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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

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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…

The National (Scotland)

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

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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 Guardian - UK

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…

The National (Scotland)

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.

Evening Standard

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

Sue Gray report delayed until after Metropolitan Police inquiries complete

The Independent 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 Guardian - 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

The Independent UK

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

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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

The Guardian - UK

‘Poisoned chalice’: senior Tories sought for place on committee judging PM

Boris Johnson faces investigation by privileges committee into whether he lied to Commons over Partygate

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The Independent UK

Unions lash out at Johnson over attack on ‘work-from-home manana culture’

Relations between the PM and civil servants have been strained by a drive to get more staff back behind their desks.

The Guardian - UK

UK health agency to cut 800 jobs and halt routine Covid testing

Exclusive: ‘Alarming’ cuts by UK Health Security Agency could cost lives, public health experts warn

The Independent UK

Civil service chief ‘warns Boris Johnson against forcing government workers back to office’

Prime minister backs Jacob Rees-Mogg despite criticism of minister’s ‘Dickensian’ tactics to repopulate Whitehall

The Guardian - UK

Civil service head warns PM against forcing Whitehall workers back to office

Exclusive: Simon Case and at least four permanent secretaries raise alarm over Johnson government’s tactics

The Guardian - UK

UK government defends bonuses paid to staff of collapsed firm Bulb

Energy company effectively nationalised as part of bailout that could cost taxpayers £2.2bn

Wales Online

Is the DVLA under threat?: What Jacob Rees-Mogg said about the Swansea agency and closing and merging quangos

'I am still constantly writing to DVLA on behalf of my constituents to get them driving licences and we know that the DVLA was simply not working properly with people working from home'

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson backs Mogg's 'Dickensian' empty desk notes and won't rule out SELLING offices

Boris Johnson's spokesman backed the 'efficiency' minister's crackdown on WFH civil servants despite a Tory row - and didn't rule out offloading Whitehall offices that don’t fill up

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