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Why have relations between civil servants and ministers turned so sour – and can they be repaired?

There is increasingly bad blood between ministers and civil servants in the UK government. The trend has been apparent for at least a decade, with the mood between officials and ministers darkening during the Conservative administrations of Theresa May and Boris Johnson, fuelled by conflict over Brexit.

The Conversation

Post-Brexit rules ‘something you wouldn’t make up unless you had to’

Former NI secretary Lord Paul Murphy said that people ‘didn’t think enough’ about the consequences for Northern Ireland when they voted for Brexit.

Evening Standard

Hiding money away in overseas territories starves Treasury, warns MP

Phil Brickell will call for Whitehall clarity over ministers’ efforts to tackle financial secrecy in the British Overseas Territories.

Evening Standard

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Reform UK Vows to Purge 'Woke Whitehall' in Trump-Style Shake-Up — 140,000 Civil Service Roles at Risk

Reform UK's new plan could cut up to 140,000 civil service jobs and rewrite neutrality rules in a Trump-style bid to reshape Whitehall.

International Business Times UK

Reform’s Kruger under fire for warning of ‘LGBT-supporting’ left-wing parties

East Wiltshire MP Danny Kruger said the UK could be led by an ‘appalling Hamas-supporting, LGBT-supporting nationalist party’.

Evening Standard

Reform’s Kruger vows to change Civil Service code to ban ‘woke agenda’

The Tory convert said Nigel Farage’s party would cut Civil Service headcount and close five government buildings if it won the next general election.

Evening Standard

This hotels saga isn’t really about asylum seekers: it’s a window on to a far bigger scandal

A blistering new report tells a tale of billions wasted and vulnerable people left traumatised, while companies profit from a blundering state, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

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NHS leaders warn of longer waiting times if demand for extra £3bn not met

Key Labour pledge under threat as health service faces costs from redundancies, strikes and rising drug prices

The Guardian - UK

The UK’s 15-year-scandal no government has gripped: grooming gangs explained

Stretching back to 2012, the government investigation into grooming gangs has a controversial history

The Guardian - UK

Prince William Is "Taking Control" of the Palace Response to Scandal Following Criticisms

“William is on it," one source said.

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Frontrunner suffers blow in race to be UK ambassador to US over criticisms of Trump

Exclusive: Whitehall officials raise fears about Mark Sedwill’s newspaper article warning of president’s ‘blundering’ behaviour

The Guardian - UK

Will affordable housing be the casualty as London tackles its building emergency?

Collapse in construction activity causing alarm but mayor and Whitehall face pushback over ‘extreme solutions’

The Guardian - UK

UK ‘isn’t a democracy any more’, warns Tugendhat in call for leadership

Tom Tugendhat suggested that if ‘the bureaucrats are in charge of everything’, then the UK ‘isn’t a democracy any more’.

Evening Standard

Questions for CPS after No 10 publishes key witness statements in China spy row

Keir Starmer releases documents submitted by deputy national security adviser to Crown Prosecution Service

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Jonathan Powell: the trusted aide Starmer is shielding from China spy row

National security adviser has become most influential foreign policy figure in government

Evening Standard

Blunkett: Better Whitehall the only way to see off ‘far-right’ threat

Lord Blunkett served in former prime minister Sir Tony Blair’s New Labour cabinets between 1997 and 2004, and again in 2005.

The Independent UK

How the spy trial row has exposed Britain’s China problem

NEWS ANALYSIS: Political editor David Maddox explains why successive UK governments have dithered over deciding whether Beijing is a friend or foe

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Starmer accused of pushing out some of last progressive allies in No 10 shake-up

Exclusive: PM reorganising key parts of government to give chief secretary Darren Jones more Whitehall control

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Jonathan Powell to face MPs over role in collapse of espionage trial

National security adviser to answer questions over abandonment of a major Chinese spying case against two Britons

The Independent UK

Home secretary ‘very disappointed’ over collapse of China spy trial

Shabana Mahmood insisted there was no ministerial interference in the collapse of the case

Evening Standard

Home Secretary ‘disappointed’ at collapse of Chinese spying case

Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry had denied the allegations, with the Official Secrets Act case dropped last month.

The Guardian - UK

Foreigners underrepresented among prisoners in England and Wales, report finds

Analysis finds lower proportion of foreign inmates than would be expected if they were jailed at same rate as UK citizens of same age

The Guardian - UK

Civil servants may feel ‘under attack’ after new rules briefed to media, UK ministers told

Guidance that meetings should be held outside working hours was published in Telegraph with quote about ‘nonsense’ events

The Guardian - UK

Here’s the truth, Keir Starmer: Whitehall cannot solve the UK’s urgent problems. Find a fast track

The best example is the rollout of the Covid vaccine taskforce, a time when there was minimal bureaucracy and things got done. We need that now, say former No 10 adviser Peter Hyman and policy expert Morgan Wild

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Apprenticeships have collapsed in England – Labour needs to fine-tune the solution, fast

Responsibility for vocational training and skills has bounced around Whitehall for years, and enrolment rates are down by a third. Can the latest tweaks work?

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