Half of senior civil servants will be moved out of London in major shake-up following Dominic Cummings’s departure Half of senior civil servants to be moved out of London, ministers announce Boris Johnson will get new powers to oversee the performance of mandarins New training offered to civil servants to build expertise in digital, data & … Read more
Working class Civil Service staff are blocked from succeeding because they don’t speak the same ‘secret code’ as their posher peers who drop Latin into casual conversations. The Social Mobility Commission (SMC) revealed nearly three-quarters of senior officials come from privileged backgrounds. A quarter of those holding the top jobs attended independent schools. And analysis of … Read more
Working class Civil Service staff are blocked from succeeding because they don’t speak the same ‘secret code’ as their posher peers who drop Latin into casual conversations. The Social Mobility Commission (SMC) revealed nearly three-quarters of senior officials come from privileged backgrounds. A quarter of those holding the top jobs attended independent schools. And analysis of … Read more
Benjamin Netanyahu has declared a state of emergency in the central city of Lod as police accused Arab residents of waging ‘wide-scale riots’. The Israeli Prime Minister’s statement came after an Israeli Arab was killed there the previous night as violence soared between Israel and the Palestinian territories. Netanyahu himself is understood to have gone … Read more
Benjamin Netanyahu has declared a state of emergency in the central city of Lod as police accused Arab residents of waging ‘wide-scale riots’. The Israeli Prime Minister’s statement came after an Israeli Arab was killed there the previous night as violence soared between Israel and the Palestinian territories. Netanyahu himself is understood to have gone … Read more
Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) The Civil War was a series of battles from 1642 to 1651 between Royalists and Parliamentarians. When King Charles I took the throne in 1625, his reign was met with almost immediate murmurs of discontent. His was a style of governance defined by religious dogma and a stubborn opposition to parliamentary rule. … Read more
Desperate Keir Starmer has drafted in a New Labour pollster as his strategy chief as he faces civil war after the disastrous Super Thursday elections. Deborah Mattinson, a key adviser to Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, has been appointed to the critical role as Sir Keir tries to rebuild his shattered leadership – including dropping … Read more
Desperate Keir Starmer has drafted in a New Labour pollster as his strategy chief as he faces civil war after the disastrous Super Thursday elections. Deborah Mattinson, a key adviser to Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, has been appointed to the critical role as Sir Keir tries to rebuild his shattered leadership – including dropping … Read more
Boris Johnson failed to tell his most senior civil servant about the plans for his Downing Street refurbishment to be paid for by a charitable trust, according to reports. Simon Case, who was appointed cabinet secretary in September, only discovered about the controversial plans in the newspaper. The mandarin is now conducting a review and … Read more
Boris Johnson failed to tell his most senior civil servant about the plans for his Downing Street refurbishment to be paid for by a charitable trust, according to reports. Simon Case, who was appointed cabinet secretary in September, only discovered about the controversial plans in the newspaper. The mandarin is now conducting a review and … Read more