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News analysis: Both The Independent’s political editor David Maddox and Whitehall editor Kate Devlin were Scottish politics reporters at the height of Alex Salmond’s powers. David writes about the political giant he knew with memories from Kate

Frustration grows with chancellor locked away in Treasury and facing competing challenges for her historic speech

Once again there is a lot of loose talk about the possibility, and practicality of nuclear war — in northern Europe, the Middle East, and maybe even the United States. “There is serious concern now that the old theories of deterrence are failing, and nuclear war is now a viable…

Exclusive: departments asked to model cuts of up to 10% despite Rachel Reeves’ vow to invest in growth

Whitehall source says current university system is ‘unsustainable’, according to reports

Rachel Reeves said to have dismissed concerns about policy, even though it contained ‘basic errors’

Keir Starmer’s government is facing a clash with the civil service union after ministers briefed against Whitehall's top mandarin.

Chancellor tells conference she will ‘look at the value and benefits of investment and not just the costs’

Exclusive: Ministers have lost patience with the UK’s top civil servant Simon Case and one accused him of ‘poisoning the well of government’ with off-record briefings