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Files about alleged Soviet infiltration in MI5 and a plot centred on the former Labour PM are still missing, says author and former Guardian security editor Richard Norton-Taylor

The collapse of town hall democracy is a scandal unfolding in real time, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Idea quietly shelved after Tory splits over Rwanda bill, as Home Office is accused of ‘fiddling figures’ on asylum claims

US president quietly abandons talks as he focuses on elections next year

So, the civil servants are at it again. Or rather they’re not, as they’re still “working” from home, painting their toenails, doing the laundry, watching reruns of Deal or No Deal and sequencing automated email replies. As if it wasn’t enough that they’re complaining about having to go back to…

Our expert panel on how the BBC should deal with perfidious governments and a hostile press – all while continuing to engage the public

Editorial: The Tory splits over lockdown were shallower and less treacherous than on immigration. But ominously they run along similar lines

Officials working at the Environment Department are seeking to become the first in Whitehall to trial a four-day working week

Former prime minister admitted on Wednesday that his government 'underestimated' the threat of coronavirus