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Truss U-turn on regional pay for public sector workers: how it happened

Liz Truss’s campaign to be the next Conservative Party leader suffered a setback after a U-turn over an £8.8 billion policy pledge. Her campaign team blamed “wilful misrepresentation” of a plan to replace national pay deals for public sector workers ...

02 Aug 2022 at 14:45

Prime Minister’s allies braced for no confidence vote to be announced

A confidence vote in the Prime Minister could be announced this week as allies of Boris Johnson appeared braced for a test of his leadership. A minister admitted the Conservative Party “may well” hold a vote on whether to keep Mr Johnson as leader, ...

06 Jun 2022 at 01:01

Boris Johnson will ‘face down’ Tory confidence test, minister predicts

Boris Johnson has been backed by one of his ministers to “face down” a test of his leadership as the Conservative Party braces for a confidence vote. Business minister Paul Scully said the Conservative Party “may well have a vote of confidence” in ...

05 Jun 2022 at 21:02

Shapps says he does not believe Johnson will face confidence vote this week

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said he does not believe Boris Johnson will face a confidence vote this week, but were there to be one the Prime Minister would win. Mr Shapps also dismissed the mixed reception received by Mr Johnson as he ...

05 Jun 2022 at 13:10

Bishop calls on Johnson to stand down over lockdown party ‘lies’

A Church of England bishop has joined calls for Boris Johnson to resign, saying he “obviously” lied over lockdown parties in Downing Street. The Rt Rev Dr Alan Wilson, the Bishop of Buckingham, said the Prime Minister’s claims he did not ...

03 Jun 2022 at 20:51

Boris Johnson overhauls No 10 as he awaits Sue Gray parties report

Boris Johnson has overhauled his Downing Street operation following the conclusion of a four-month Metropolitan Police inquiry into lockdown-busting parties at the top of Government during the pandemic. Scotland Yard’s Operation Hillman ...

20 May 2022 at 01:34

Furry mascot in attendance at final Trooping the Colour practice

A mascot named Seamus and a symphony of music accompanied the Irish Guards as they prepared to mark the Queen’s official birthday. They were taking part in the final rehearsal before Trooping the Colour on June 2, which is known as The ...

19 May 2022 at 19:40

Johnson backs Rees-Mogg over ‘Dickensian’ Whitehall return-to-office push

Jacob Rees-Mogg’s drive to get civil servants back at their desks has been backed by No 10 despite Cabinet-level opposition to his tactics. Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries accused Mr Rees-Mogg, the minister responsible for government ...

25 Apr 2022 at 14:25

Union fury as Rees-Mogg tells civil servants to get back to the office

Unions have reacted with anger after Government Efficiency Minister Jacob Rees-Mogg issued a call for the “rapid return” of civil servants to their Whitehall desks. In a letter to Cabinet ministers, Mr Rees-Mogg said they needed to ...

19 Apr 2022 at 12:25

Ministers told to order ‘rapid return’ to the office for civil servants

Ministers are reportedly being told to order civil servants back to work as part of a drive to ensure taxpayer-funded offices are at “full capacity”. Up to three quarters of staff are still working from home, according to The ...

19 Apr 2022 at 00:55

Ex-DfE civil servant condemns Whitehall’s ‘disconnect’ from reality

The former permanent secretary at the Department for Education has said that Whitehall is “too often disconnected from reality” and shows “surprisingly little interest” in how the public feel about public services. Jonathan ...

08 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Liz Truss berates Russian ambassador and ‘kicks him out of grumpy meeting’

Moscow’s ambassador to the UK was berated by Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, who told him the invasion of Ukraine had made Russia an “international pariah” that would suffer vast costs. Ms Truss was understood to have kicked ...

24 Feb 2022 at 17:25

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