Civil rights icon John Lewis mourned at Atlanta funeral

Former President Barack Obama says the late John Lewis will be a ‘founding father of a fuller, better, fairer America’ as he delivered a stirring eulogy for the civil rights icon and longtime Congressman.  Speaking in front of the American flag-draped casket bearing Lewis’ body at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta on Thursday, Obama said … Read more

Tory MPs accuse union chiefs of wanting civil servants to ‘stay at home forever’

Tory MPs accuse union chiefs of wanting civil servants to ‘stay at home forever’ after defying Boris Johnson’s call for them to get back into the office Andrew Percy said the union chiefs can’t have a ‘stay at home’ policy forever Union members were told to challenge bosses who ordered them back to desks Former … Read more

Tory MPs accuse union chiefs of wanting civil servants to ‘stay at home forever’

Tory MPs accuse union chiefs of wanting civil servants to ‘stay at home forever’ after defying Boris Johnson’s call for them to get back into the office Andrew Percy said the union chiefs can’t have a ‘stay at home’ policy forever Union members were told to challenge bosses who ordered them back to desks Former … Read more

Boris Johnson orders civil servants to return to their desks by end of next week

Whitehall departments were last night told to order thousands of civil servants back to their desks to start clearing the backlog in public services – while top firms are still encouraging employees to work remotely. Boris Johnson has told mandarins to tear up the ‘work from home’ guidance which has been in place since March … Read more

Civil servants claim they do not feel comfortable with a Treasury room named after Winston Churchill

Now civil servants claim they ‘do not feel comfortable’ with a Treasury room named after Winston Churchill A Treasury room is named after former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill  Civil servants are uncomfortable with the name and have complained about it Rishi Sunak has defended the name of the room due to its historical significance  … Read more

Civil servants claim they do not feel comfortable with a Treasury room named after Winston Churchill

Now civil servants claim they ‘do not feel comfortable’ with a Treasury room named after Winston Churchill A Treasury room is named after former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill  Civil servants are uncomfortable with the name and have complained about it Rishi Sunak has defended the name of the room due to its historical significance  … Read more

Civil rights icon John Lewis dies at 80

Civil rights icon John Lewis, whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers at Selma in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial segregation, has died at the age of 80 after battling pancreatic cancer. The Georgia congressman had been battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer since December and died after receiving hospice care in Atlanta.  Lewis kept … Read more

Civil rights icon John Lewis dies at 80

Civil rights icon John Lewis, whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers at Selma in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial segregation, has died at the age of 80 after battling pancreatic cancer. The Georgia congressman had been battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer since December and died after receiving hospice care in Atlanta.  Lewis kept … Read more

What an example! Just one in five civil servants have returned to the office

What an example! Just one in five civil servants have returned to the office, as Boris Johnson urges employees to stop working from home Visitor numbers to London’s Square Mile are barely up from height of lockdown Cabinet Office says proportion of its staff back at work was around 20 per cent Ex Tory leader … Read more

What an example! Just one in five civil servants have returned to the office

What an example! Just one in five civil servants have returned to the office, as Boris Johnson urges employees to stop working from home Visitor numbers to London’s Square Mile are barely up from height of lockdown Cabinet Office says proportion of its staff back at work was around 20 per cent Ex Tory leader … Read more