The Latest Breaking News from Whitehall

The Tories’ Whitehall farce has left Britain running on empty

Jacob Rees-Mogg’s ideological war on the civil service makes no sense, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Mar 1, 2022

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 · Feb 18, 2022

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 · Feb 18, 2022

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

Dublin Live · Feb 11, 2022

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 · Feb 10, 2022

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 · Feb 9, 2022

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 · Feb 6, 2022

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 · Feb 5, 2022

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 · Feb 4, 2022

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 · Feb 3, 2022