The Latest Breaking News from Tom Scholar

Meet Team Truss, the new No 10 inner circle entering Downing Street

The PM has surrounded herself with a like-minded group of field experts and political power brokers who’ve proven their loyalty to her in the past ­— but who are they? Anne McElvoy looks at the Tories’ fresh new team

Evening Standard · Sep 28, 2022

After high profile sacking, UK civil servants fear for jobs under Truss

"Speaking truth unto power" has long been the motto of Britain's civil service, but now some government workers charged with offering ministers impartial advice whatever their party are fearful of their political bosses and are keeping quiet.

Reuters · Sep 27, 2022

Kwarteng’s ‘shock and awe’ entrance leaves Treasury reeling

Staff ‘still angry’ at sacking of permanent secretary and alarmed at lack of transparent costings

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2022

Sacking of Treasury official ‘retrograde and worrying’, says ex-Whitehall chief

Sir Tom Scholar’s dismissal marks a shift towards ministers seeking advice that aligns with their own views, Lord Kerslake said.

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2022

Kwasi Kwarteng sacking Tom Scholar marks ‘shift away from impartial advice’

Exclusive: Former head of civil service says move is ‘disgraceful’ and will have a ‘chilling effect’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2022

Whitehall fury grows over sacking of top Treasury official

Sir Tom Scholar’s sacking shows Liz Truss wants to surround herself with ‘yes men’, says former civil service leader

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2022

How is Liz Truss’s government challenging ‘Treasury orthodoxy’?

Sir Tom Scholar’s removal as Treasury’s top mandarin signals attempt to change department’s view of the world

The Guardian - UK · Sep 13, 2022

Focus on growth not fiscal discipline, Kwasi Kwarteng tells Treasury

Chancellor suggests change of emphasis is needed after he sacked top civil servant whom he credited for tight control of spending

The Guardian - UK · Sep 13, 2022

Kwarteng ‘tells Treasury to focus entirely on growth’ as Tory peer defends sacking of senior civil servant – as it happened

The new chancellor is reported to have told Treasury staff there was a need to ‘do things differently under fresh leadership’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 13, 2022

Simon Case keeps job as UK’s top civil servant after PM changes mind

Controversial cabinet secretary was in charge during Partygate scandal and had been expected to be replaced

The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2022