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OPINION - Westminster is increasingly no safe or happy place for a woman

Westminster is haemorrhaging female employees and MPs. What kind of environment is this in the 21st century? Just last week SNP politician Mhairi Black stood down over the toll being a young female MP took on her. Look too at the latest accusations against Solihull MP Julian Knight, who is…

Evening Standard

Commissioners could stay longer than three years at Liverpool Council

Good progress being made in turning city council around - but lead commissioner says he cannot guarantee intervention will end next June

Liverpool Echo

Sue Gray’s appointment as Labour chief of staff followed rules, Starmer says

Party leader ‘frustrated’ at not being able to defend hiring while it was scrutinised by Whitehall watchdog

The Guardian - UK

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Keir Starmer ‘frustrated’ he could not clarify detail of Sue Gray contact sooner

The Labour leader said the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments told him not to share details about his contact with the ex-mandarin.

The Independent UK

OPINION - Fears over the Falklands mean we need a new Defence Plan

The Army is again in the spotlight, with a wonderful Whitehall row about who is to lead it after the charismatic General Sir Patrick Sanders steps down next year as Chief of the General Staff. With the Government’s rehashed Defence Command White Paper due before Parliament goes on holiday in…

Evening Standard

Sue Gray broke civil service rules with Labour job talks, Whitehall probe finds

Partygate investigator Sue Gray broke civil service rules “as a result of the undeclared contact” between her and the

The National (Scotland)

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

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Sue Gray breached civil service code by talking to Starmer, rules government

Finding of ‘prima facie’ violation dismissed by Labour as ‘Mickey Mouse nonsense’

The Independent UK

Whitehall probe finds Sue Gray broke civil service rules with Labour job talks

Cabinet Office minister Jeremy Quin said the inquiry concluded that the ‘civil service code was prima facie broken’ by the partygate investigator.

The Independent UK

Sue Gray ‘breached civil service code’ over Keir Starmer job, inquiry finds

Civil inquiry finds official’s talks over role without telling bosses is ‘prima facie’ breach of code

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak urged to heed criticism on climate after Zac Goldsmith quits

Tory peer claims PM uninterested in environment but No 10 suggests exit had alternative motive

The Guardian - UK

Sue Gray given six-month wait for Keir Starmer chief of staff job

PARTYGATE investigator Sue Gray can start as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff in September after serving a six-month wait from when she left as a…

The National (Scotland)

Sue Gray can start work as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff in September, says watchdog

Ex-civil servant and Partygate investigator Sue Gray can start as Sir Keir Starmer's chief of staff in September after serving a six-month wait, Whitehall's appointments watchdog has ruled.

Evening Standard

Partygate investigator Sue Gray cleared to become Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff

But the government is set to accuse Sue Gray of breaking civil service rules

The Independent UK

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Partygate sleuth Sue Gray can join Starmer’s office after six-month wait

The ruling by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments means she will start working with the Labour leader in September.

The Guardian - UK

Zac Goldsmith resigns accusing Sunak of being ‘uninterested’ in environment

Outgoing minister attacks PM but No 10 claims he quit after being asked to apologise over privileges committee criticism

Daily Mirror

Zac Goldmith's resignation letter IN FULL as he rips into 'uninterested' Rishi Sunak

The Tory peer said the Prime Minister's 'apathy' towards environmental and animal welfare issues meant his role as a government minister has become 'untenable' in a blistering letter

The Guardian - UK

Watchdog rejects Johnson’s suggestion Sue Gray’s Labour job meant she was not impartial investigating Partygate – as it happened

Advisory committee on business appointments says it has seen ‘no evidence’ that Gray’s decision-making was affected despite ex-PM’s claim

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Evening Standard

OPINION - Plot thickens on Wagner mercenaries mutiny and the missing general

Analysis: Washington and Whitehall knew two days ahead of the march into Rostov as war enters yet another critical phase

Evening Standard

Troubled Thames Water brings in veteran City ‘fixer’ as chair

Sir Adrian Montague is regarded as having a rare insight into the workings of Whitehall

The Guardian - UK

UK business minister says Thames Water must survive; Bank of England governor understands criticism over rate hike – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as government begins drawing up contingency plans for the collapse of Thames Water

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak accused of concealment culture after record number of FoI blocks

Lowest ever percentage of freedom of information requests were fully granted in first three months of current government

Birmingham Post

South West vineyards perform well in The WineGB Awards 2023

Cornwall, Devon and Hampshire, gained 19 medals each, closely followed by Wiltshire (14 medals) Dorset (13 medals)

The Independent UK

MPs demand to ‘cut through Whitehall bureaucracy’ and get jailed British-Russian dissident home

Vladimir Kara-Murza, who holds a British passport, has been jailed for 25 years by a Moscow court for opposing the invasion of Ukraine

The National (Scotland)

Labour 'only have 10 MPs capable of being ministers', top party insider says

LABOUR have been mocked after a member of Keir Starmer’s shadow cabinet said that the party only has around 10 MPs capable of being government…

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