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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

Thatcher, Farage and toe-sucking: Adam Curtis on how Britain came to the brink of civil war

Chaos, distrust and so many sex scandals … Ahead of his epic new series Shifty, the great documentarian charts the UK’s slide towards Whitehall’s worst nightmare

The Guardian - UK

Labour had the chance to finally kill off HS2. Instead, it’s throwing more money into the pit

Rachel Reeves didn’t utter a word about this disaster in her spending review. Yet there’s a colossal £25bn more earmarked for it, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

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Reeves promises £29bn-a-year for NHS but other Whitehall budgets face squeeze

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the extra cash for England’s health service would create ‘an NHS fit for the future’.

Evening Standard

Murray asks who Scots voters ‘trust to spend’ £9.1bn rise in funding

The Scottish Secretary was speaking after Chancellor Rachel Reeves laid out her spending plans for the next three years.

Evening Standard

Whitehall on lockdown while police investigate ‘abandoned vehicle’ near Downing Street

Officers are investigating after a vehicle was abandoned near Downing Street

The Independent UK

Home Office may be forced to cut police numbers as result of Treasury deal

Sources say cuts to force headcount remain ‘a possibility’ as Yvette Cooper last minister to reach spending agreement

The Guardian - UK

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Voices: Government needs the can-do mindset I experienced in the Army to push change through fast

COMMENT: Labour MP for Dover and Deal Mike Tapp despairs at the endless consultations and internal turf wars that stifle government action, and says that Whitehall must operate with a sense of mission, not maintenance

The Independent UK

Here’s how the government can save a few quid: abolish this pointless cabinet position

Constantly short-changed by London, Cymru needs a voice in Westminster – but the obsolete role of Welsh secretary is not it, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward

The Guardian - UK

Sadiq Khan is right: Britain must decriminalise cannabis – or remain in the dark ages

Criminalising drugs ruins lives and wastes police resources. Many other countries have realised this – so when will UK politicians, asks Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Dominic Cummings predicts Kemi Badenoch’s downfall as Tory leader: ‘She’s a goner’

Dominic Cummings described the Conservative Party leader as a ‘goner’

The Independent UK

Badenoch to go ‘probably this year’, says former No 10 adviser Dominic Cummings

Boris Johnson’s former aide described Nigel Farage’s Reform UK as a ‘vehicle’ for voters to say they ‘despise’ Westminster.

Evening Standard

Nigel Farage could 'definitely' become Prime Minister in 2029 in Reform UK surge, says Dominic Cummings

But the mastermind behind the Brexit campaign says Reform must become more than ‘Nigel and an iPhone’

Evening Standard

Post Office campaigner’s proposal for independent compensation body being ‘worked on’

Exclusive: Whitehall sources say model in early planning after criticism of schemes to redress victims of scandals

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Evening Standard

Officials probe possible Russian link to Starmer arson attacks in north London

Senior Whitehall figures want to know whether Moscow could have recruited three Ukrainian-born men

Evening Standard

OPINION - London faces major headwinds — and that's why it's time to give the Mayor far-reaching powers

London faces global economic headwinds arising from the Trump presidency and Brexit, alongside pressures such as a rapidly rising population, now more than nine million, in need of additional housing and public services.

Evening Standard

MPs say Government is ‘oblivious’ to the scale of violence against women

A report by a cross-party committee calls for improved cross-department working amid concerns about access to underfunded support services.

The Guardian - UK

Move civil servants out of London: fine. But that won’t curb Whitehall’s grip on Britain

It matters less where civil servants work than who they work for – and that is one of the most centralised governments of any western democracy, says Simon Jenkins

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Evening Standard

Nothing can ‘put right’ infected blood delay damage, minister says

More than 30,000 people in the UK were infected with viruses, including HIV and hepatitis C, after receiving contaminated blood.

The Guardian - UK

UK government to launch AI tool to speed up public consultations

New system will analyse responses 1,000 times faster than a human and save millions, ministers claim

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of civil servants to be moved out of London under fresh reform plan

Ministries’ funding to be contingent on plans to relocate roles around UK in attempt to bring policy making closer to communities

The Independent UK

Whitehall departments to be told to move more civil servants out of London or get less cash

Exclusive: Rachel Reeves’ spending review will be aimed at injecting hundreds of millions into growth areas with a shift of government jobs

The Guardian - UK

Varun Chandra: Starmer adviser proving ‘vital link’ for Labour in US trade talks

Chandra is known as ‘a brilliant salesman’, smoothing over friction with businesses and playing key role in trade negotiations with US

The Guardian - UK

UK government admits almost no evidence nature protections block development

Whitehall analysis provides no data or research to support the government argument that environmental legislation holds up building

The Guardian - UK

Treasury threatens Defra with £4bn bill if Thames Water nationalised

Exclusive: Treasury threat an example of ‘scare tactics’ to help force through private sector deal, sources suggest

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