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Blue light services will join senior ministers in the first test of pandemic preparedness in nearly a decade.

Sir Keir Starmer facing growing calls to sack his anti-corruption minister, who referred herself to standards watchdog last week

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Pat McFadden said Tulip Siddiq had ‘done the right thing’ by asking the ethics tsar to investigate her.

No10 said Chancellor will remain until the next election as pressure mounts on her amid the economic problems facing Britain

A nationwide pattern of failure to tackle violence has proved fatal to too many women

Keir Starmer opens Downing Street’s door this week for guests from schoolchildren singing carols to MPs and hacks, trooping in to meet the PM over English sparkling wine. Starmer will be looking forward to a few days off. He looks and sounds tired after undertaking a punishing travel schedule to…

Letters: Dr Jamie Gough says we need more government officers, not fewer, Prof Peter Golding questions Pat McFadden’s ‘startup’ idea, and a civil servant responds to ministers’ recent comments on his and his colleagues work

Editorial: When an insecure government borrows credibility from business leaders, a lot can go wrong

Ministers are right to want to reform the state: it’s crucial to their project. But simply telling civil servants to work harder won’t achieve it, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle