The Latest Breaking News from Whitehall

UK Government levelling up policy is failing places like Wales finds new report

“The UK Government should stop taking decisions in devolved areas and restore these funds to Wales”

Wales Online · May 26, 2023

Police continue to quiz man after vehicle hits Downing Street gates

Police are continuing to question a man on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving after a vehicle drove into the gates of Downing Street on Thursday afternoon.

Evening Standard · May 26, 2023

Cross-party MPs criticise delivery of UK Government's levelling up strategy

A select committee report also highlights evidence that Wales is facing a significant shortfall from funds replacing EU ones

Birmingham Post · May 26, 2023

Sunak urged to launch Braverman probe as officials ‘contacted ethics team about speeding emails’

PM said to be considering emails sent to Cabinet Office’s ethics team about home secretary’s request for help

The Independent UK · May 23, 2023

Top Home Office mandarin knew of Braverman’s alleged speeding request

Permanent secretary told about alleged request in autumn, say sources, as home secretary fails to calm Tory nerves in Commons

The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2023

Suella Braverman should quit if she broke ministerial code over speeding incident, says Starmer

The Labour leader said the Home Secretary’s actions appear to have been ‘inappropriate’

Evening Standard · May 22, 2023

Top mandarin piles pressure on Braverman to resign over speeding ticket row

Sir Philip Rycroft said the home secretary’s actions would have put civil servants ‘in an impossible position’

The Independent UK · May 22, 2023

In a contest between Tory MPs and reality, Rishi Sunak is refusing to pick a side

The PM is treading the perilous path of indulging Suella Braverman and her allies on the Conservative hard right, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK · May 17, 2023

Johnson at 10 review: an ‘authoritative’ and ‘often jaw-dropping’ book

Many people realise that Boris Johnson is a dishonest chancer who lacks any real convictions, said David Gauke in The New Statesman. Less obvious – at least to those outside Whitehall – is “quite how extraordinarily inept he was at performing some of the basic functions of being prime minister”.…

The Week · May 12, 2023

Jeff Hollingworth obituary

Other lives: Senior civil servant whose work behind the scenes led to the licensing of bedsits and introduction of leasehold reform

The Guardian - UK · May 11, 2023