The Latest Breaking News from the Cabinet Office

Partygate: Met chief hints at new inquiry after ‘jingle and mingle’ video

Sir Mark Rowley suggests force will investigate again after viewing video of party in December 2020

The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2023

A tunnel too far? Debate intensifies over need for Lower Thames Crossing

The UK’s £9bn road project to relieve congestion on the M25 at Dartford is dividing communities and local businesses

The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2023

King's Birthday Honours include well-known faces and a nod to his beloved grandchildren - but not how you might expect

The King's Birthday Honours list was announced the night before his first-ever Trooping the Colour as head of the British Royal Family

Woman & Home · Jun 17, 2023

Brexit distracted UK ministers from Covid planning, official tells inquiry

Government focused on no-deal preparation and did not foresee need for PPE, contact tracing or possible lockdowns

The Guardian - UK · Jun 16, 2023

Covid inquiry: lawyers voice ‘alarm’ over short time slot for David Cameron

Former PM to be questioned on Monday, with George Osborne, Jeremy Hunt and Oliver Dowden also slated to give evidence

The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2023

Covid Inquiry: What we learned on Day 2 as Government admits rules caused 'profound pain'

The Department of Health's legal representative Fiona Scolding KC told the Covid Inquiry that different decisions may have been made with hindsight, as the probe continued its examination of the years leading up the pandemic

Daily Mirror · Jun 14, 2023

Covid testing was a weakness in early pandemic response, DHSC tells inquiry

Health department and Cabinet Office make opening statements on second day of first module

The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2023

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 · Jun 14, 2023

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’.

The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2023

Johnson ‘was updated on resignation honours list by Cabinet Office before June’

Nadine Dorries and other allies missed out on getting peerages in the list published last Friday.

The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2023