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Lord Geidt profile: Former royal aide who advised PM on ethics

Lord Geidt took on the role of ethics adviser in April 2021 after a decade as the Queen’s private secretary

Evening Standard · Jun 16, 2022

No 10 refuses to say if ethics adviser will be replaced following Lord Geidt’s resignation after being put in ‘impossible position’ – as it happened

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The Guardian - UK · Jun 16, 2022

Boris Johnson told to publish ethics adviser's bombshell resignation letter

DOWNING Street is under increasing pressure to publish the resignation letter submitted by Boris Johson’s ethics adviser.

The National (Scotland) · Jun 16, 2022

No10 defends Rwanda migrant policy after claim it could cost 100k per asylum seeker

Downing Street has defended controversial plans to fly asylum seekers to Rwanda amid claims that the policy could cost up to £100,000 per person.

Evening Standard · Jun 14, 2022

Priti Patel WINS court fight to fly people to Rwanda - but only handful will be on board

A 'shameful' charter flight to Rwanda carrying Britain's unwanted asylum seekers can take off tomorrow after a Court of Appeal ruling - yet fewer than a dozen people will actually be on board

Daily Mirror · Jun 13, 2022

Hunt on for 17 Tories who lied to Boris Johnson about confidence vote support

Some 17 more MPs expressed support for the Prime Minister than voted for him - after Tories were warned "only loyalty will be rewarded in the reshuffle"

Daily Mirror · Jun 11, 2022

Three of four asylum seekers fighting deportation will not be sent to Rwanda, says Home Office

THREE of four asylum seekers fighting deportation from the UK to Rwanda will not be sent there, the Home Office has said, after the UK Government's…

The National (Scotland) · Jun 10, 2022

Downing Street declines to say Boris Johnson is a good role model for children

The PM's spokesman was asked if he was a good role model after Katharine Birbalsingh, the new social mobility tsar, said his 'personal life' and 'hair' let the whole class down

Daily Mirror · Jun 10, 2022

Replacing Boris Johnson with some other Tory is not good enough for Scotland

DOWNING Street is one of the biggest Covid crime scenes in the UK, with 126 fines for breaches. While people across the country were missing…

The National (Scotland) · Jun 10, 2022

What is Right to Buy and what could change under government’s plans?

Downing Street announces extention of Thatcher’s totemic housing policy

The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2022