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Government loses legal challenge over handing Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages to Covid inquiry

High Court judges ruled that the Covid inquiry chairwoman had ‘acted rationally’ in her order for the documents

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson's WhatsApps MUST be handed to Covid Inquiry in blow for Rishi Sunak

Causing another headache for the embattled PM, judges said there were no grounds to block inquiry chairwoman Baroness Heather Hallett's order to hand over the material

Daily Mirror

Fresh Sue Gray spat as probe finds she broke civil service rules before joining Labour

The Partygate investigator was last week cleared to start her new job in September - but today a minister announced she'd had "undeclared contact" with Labour before quitting

Daily Mirror

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Sue Gray broke civil service rules with Labour job talks, Whitehall probe finds

Partygate investigator Sue Gray broke civil service rules “as a result of the undeclared contact” between her and the

The National (Scotland)

Sue Gray broke the civil service code over Labour job offer

The Partygate investigator was recommended to take a six-month cooling-off period from the day she quit the civil service

Manchester Evening News

Sue Gray breached civil service code by talking to Starmer, rules government

Finding of ‘prima facie’ violation dismissed by Labour as ‘Mickey Mouse nonsense’

The Independent UK

Whitehall probe finds Sue Gray broke civil service rules with Labour job talks

Cabinet Office minister Jeremy Quin said the inquiry concluded that the ‘civil service code was prima facie broken’ by the partygate investigator.

The Independent UK

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Sue Gray ‘breached civil service code’ over Keir Starmer job, inquiry finds

Civil inquiry finds official’s talks over role without telling bosses is ‘prima facie’ breach of code

The Guardian - UK

Sue Gray ‘broke civil service code over undeclared contact with Labour Party’, says Government

Former senior official Sue Gray broke Civil Service rules by taking part in discussions about a top job in the Labour Party, a Cabinet Office investigation has found.

Evening Standard

Cabinet Office declines to investigate Korski groping claim

Daisy Goodwin has described the decision as disappointing.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson blasts Sunak's government for blocking Covid Inquiry getting his WhatsApps

Lawyers representing the inquiry chairwoman heavily criticised the Cabinet Office, branding the department's argument 'at its heart nonsensical'

Daily Mirror

Daniel Korski’s accuser may go to police as Cabinet Office fails to investigate groping claims

Daisy Goodwin expresses disappointment with government response to formal complaint against Tory ex-mayoral hopeful

The Guardian - UK

Cabinet Office rejects calls from Daisy Goodwin to investigate alleged Daniel Korski groping incident in No10

The Cabinet Office has rejected calls from a TV producer to investigate an alleged groping incident at Downing Street a decade ago.

Evening Standard

Korski faces battle to retain Tory support as groping complaint submitted

TV writer Daisy Goodwin contacted the Cabinet Office to make a formal complaint against the Conservative mayoral hopeful.

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Ministers urged to embrace ‘Twat-ism’ as a flexible work approach

A ‘Twat’ is somebody who works from the office on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays – a stance backed by Tory MP Sir Michael Fabricant.

Newsroom.co.nz

MPs agree they'll sell off shares – if that's the price of power

A rule against shareholdings would exclude some MPs with business and investing experience from ministerial roles, some opponents warn. Jonathan Milne reports.

The Guardian - UK

UK could have avoided lockdown if better prepared, says Jeremy Hunt

Chancellor and former health secretary tells Covid inquiry Britain was too slow to test and isolate

The Independent UK

Dowden ‘reassured’ UK was in ‘pretty strong state of preparedness’ for pandemic

Mr Dowden, who was minister for the Cabinet Office from July 2019 to February 202, was giving evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.

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Evening Standard

Keir Starmer: I wasn’t asked to take part in inquiry into hiring Sue Gray

Sir Keir Starmer on Monday insisted neither he nor Sue Gray were asked to contribute to an investigation into the former senior civil servant being appointed his chief-of-staff.

The Independent UK

Weapons expert banned from government event for criticising Tories launches legal action

Exclusive: Dan Kaszeta argues policy seeing civil servants trawl social media for government criticism is unlawful

The Independent UK

Sue Gray ‘breached Whitehall impartiality rules’ over Labour chief of staff job talks

A Cabinet Office inquiry alleged the Partygate investigater could have been ‘suspended or sacked had she not quit’

The Guardian - UK

Cabinet Office refuses to release Boris Johnson’s notebooks over security concerns

Covid inquiry will be given redacted notes and WhatsApp messages from former PM’s time in office

The Independent UK

UK ‘underprepared for severe pandemic because of planning for no-deal Brexit’

A Cabinet Office official accepted that lockdowns, lengthy closure of schools and ‘total economic collapse’ were not considered in pandemic planning.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson told ‘months ago’ peerage for Nadine Dorries had been rejected

Former PM told by Cabinet Office she was not on the list of approved nominations as early as February

The Independent UK

Cabinet Office refusal to hand over evidence ‘corrosive’, Covid Inquiry hears

Sam Jacobs, representing the Trades Union Congress, said the department’s position ‘smacks of having something to hide’.

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