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Government’s ethics chief took karaoke machine to ‘excessive’ lockdown party

The Government’s then-ethics chief provided a karaoke machine for a lockdown event where one individual was sick and there was “minor altercation” between two others. Sue Gray’s report revealed that employees partied from June 18 2020 until the ...

25 May 2022 at 14:16

Understanding of Civil Service impartiality has ‘corroded’, says former mandarin

Understanding of Civil Service impartiality has “corroded” over the years with some ministers regarding “uncomfortable advice” as obstruction, peers have heard. A panel of former senior civil servants warned the Lords Constitution Committee on ...

26 Apr 2023 at 13:43

Cummings: Sedwill’s departure ‘set off bomb’ across Whitehall

Mark Sedwill losing his job as cabinet secretary “set off a kind of bomb across the whole system”, Dominic Cummings has told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry. Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser said he “begged” the then-prime minister not to ...

31 Oct 2023 at 17:17

Top civil servant wanted Hancock sacked as health secretary

The country’s most senior civil servant wanted Matt Hancock to be sacked as health secretary. Mr Hancock has received repeated criticism at the Covid-19 inquiry, with Lord Sedwill the latest official to express serious concerns about ...

08 Nov 2023 at 16:57

Sedwill apologises for bringing up ‘chickenpox parties’ during Covid

Former Cabinet secretary Lord Mark Sedwill has apologised for his “heartless” suggestion that chickenpox-style parties could have been held for coronavirus early in the pandemic. The ex-national security adviser on Wednesday ...

08 Nov 2023 at 16:08

Raab ‘confident’ he behaved ‘professionally’ as he faces questions over conduct

Dominic Raab has said he is “confident” he has behaved “professionally”, as the deputy prime minister faces an investigation into two formal complaints against him. The Justice Secretary confirmed on Wednesday that two ...

16 Nov 2022 at 18:47

Use defence spending to deter Trump from tariffs – ex-civil service chief

Sir Keir Starmer should use his announcement on increasing defence spending to try and deter Donald Trump from implementing tariffs, a former civil service chief has suggested. Lord Mark Sedwill, who served as the ...

27 Feb 2025 at 10:45

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