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The Latest Breaking News on The Plot by Nadine Dorries review – an eye-popping defence of Boris Johnson

UK officials wanted to raise concerns about Boris Johnson with Queen

SENIOR UK Government officials reportedly spoke to Buckingham Palace about their concerns over Boris Johnson’s conduct at the height of the…

The National (Scotland)

Whitehall mandarins ‘asked Queen to raise concerns about Boris Johnson’s behaviour’

Staff discussed asking the late Queen to pass on the concerns to the former PM during his private audiences with her

The Independent UK

MPs furious over being kept in dark about alleged spying for China

House speaker tells Commons that ‘MPs who needed to be told were told’ at time of aide’s arrest in March

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OPINION - Keir Starmer’s new-look Labour is fashioned in the hope of power

When Keir Starmer offered the role of chief of staff to Sue Gray, the senior civil servant who oversaw the partygate inquiry, he craved an organiser on his inner team who understood the interlocking levers of Whitehall — and the pitfalls of operating them.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Politicians generally don’t launch inquiries into triumphs

Generally speaking, politicians don’t launch inquiries into triumphs. In some ways, this is a missed opportunity. As Norman Fowler, a former Conservative health secretary and Lord Speaker once told me (regarding the government comms response to the HIV/Aids pandemic), “there’s nothing that says you can’t have an inquiry into a…

Evening Standard

Fresh Tory Party turmoil over London mayoral shambles

Probe into London Conservatives reignites City Hall selection row

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson suggests NatWest boss should lose her job over Nigel Farage bank closure

Mr Johnson said Coutts had made a “terrible mistake” by seeking to humiliate Mr Farage by “mysteriously and arbitrarily” shutting down his account

Evening Standard

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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’.

The Independent UK

Nadine Dorries faces investigation for ‘threatening’ civil servants over blocked peerage

Cabinet secretary reports Boris loyalist to chief whip and Commons Speaker after ‘forceful communications’

The Independent UK

Mordaunt urges end to ‘sorry affair’ as MPs approve partygate committee report

Allies of Boris Johnson were criticised by the Privileges Committee and accused of trying to undermine the panel’s work into the former PM.

The Independent UK

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

Two new Partygate investigations opened by Met Police – as Boris Johnson let off the hook

Scotland Yard says Chequers and No 10 events don’t merit investigation – but drinks gathering for Sir Bernard Jenkin’s wife and CCHQ bash will be looked into

The Independent UK

Fresh Sue Gray spat as probe finds she broke civil service rules before joining Labour

The Partygate investigator was last week cleared to start her new job in September - but today a minister announced she'd had "undeclared contact" with Labour before quitting

Daily Mirror

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

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The Independent UK

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.

Evening Standard

Sue Gray ‘broke civil service code over undeclared contact with Labour Party’, says Government

Former senior official Sue Gray broke Civil Service rules by taking part in discussions about a top job in the Labour Party, a Cabinet Office investigation has found.

The Independent UK

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

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The Independent UK

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.

Evening Standard

Cabinet Office rejects calls from Daisy Goodwin to investigate alleged Daniel Korski groping incident in No10

The Cabinet Office has rejected calls from a TV producer to investigate an alleged groping incident at Downing Street a decade ago.

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson’s ‘clear breach of rules’ with Daily Mail column shows need for reform, says Acoba

Boris Johnson’s “clear and unambiguous breach” of the rules over his Daily Mail column shows the urgent need to reform the “good chaps” approach to post-ministerial jobs, the Government has been warned.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson’s Daily Mail job was ‘clear breach’ of government rules

Acoba said former PM’s failure to tell watchdog about new column until 30 minutes before it was announced breached ministerial code

The Independent UK

Johnson’s ‘clear breach’ of the rules shows urgent need for reform – watchdog

The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments wrote to the Government outlining its concerns.

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson committed 'clear and unambiguous' rule breach with Daily Mail column

The Office of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (Acoba) has delivered the damning verdict after the shamed former PM started writing a column in the Daily Mail

The Guardian - UK

Government scheme to send asylum seekers to Rwanda will cost £169,000 per person, Home Office says – as it happened

Home secretary says benefits of deterring irregular immigration should also be considered, as economic impact assessment published

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