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No 10 regrets choice of ‘insipid’ new cabinet secretary, sources say

Keir Starmer’s aides said to be trying to work around Chris Wormald, who was only appointed six months ago

The Guardian - UK

Starmer: Civil Service reforms will ‘maximise collective power of the state’

Sir Keir Starmer has written to half a million civil servants promising to ‘transform your work for the better’.

The Independent UK

PM’s defence plan will not lead to end of working from home – Whitehall chief

Sir Chris Wormald confirmed the current policy on office attendance will remain following Sir Keir Starmer’s warning of major challenges.

Evening Standard

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Under-fire Attorney General says he has recused himself ‘from certain matters’

Questions have been raised over how Lord Hermer’s previous legal work could result in possible conflicts of interest.

Evening Standard

Tory calls to look into attorney general ‘conflict of interest’ claims dismissed

Cabinet secretary declines Robert Jenrick’s demand to investigate Richard Hermer’s work as barrister for Gerry Adams

The Guardian - UK

Jenrick asks top civil servant to investigate Attorney General

Conservative shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick has written to Cabinet Secretary Sir Chris Wormald.

Evening Standard

New cabinet secretary vows to implement PM’s Whitehall ‘rewiring’

Chris Wormald emails civil servants saying he will back Keir Starmer, who wants them to ‘do things differently’

The Guardian - UK

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New top mandarin issues stark warning to Whitehall on first day in the job

Chris Wormald, the new cabinet secretary, has delivered a warning to civil servants

The Independent UK

Civil Service chief tells officials to ‘relish opportunities’ of Starmer reforms

In an address to the civil service, new Cabinet Secretary Sir Chris Wormald said officials would have to change the way they work.

Evening Standard

New Covid corruption chief to leave ‘no stone unturned’, Reeves warns

Tom Hayhoe has been appointed to to claw back taxpayers’ money wasted on deals during the pandemic.

Evening Standard

New top civil servant Chris Wormald is ‘safe pair of hands’ but ‘devoid of charisma’

Keir Starmer’s pick praised as a ‘shrewd choice’ but appointment criticised as personifying a ‘failing upwards culture’

The Guardian - UK

Covid campaigners criticise Wormald’s promotion to Civil Service top job

Sir Chris Wormald will leave his role as the senior official at the Department of Health and Social Care to become the new Cabinet Secretary.

Evening Standard

Sir Chris Wormald confirmed as UK’s new top civil servant

The current permanent secretary at the Department of Health and Social Care will succeed Simon Case as Cabinet Secretary

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer appoints Chris Wormald as new cabinet secretary

Wormald will take over from Simon Case on 16 December as the most senior official in the country

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The Independent UK

Starmer appoints ‘safe pair of hands’ to run civil service as he prepares for major reset

The prime minister builds towards a major relaunch after only five months of government as he picks Sir Chris Wormald, the Department of Health’s long-serving permanent secretary, to take over as the new cabinet secretary running Whitehall

The National (Scotland)

Michelle Mone hits out at Rishi Sunak and Michael Gove amid PPE scandal

MICHELLE Mone has attacked both Rishi Sunak and Michael Gove as questions around her involvement with Covid contracts awarded to her husband’s…

Evening Standard

Social care sector 'broadly relaxed' about visa changes, Health Secretary claims

International care workers will be banned from bringing dependants when they move to the UK under the changes

The Guardian - UK

What we learned from Patrick Vallance at the Covid inquiry

Chief scientific adviser in pandemic says lockdown should have come sooner and Boris Johnson is not great at science

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The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak was ‘not pleased’ at early prospect of London lockdown

Sir Patrick Vallance’s argument for tighter restrictions due to the early spread of Covid-19 in London was rejected by ministers.

The Guardian - UK

UK should have gone into lockdown earlier, Patrick Vallance tells Covid inquiry

Government’s top scientist said he was reprimanded for saying action should have been taken sooner

The Guardian - UK

‘The blame game’: revelations from health officials at UK Covid inquiry

Simon Stevens and Chris Wormald recall inefficiency, lack of planning and a ‘horrible dilemma’ on life-or-death decisions

The Guardian - UK

A nation off-guard: what the UK Covid inquiry has revealed

Six weeks of hearings have seen arguments about pandemic planning bound up with old battles over Brexit and austerity

The Week

Covid inquiry: what we have heard so far

Relatives of those who died during the Covid-19 pandemic turned their backs on Matt Hancock as he arrived to give his testimony at the Covid inquiry.

The Independent UK

Funding and mental health staff retention go ‘hand-in-hand’ – NHS chief

NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard told MPs there is a direct link between mental health staff shortages and the funding available.

The Independent UK

Government fraud investigators probe PPE contracts, MPs told

Officials told the Public Accounts Committee they had ‘concerns’ over 176 contracts to supply equipment to the NHS.

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