The Latest Breaking News from Jeremy Heywood

The 14 most explosive emails between Jeffrey Epstein and Peter Mandelson

The extraordinary revelations appear to lay bare the extent of the professional and personal relationship between the paedophile financier and the ex-Labour minister

The Independent UK · Feb 3

Gordon Brown asks top civil servant to investigate Mandelson ‘leak to Epstein’

Ex-PM asks cabinet secretary to investigate whether Mandelson shared market-sensitive information

The Guardian - UK · Feb 2

Ex-medical chief described ‘car crash’ meeting with Gove after Skripal poisoning

Dame Sally Davies emailed then-cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood days after the Skripals were poisoned, describing her meeting with the minister.

Evening Standard · Nov 11, 2024

SAS had ‘gone too far’ in Afghanistan, inquiry into claims of unlawful killings told

Memo by military police chief said there was ‘no shortage of detractors’ in Whitehall of elite unit’s conduct

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2023

We laid Bob Kerslake to rest this week. Think of him – and give the civil service the respect it deserves

Whitehall is not perfect, but neither is it the Blob demonised by the right, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Jul 27, 2023

Lord Kerslake obituary

Former head of the civil service, prominent figure in local government and a regular media political commentator

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2023

No, minister! How Dominic Raab’s aggressive exit has damaged morale of civil servants

The deputy prime minister has gone, but the way he left has further worsened tensions between government and Whitehall

The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2023

Blair aide wanted ‘accuracy’ rules for newspapers

Files released by the National Archives show advisers said that such a plan would be ‘suicidal’.

The Independent UK · Dec 30, 2022

Ex-Honours Committee member warns of pressure from No10 to reward Tory donor

Dame Louise Casey, who chairs the Community and Voluntary Service Committee, sent an email to the Cabinet Office earlier this month to warn about the 'politicalisation' of the honours system

Daily Mirror · Dec 22, 2022

Honours process ‘politicisation’ pressures members to back Tory nominees, whistleblowers reveal

Former honours committee chair suggested his term was not renewed after refusing to back a Tory donor

The Independent UK · Dec 22, 2022