Simon Case ‘installed as new head of the civil service’ tomorrow

Duke of Cambridge’s former aide Simon Case, 41, ‘is set to be installed as new head of the civil service’ tomorrow as Boris Johnson shakes up Whitehall Simon Case is expected to be unveiled as the new Cabinet Secretary tomorrow Mr Case was drafted in to No10 after serving as aide to the Duke of … Read more

Michael Gove and Rishi Sunak square up to see who will be Boris Johnson’s heir

The next General Election might be more than four years off and Boris Johnson has dismissed claims he could stand down next year due to ill health – but that has not stopped Tory MPs from engaging in their favourite pastime – leadership speculation. And the consensus is, when the time comes, it is likely … Read more

Boris Johnson ‘planning to quit because of Covid aftereffects claims Dominic Cummings’ father-in-law

Boris Johnson ‘is planning to QUIT as PM in six months because he is struggling to recover from coronavirus’, claims Dominic Cummings’ castle-owning father-in-law Humphry Wakefield Baronet is said to have made the claim to a visitor to his Northumberland castle Reportedly likened the PM to a horse knackered through working while injured His journalist daughter … Read more

‘Alienated’ Tories are planning to vote down chief aide Dominic Cummings’ star wars plan

Tory MPs are planning a Commons rebellion against Dominic Cummings’s ‘star wars’ plans to turbocharge the UK’s science and technology capabilities Tory MPs are planning a Commons rebellion against Dominic Cummings’s ‘star wars’ plans to turbocharge the UK’s science and technology capabilities – as a ‘proxy protest’ against his Downing Street operation.  Mr Cummings, Boris … Read more

Boris Johnson fights Dominic Cummings’ plans for a ‘West Wing’-style No 10

Boris Johnson has joined forces with senior civil servants to resist moves by No10 adviser Dominic Cummings to shift them to a new suite of West Wing-style offices in Whitehall.  According to senior Government sources, the Prime Minister has spent six months objecting to Mr Cummings’s attempt to move him out of the ramshackle No10 … Read more

‘Alienated’ Tories are planning to vote down chief aide Dominic Cummings’ star wars plan

Tory MPs are planning a Commons rebellion against Dominic Cummings’s ‘star wars’ plans to turbocharge the UK’s science and technology capabilities Tory MPs are planning a Commons rebellion against Dominic Cummings’s ‘star wars’ plans to turbocharge the UK’s science and technology capabilities – as a ‘proxy protest’ against his Downing Street operation.  Mr Cummings, Boris … Read more

Boris Johnson fights Dominic Cummings’ plans for a ‘West Wing’-style No 10

Boris Johnson has joined forces with senior civil servants to resist moves by No10 adviser Dominic Cummings to shift them to a new suite of West Wing-style offices in Whitehall.  According to senior Government sources, the Prime Minister has spent six months objecting to Mr Cummings’s attempt to move him out of the ramshackle No10 … Read more

Young Army officers must be ‘more unconventional’ in warfare and master ‘cyber and space’ 

Young Army officers have been told they will be expected to be ‘more unconventional’ in warfare and master the ‘new domains of cyber and space’. The Defence Secretary Ben Wallace told Sandhurst graduates that the highly anticipated Integrated Defence and Security review, spearheaded by Dominic Cummings, would soon be published and would bring with it … Read more

Young Army officers must be ‘more unconventional’ in warfare and master ‘cyber and space’ 

Young Army officers have been told they will be expected to be ‘more unconventional’ in warfare and master the ‘new domains of cyber and space’. The Defence Secretary Ben Wallace told Sandhurst graduates that the highly anticipated Integrated Defence and Security review, spearheaded by Dominic Cummings, would soon be published and would bring with it … Read more

Dominic Cummings’ 260mile trip to County Durham eroded public trust, study shows

Dominic Cummings faced the media on May 25 to give a day-by-day account of his battle against coronavirus and his controversial journey to his parents’ farm in Durham. The Prime Minister’s top aide faced an hour-long television grilling at Downing Street after it emerged on Saturday he had travelled 260 miles north from London with … Read more