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PM backs Rees-Mogg’s ‘Dickensian’ approach to working from home, says No 10

Cabinet split emerges after minister Nadine Dorries criticises notes being left on empty civil servant desks

The Guardian - UK

Overwhelming majority of UK-based French expats back Macron

Almost 93 per cent of French expats in the UK voted for Emmanuel Macron, voting data revealed on Monday, as they overwhelmingly rejected far right candidate Marine Le Pen in Sunday’s presidential election run-off.

Evening Standard

Dorries hits out at Rees-Mogg’s ‘Dickensian’ war on officials working from home

Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has reportedly questioned Jacob Rees-Mogg’s drive to get Whitehall staff back behind their desks.

The Independent UK

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Rees-Mogg says empty Whitehall offices are ‘cost to taxpayer’

The minister for government efficiency has reportedly been leaving notes in ‘deserted’ workspaces.

The Independent UK

Rees-Mogg sparks angry division after leaving notes on absent civil servants' desks

'Sorry you were out when I visited. I look forward to seeing you in the office very soon' note condemned as 'nasty and patronising'

Wales Online

Keir Starmer slams Met police for staying quiet on Partygate fines before election

The Met say they will continue issuing fixed penalty notices for up to 12 No10 parties but not give updates for at least 13 days when voting in local elections is over

Daily Mirror

Jacob Rees-Mogg defends leaving 'passive-aggressive' notes for civil servants

The Tory minister for “government efficiency” and “Brexit opportunities” was visited Whitehall offices yesterday, and left leaflets for any civil servant who wasn’t physically sitting at their desk

Daily Mirror

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Rees-Mogg criticised for leaving ‘crass’ messages in empty Whitehall offices

The minister has left notes for civil servants working from home telling them he is ‘looking forward’ to seeing them back in the office.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson to face official Partygate 'lying' probe - what happens next

The Commons Privileges Committee will investigate the four times the Prime Minister is said to have lied by insisting all Covid rules were followed in No10 when asked about lockdown parties.

Daily Mirror

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face Commons investigation into whether he misled Parliament

MPs have voted to refer the Prime Minister to the Privileges Committee

Wales Online

Boris Johnson will be investigated for 'lying to Parliament' as MPs pass vote

The Prime Minister will officially be investigated by the Commons Privileges Committee over allegations he misled Parliament at least four times over Partygate

Daily Mirror

Sir Gordon Downey obituary

Senior civil servant and parliamentary commissioner for standards who investigated the ‘cash for questions’ affair

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson promises to give nuclear test veterans 'recognition they deserve'

Boris Johnson looks set to overrule a secretive Whitehall committee and award a medal to the survivors of Britain’s Cold War testing programme. No Prime Minister has ever made such a pledge

Daily Mirror

How Boris Johnson 'lying' to Parliament investigation works - and why PM can block it

MPs will vote tomorrow on whether the Privileges Committee should investigate Prime Minister Boris Johnson after he was fined by police over Partygate. Here’s how it works - and why he can block it

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The Independent UK

Tories urged to back investigation into Johnson’s partygate ‘lies’

MPs will vote on Thursday to decide whether Boris Johnson should be investigated for misleading the House of Commons.

The Guardian - UK

Partygate: how would a parliamentary investigation work?

MPs will vote on whether the privileges committee should look at PM’s alleged misleading of Commons

The Independent UK

Every misleading statement Boris Johnson has made to parliament since the general election

Misleading the country: The prime minister has failed formally to correct at least 17 false statements since the 2019 general election

The Guardian - UK

Civil service unions condemn Rees-Mogg’s ‘vindictive’ back-to-office drive

Bosses of FDA and PCS criticise attempt by efficiency minister to name and shame departments with more remote workers

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Daily Mirror

Union fury as Boris Johnson orders WFH civil servants to fill every desk like before Covid

Despite pledging more flexible working just months ago, Boris Johnson now wants every desk filled in Whitehall every day as Britain 'learns to live' with Covid

The Independent UK

Union fury as Rees-Mogg tells civil servants to get back to the office

The Government Efficiency Minister said officials should return to their desks to realise the benefits of collaborative working.

Evening Standard

Civil servants must return to the office, says Jacob Rees-Mogg

Officials who refuse to resume face-to-face work are said to be accused by Whitehall sources of failing to ‘pull their weight’

The Independent UK

Ministers told to order ‘rapid return’ to the office for civil servants

Officials who refuse to resume face-to-face work are said to be accused by Whitehall sources of failing to ‘pull their weight’.

Daily Mirror

Thousands of civil servants 'allowed to work from home indefinitely'

Despite the civil service having been declared at the forefront of a return to work as Covid restrictions were removed, many in the public sector are still working from home, it is reported

Daily Mirror

'Third of government policies due to have negative impact on equalities'

The claims come in a report by the Compassion in Politics think tank which studied a series of Equality Impact Assessments on Whitehall policies over the past decade

The Guardian - UK

Senior Cabinet Office director Anand Aithal has non-dom status

Revelation is likely to lead to further questions about the criteria for holding the favourable tax status

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