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Britain 'certain' Putin about to invade Ukraine and conflict will be 'horrendous'

A Whitehall source claims Putin is set to invade Ukraine in a "horrendous" conflict as the Ministry of Defence released Russia's battle plan

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson jets to Munich for security speech as fears mount of Russia-Ukraine war

The Prime Minister is due to fly to the Munich Security Conference as tensions grip Europe - with Whitehall figures now said to be convinced Vladimir Putin will order Kremlin forces to attack

Daily Mirror

A crushing contempt for communities that stands in the way of local control

Letters: Parties must work together to spread power far from Whitehall, says Stephen Hill

The Guardian - UK

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The evidence is all around us: life outside the single market is an utter disaster

An island nation must trade with its nearest mainland, whatever our new Brexit opportunities minister claims, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

No10 ‘partygate’: Scotland Yard sending out more letters this week to people in Whitehall

More individuals in Whitehall are being contacted this week by Scotland Yard officers probing the “partygate” scandal.

Evening Standard

Council commissioners' expenses branded a 'betrayal' of Liverpool

Cllr Anna Rothery has blasted fees claimed by Whitehall approved officials

Liverpool Echo

Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch and Jonathan Dowdall lose in bid to move murder trial out of Special Criminal Court

Hutch (58), who was extradited from Spain, and former Dublin City councillor Jonathan Dowdall (44), of Navan Road, Dublin, are both charged with the murder of David Byne (33) at the Whitehall, Dublin, hotel on February 5, 2016

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Prime Minister refuses to say if he will resign if fined for lockdown breaches

Boris Johnson is expected to be among more than 50 individuals receiving police questionnaires over events in No 10 and Whitehall.

The Independent UK

Cressida Dick faces threat of public declaration of no confidence from London mayor

Sadiq Khan tells Metropolitan police commissioner she must deliver convincing plan

The Guardian - UK

For Boris Johnson it is a slogan - for others, it is life and death: The puzzle of ‘levelling up’

For Boris Johnson it is a slogan. For post-industrial communities, it is life and death. Whitehall still hasn’t decided what it is, or if it cares

Manchester Evening News

Black civil servant handed six-figure payout amid warning of ‘systemic’ race issues in Whitehall

Exclusive: Deputy cabinet secretary raised questions over Cabinet Office approach

The Independent UK

Whitehall's centralised system can't deliver Boris Johnson's promises to 'level up'

The government’s levelling up strategy to tackle regional inequality promises a “revolution in local democracy”. It seeks to do this largely through regional devolution – setting up more localised governments with their own mayors to give greater autonomy and power to the “left behind” regions.

The Conversation

Will extra mayors level up left-behind regions? What the evidence tells us

Adding more mayors to English regions is central to the UK government’s “levelling up” plan. From day one, part of the vision has been to expand mayoral devolution – giving more powers to regional combined authorities, rather than just being ruled by Whitehall.

The Conversation

Mum says there is 'one rule for politicians and another rule for the public' as bailiff claims son's lockdown fine

"Is Boris going to pay £1,600 for the string of parties held at Whitehall?"

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Mum fuming over Boris Johnson's parties after paying son's £1,600 lockdown fine

Amanda Martindale, from Stanley in County Durham, is "infuriated" about having paid the fine, given the recent revelations about the string of lockdown-flouting parties in Whitehall

The Guardian - UK

Unless Whitehall devolves its powers, ‘levelling up’ is doomed to fail

So-called missions to improve people’s lot nationwide require local knowledge and local powers to be fulfilled, says Miatta Fahnbulleh, chief executive of the New Economics Foundation

The Independent UK

UK Government has ignored proposals to tackle soaring bills, Welsh minister says

Jane Hutt, Welsh Minister for Social Justice, said there was ‘little hope’ coming from Whitehall as the cost-of-living crisis deepens.

The Independent UK

Whitehall departments set for booze ban after report into No 10 parties

Excessive drinking ‘not appropriate in professional workplace’, finds former landlady Sue Gray

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The Independent UK

Scotland Yard investigates 12 Whitehall lockdown parties

Police probe ‘bring your own booze’ party in No 10 garden attended by Boris Johnson.

Wales Online

Sue Gray report into lockdown parties in Downing Street in full

Boris Johnson will make an urgent statement at 3.30pm after the publication of the inquiry

Nottingham Post

Sue Gray report 'to be published' along with Boris Johnson statement

The Prime Minister is expected to apologise to the Commons again

Daily Mirror

Sue Gray report will finally be published TODAY as it's handed to Boris Johnson

Top civil servant Sue Gray has handed her report to Boris Johnson after a slew of booze-ups in Downing Street and Whitehall - but it is shorn of key details

Chronicle Live

Met Police receives new evidence from Cabinet Office as it probes Downing Street parties

Scotland Yard said it is investigating "a number of events" at Downing Street and Whitehall during the pandemic

Daily Mirror

Met Police probing Downing Street parties receives new evidence from Cabinet Office

Scotland Yard is looking at "a number of events" in Downing Street and Whitehall during the pandemic - but the force has not specified which ones

Wales Online

What next as Sue Gray report unlikely to be published in full any time soon

There are two remaining options for the Partygate investigation - and neither of them are good

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