The Latest Breaking News from Whitehall

Met planning 'significant policing operation' for October 7 anniversary protests

Thousands of members from the Palestine Solidarity Campaign will march from Russell Square to Whitehall on Saturday

Evening Standard · Oct 4, 2024

Peak luxury: how long can London’s grand hotel boom last?

From basement builds to rooftops, revamped Whitehall ministries and once-were embassies, the capital’s hotels are in an opulence arms race to lure exacting guests

The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2024

Police hunt three men in connection with far-right Whitehall rally

Force searching for three men after rioting in central London

Evening Standard · Aug 24, 2024

Tory Welsh secretary broke ministerial code with social media video, says Labour

Party accuses Cabinet minister David TC Davies of breaching rules by using Whitehall office to film X post attacking Senedd expansion plans

The Guardian - UK · May 11, 2024

OPINION - Rachel Johnson: We're in the Battle of Britain 2.0 and the Michaela school case proves it

It’s not exactly the Cabinet War Rooms in Whitehall, but another Battle of Britain is being waged almost unaided from a shabby Sixties-era former office block in the shadow of Wembley Stadium.

Evening Standard · Apr 18, 2024

Pro-Palestine protesters cause road closures in large rally opposite Downing Street

Police deployed to ‘static’ protest on Whitehall as Israeli forces prepare to invade Rafah

Evening Standard · Feb 12, 2024

Super-rich pick flats with private security as sales rise of £15m-plus London homes

Centrally located apartments rather than houses popular with buyers from US, Middle East and China

The Guardian - UK · Jan 2, 2024

OPINION - Want to buy a house? Pick your parents carefully

I don't know what a coup d'état in Britain would look like. Presumably, the belligerents would simultaneously seize Whitehall/Parliament, the BBC and GCHQ amongst other institutions.

Evening Standard · Dec 19, 2023

One star hygiene rating given to restaurants inside Whitehall Old War Offices

Two restaurants inside the historic government palace have been given poor ratings by Westminster inspectors

Evening Standard · Dec 18, 2023

Five Just Stop Oil activists arrested after slow-march on Whitehall again

One of the demonstrators arrested includes a man who was breaching his bail conditions

Evening Standard · Nov 24, 2023