The Latest Breaking News from Whitehall

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 · Feb 1, 2022

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

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

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2022

Scotland Yard investigates 12 Whitehall lockdown parties

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

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2022

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

Daily Mirror · Jan 28, 2022

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

Wales Online · Jan 28, 2022

Theresa May 'angry' over Downing Street parties and warns 'nobody above the law'

The Tory former PM said 'full accountability must follow' if lockdown rules were broken at events in No 10 and Whitehall

Daily Mirror · Jan 28, 2022

No 10 insists tax rise going ahead, despite minister admitting ‘everybody’ opposes it

Fears in Whitehall that Boris Johnson is wobbling over 2.5 per cent levy on workers and companies

The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2022

Fears Sue Gray report will be a 'whitewash' - as lawyers question Met Police decision

The Downing Street 'partygate' probe has been thrown into chaos after Scotland Yard told Sue Gray to make 'minimal reference' to events it is investigating in her report

Daily Mirror · Jan 28, 2022

Boris Johnson ‘wobbling’ on plans to raise National Insurance as No 10 awaits Sue Gray report

Boris Johnson’s wait for the findings of an official inquiry into alleged lockdown-busting parties in No 10 and Whitehall rolls into another day.

The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2022

Sue Gray report delayed or watered down as Met Police want key details removed

The highly anticipated report into the Downing Street partygate saga was expected this week but appears to be mired in a legal wrangle

Daily Mirror · Jan 28, 2022