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Westminster is haemorrhaging female employees and MPs. What kind of environment is this in the 21st century? Just last week SNP politician Mhairi Black stood down over the toll being a young female MP took on her. Look too at the latest accusations against Solihull MP Julian Knight, who is…

Good progress being made in turning city council around - but lead commissioner says he cannot guarantee intervention will end next June

Party leader ‘frustrated’ at not being able to defend hiring while it was scrutinised by Whitehall watchdog

The Labour leader said the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments told him not to share details about his contact with the ex-mandarin.

The Army is again in the spotlight, with a wonderful Whitehall row about who is to lead it after the charismatic General Sir Patrick Sanders steps down next year as Chief of the General Staff. With the Government’s rehashed Defence Command White Paper due before Parliament goes on holiday in…

Partygate investigator Sue Gray broke civil service rules “as a result of the undeclared contact” between her and the

The Partygate investigator was recommended to take a six-month cooling-off period from the day she quit the civil service

Finding of ‘prima facie’ violation dismissed by Labour as ‘Mickey Mouse nonsense’

Cabinet Office minister Jeremy Quin said the inquiry concluded that the ‘civil service code was prima facie broken’ by the partygate investigator.

Civil inquiry finds official’s talks over role without telling bosses is ‘prima facie’ breach of code

Tory peer claims PM uninterested in environment but No 10 suggests exit had alternative motive