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
Official review discovers up to 100 senior civil servants have paid jobs outside of Whitehall as Cabinet Secretary Simon Case insists none represent a conflict of interest but all mandarins will now have to declare interests ‘on at least an annual basis’ Simon Case found ‘fewer than 100’ senior Whitehall figures have second jobs Cabinet … Read more
Official review discovers up to 100 senior civil servants have paid jobs outside of Whitehall as Cabinet Secretary Simon Case insists none represent a conflict of interest but all mandarins will now have to declare interests ‘on at least an annual basis’ Simon Case found ‘fewer than 100’ senior Whitehall figures have second jobs Cabinet … Read more
Six of Prince Philip’s loyal servants follow his coffin towards St George’s Chapel headed by the Duke’s right-hand man Brigadier Archie Miller- Bakewell Brigadier Archie Miller-Bakewell served Prince Philip for more than a decade The Private Secretary was among a handful of non-Royals involved in the funeral He walked behind the coffin with a police … Read more
Six of Prince Philip’s loyal servants follow his coffin towards St George’s Chapel headed by the Duke’s right-hand man Brigadier Archie Miller- Bakewell Brigadier Archie Miller-Bakewell served Prince Philip for more than a decade The Private Secretary was among a handful of non-Royals involved in the funeral He walked behind the coffin with a police … Read more
Britain’s top mandarin has warned high-level Whitehall officials should not have second jobs because it threatens the ‘integrity and impartiality’ of the civil service as he ordered a crackdown on mandarins with ‘problematic’ external paid roles amid the David Cameron lobbying scandal. Cabinet Secretary Simon Case, formerly private secretary to the Duke of Cambridge, yesterday … Read more
Boris Johnson’s fiancee Carrie Symonds tried to damage the careers of Britain’s top two female civil servants by manoeuvring against them and making offensive remarks. Miss Symonds urged the Prime Minister to sack a female Whitehall official who refused to sign off a large taxpayers’ bill for her refurbishment of the Downing Street flat, including … Read more
Boris Johnson’s fiancee Carrie Symonds tried to damage the careers of Britain’s top two female civil servants by manoeuvring against them and making offensive remarks. Miss Symonds urged the Prime Minister to sack a female Whitehall official who refused to sign off a large taxpayers’ bill for her refurbishment of the Downing Street flat, including … Read more