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The Latest Breaking News from the Civil Service

Laura Kuenssberg slammed for 'fuelling witch hunt' against Civil Service

LAURA Kuenssberg has been slammed on social media and accused of "fuelling a witch hunt" against the Civil Service.

The National (Scotland)

Stephen Flynn calls out UK Government 'clearly active' anti-independence initiatives

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has written to the head of the civil service raising concerns that the UK Government is “exerting ever…

The National (Scotland)

Flynn writes to top mandarin over ‘tighter controls’ on Scottish Government

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has raised concerns with Simon Case, the Cabinet Secretary and head of the Civil Service.

The Independent UK

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Government aims to boost AI skills with experts from private tech firms

Cabinet Office minister Jeremy Quin said tech experts would be parachuted into government departments under a new secondment scheme.

The Independent UK

Private sector tech experts to be seconded to Civil Service, minister says

Cabinet Office minister Jeremy Quin said the number of placements will be uncapped.

The Independent UK

'Nationalist civil servants are undermining Tory ministers', Labour lord claims

CIVIL servants with “nationalist sympathies” are undermining the work of the Tory ministers in the Scotland Office, a Labour lord has claimed…

The National (Scotland)

Cabinet Secretary: Attempts made to weaponise Gray case to attack civil service

Simon Case criticised attacks on the civil service and disparaged the ‘dehumanising’ language of ‘the blob’.

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Sue Gray broke the civil service code over Labour job offer

The Partygate investigator was recommended to take a six-month cooling-off period from the day she quit the civil service

Manchester Evening News

Government campus launched in Sheffield as part of levelling up agenda

Cabinet Secretary Simon Case said the move was an attempt to remove barriers to people who do not want to leave their home town to join Whitehall.

The Independent UK

Leaked email shows minister used civil servants for attack on Labour in 'rule breach'

Labour warned that Transport Secretary Mark Harper had 'been caught red-handed misusing the civil service for political gain' after the Mirror got hold of a secret email

Daily Mirror

No 10 denies ‘cover-up’ as Covid inquiry struggles to get Boris Johnson messages

The Cabinet Office told the official investigation it does not possess the former prime minister’s WhatsApp messages or notebooks.

The Independent UK

Suella Braverman should quit if she broke ministerial code over speeding incident, says Starmer

The Labour leader said the Home Secretary’s actions appear to have been ‘inappropriate’

Evening Standard

Suella Braverman to face questions today over her speeding ticket response

The Prime Minister is expected to speak with the Home Secretary about the suggestions and allegations

Wales Online

Rishi Sunak to consult ethics adviser over Suella Braverman speeding claims

Suella Braverman is due to face MPs in the Commons following claims she asked civil servants to set up a private speed awareness course

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The Independent UK

Home Secretary set to face questions over her speeding ticket response

Suella Braverman is due to face MPs in the Commons following claims she asked civil servants to set up a private speed awareness course.

The Independent UK

Families of civil servants who died in Troubles urged to help create memorial

The head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service made the appeal at an event to remember John McCormac.

The Week

Shades of Gray: what does appointment say about Starmer?

The row over senior civil servant and Partygate investigator Sue Gray’s appointment as chief of staff for the Labour Party has further intensified, with allies insisting that she is facing “a political witch hunt” over an inquiry into her departure from Whitehall.

The Independent UK

Row erupts over future of Britain’s top civil servant Simon Case as he faces calls to quit

The civil service is like ‘a team without a captain’, according to historian Sir Anthony Seldon

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The Independent UK

Starmer insists he had ‘no discussions whatsoever’ with Sue Gray while she was probing Partygate

In March Sir Keir poached Ms Gray from the civil service to serve as his chief of staff, sparking uproar among Tory MPs.

The Independent UK

Understanding of Civil Service impartiality has ‘corroded’, says former mandarin

A panel of former senior civil servants criticised Kwasi Kwarteng’s dismissal of the top Treasury official at the start of his time as chancellor.

The National (Scotland)

Former senior civil servant weighs in on Dominic Raab’s claims of agenda

A FORMER senior civil servant who worked with Dominic Raab says he has seen no evidence to support his accusation that Civil Service “activists”…

Evening Standard

No evidence of civil servant ‘activists’ working against Dominic Raab, says former mandarin

Lord McDonald said he had spoken with the former foreign secretary ‘more than once’ about his conduct towards Foreign Office staff

The Independent UK

No evidence of Civil Service working against Dominic Raab, says former mandarin

Lord McDonald said he had spoken with the former foreign secretary ‘more than once’ about his conduct towards Foreign Office staff.

Daily Mirror

Civil servants announce new strike dates as country faces 'summer of discontent'

The Prospect union, which represents staff across the Civil Service, said walkouts will take place on May 10 and June 7. Thousands of civil servants will strike again in a row over a pay

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