer tells cabinet to stop ‘outsourcing’ decisions to regulators

Evening Standard

Hillsborough Law update ‘coming imminently’ says minister ahead of anniversary

Alex Norris was also asked about calls for a national oversight mechanism to monitor whether inquiry recommendations are being implemented.

The Guardian - UK

Civil service to be told to slash more than £2bn a year from budget by 2030

Departments will be asked next week to reduce spending by 10% by 2028-29, says Cabinet Office source

The Guardian - UK

Covid inquiry: ex-minister defends VIP contract lane despite ‘one or two crooks’

Lord Agnew says fast-track PPE procurement was not ‘some kind of plan by rightwing people to enrich themselves’

The Guardian - UK

Up to 1.2m people could lose between £4,200 and £6,300 per year from changes to Pip, Resolution Foundation says – as it happened

Work and pensions secretary says Benefits crackdown will save £5bn by 2030 but disability charities say cuts are ‘immoral’

The Guardian - UK

It is mission critical that Labour repairs the contract between citizen and state

Smarter, more productive, government will require more than yet another bonfire of the quangos

The Guardian - UK

‘Polygamous working’ civil servant held multiple jobs, UK investigation finds

National Fraud Initiative report for Cabinet Office identified Defra employee also being paid by DHSC for full-time role

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