The Latest Breaking News from Whitehall

Ex-Foreign Office adviser says aid cuts are ‘dreadful moral choice’

Stefan Dercon says aid budget is increasingly being tapped into to ‘plug holes’ in other Whitehall departments

The Guardian - UK · Dec 16, 2022

Third of staff allege bullying in Raab’s private office team

Exclusive: Leaked annual survey shows fourfold rise in harassment claims in justice ministers’ office

The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2022

International trade department should be shut down, says Brexiteer who set it up

UK ‘falling behind’ on trade in three years since Brexit, says Liam Fox

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2022

Rishi Sunak’s U-turn on windfarms reflects the Tories’ failure to protect rural England

As the Conservatives squabble over planning and housing targets, England’s countryside is being destroyed, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2022

Troubled Liverpool Council has 'turned a corner' says Mayor

Commissioners told the ECHO earlier this week they were 'much more confident' about city's fortunes

Liverpool Echo · Dec 8, 2022

Think our plan to fix British politics is a pipe dream? Think again

Critics are already circling, but at a stroke Labour would clear out the rot from Westminster and give power to our regions, says former Labour prime minister Gordon Brown

The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2022

Brown’s report gives Starmer a chance to shift power from Whitehall

In 1912, Herbert Asquith, the Liberal Prime Minister, declared that reform of the House of Lords would “brook no delay”. Well, 110 years later, it seems to have managed to “brook” quite a lot.

Evening Standard · Dec 6, 2022

Gordon Brown: Labour's plan for a New Britain is the only way forward for the country

The former Prime Minister writes exclusively for the Daily Record as he details Labour's plans for the future of the country.

Daily Record · Dec 6, 2022

Labour plan for constitutional change disappoints supporters of electoral reform

Gordon Brown says package is ‘biggest transfer of power out of Westminster’ ever seen

The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2022

Keir Starmer hits out at Nicola Sturgeon's plan to make next general election a 'de facto' indyref

Nicola Sturgeon pledged to make the next general election a single issue vote on independence after the Supreme Court ruled that Holyrood does not have the power to hold a second referendum.

Daily Record · Dec 5, 2022