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Efficiency minister denies proposed Civil Service cuts are a return to austerity

The Prime Minister was understood to have told his Cabinet on Thursday that the service should be slashed by a fifth.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson to slash thousands of civil service jobs as PM is accused of letting workers down

The Prime Minister has been repeatedly accused of failing to do enough to tackle the cost of living crisis.

Daily Record

Boris Johnson's plan to axe 91,000 civil service jobs branded 'reckless slash and burn'

Boris Johnson told top Tories to cut the number of Whitehall officials by a fifth as he desperately scrambles to free up cash to ease cost of living pressures

Daily Mirror

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Boris Johnson to axe 90,000 civil service jobs to free cash for tax cuts

The move would reduce Government office staff by 20%

Wales Online

Jacob Rees-Mogg defends plan to cut 90,000 civil servant jobs

The Prime Minister hinted the money saved by cutting the Civil Service by a fifth could be used for tax cuts

Evening Standard

PM and Cabinet Secretary unscathed in latest tranche of partygate fines

The Metropolitan Police has made around a further 50 fixed penalty notice referrals as part of its investigation into lockdown-breaking party claims.

The Independent UK

PM and Cabinet Secretary not hit with latest partygate fines, No 10 says

The Metropolitan Police has made around a further 50 fixed penalty notice referrals as part of its investigation into lockdown-breaking party claims.

The Independent UK

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What is Beergate? Keir Starmer row explained and what it means for his future

Keir Starmer vowed he would resign if he was fined by Durham Police over an event last April where he was pictured drinking a beer and eating a takeaway curry with campaign staff ahead of the Hartlepool by-election

Daily Mirror

Foreign agent scheme omitted from UK national security bill

Plans to require lobbyists to register their work for other countries delayed as key details yet to be worked out

The Guardian - UK

‘Growing’ threat of foreign state interference in British politics

Security sources have warned that the case of suspected Chinese spy Christine Lee targeting MPs is not a ‘one-off’.

The Independent UK

MI5 asked police to spy on political activities of children, inquiry hears

Schoolchildren as young as 14 targeted in 1975 for links to ‘subversive’ anti-fascist and socialist organisations

The Guardian - UK

Patients living in pain because they can’t get NHS dentist, watchdog says, as service is ‘running on empty’

The patient champion organisation warned of ‘a deepening crisis’ as patients struggle to get appointments

The Independent UK

Dentistry crisis: Whole county shuts down to new NHS patients, group claims

Healthwatch England said there are no NHS appointments for new patients in Somerset

The Independent UK

Don't act against Boris Johnson despite local election losses, minister begs MPs

A CABINET minister yesterday issued a plea for Tory MPs not to act against Boris Johnson as questions were raised over his leadership following the…

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Labour calls for more diversity among top Whitehall bosses

New figures from the Cabinet Office show that of the 4,000 senior officials in charge of government policy only 1.4% of them are black

The Guardian - UK

Frustration at Met as Boris Johnson not sent key Partygate questionnaire

Officials call Met approach to investigations ‘scattergun’ with some facing police action after assisting Sue Gray

The National (Scotland)

Scottish host families condemn 'difficult, obstructionist and slow' Home Office

SCOTTISH host families have condemned the UK Government’s Homes for Ukraine scheme, calling the Home Office “difficult, obstructionist and…

Evening Standard

Chelsea: Takeover hopeful Seb Coe concerned sale will leave club saddled with debt for generations

Seb Coe insists Chelsea must not be saddled with debt after the buyout of the club is completed.

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The Independent UK

‘Is this wise?’: Emails ‘show officials planning events at Downing Street’ during lockdown

Sue Gray report delayed until after Metropolitan Police inquiries complete

The Guardian - UK

Riven by scandal and division, the Tories have all but abandoned levelling up

Boris Johnson’s ‘defining mission’ is nowhere to be seen. This is a huge opportunity for Labour to seize the initiative, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Independent UK

Treasury gamble on households spending their pandemic savings to survive the cost of living crisis

Exclusive: Government has withheld financial support for squeezed households, thinking they could rely on savings, Whitehall sources say

Daily Mirror

William and Kate reject 'star' candidates for new team as 'not being up to job'

Prince William and Kate Middleton rejected two PR candidates, who had been civil servants in their 30s. Sources said the Cambridges want to look 'beyond the confines of Whitehall' for new talent

Daily Mirror

Prince William plans palace revolution after 'abrupt' staff meetings over tour blunders

Prince William wants to respond to the backlash from a series of public relations blunders in the region last month. He will be 'looking beyond the confines of Whitehall' for new talent

The Guardian - UK

Note for Rees-Mogg: office attendance is no guarantee of efficiency

Letters: Ian Arnott recalls how ‘desk sharing’ worked out in the civil service, while Jane Roffey suspects that the MP does not trust staff to be productive when working from home. Plus letters from Pete Dorey, Rob Hull, Ian Mcnicholas and Don Brown

The Independent UK

Cabinet Office condemned by MPs for FoI ‘clearing house’ secrecy

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