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Exclusive: Revelation comes as Mr Zahawi launches bid to succeed Boris Johnson as prime minister

Boris Johnson's wife and young daughter were present as he announced he would step down as Prime Minister - while angry demonstrators gathered in Whitehall

The machinery of government has been brought to a screeching halt amid the chaos consuming No 10. Civil servants have been left in a state of paralysis – but what comes next remains just as uncertain

One of the most colourful and charismatic politicians of his age, it is no surprise that Mr Johnson’s time in No 10 ended in ignominy.

A large uplift in the price local authorities pay to home and care agencies is also planned

STEVE Barclay will replace Sajid Javid as Health Secretary, Whitehall sources said.

Our graphic shows the confusing array of funds Northern leaders have to bid for

Ministers have backed down over clauses introducing tighter controls over academies.

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'Our resources should be spent on front-line street scene staff not do-nothing commissioners milking the city dry'

For decades, Whitehall has pondered how to make use of the Commonwealth, without tangible results. There was an expectation in some quarters that Brexit would increase its significance to the UK. But it was never clear why this would, in itself, suddenly transform an under-resourced and notoriously unfocused organisation into…