Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Whitehall

OPINION - London faces major headwinds — and that's why it's time to give the Mayor far-reaching powers

London faces global economic headwinds arising from the Trump presidency and Brexit, alongside pressures such as a rapidly rising population, now more than nine million, in need of additional housing and public services.

Evening Standard

MPs say Government is ‘oblivious’ to the scale of violence against women

A report by a cross-party committee calls for improved cross-department working amid concerns about access to underfunded support services.

Evening Standard

Move civil servants out of London: fine. But that won’t curb Whitehall’s grip on Britain

It matters less where civil servants work than who they work for – and that is one of the most centralised governments of any western democracy, says Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Nothing can ‘put right’ infected blood delay damage, minister says

More than 30,000 people in the UK were infected with viruses, including HIV and hepatitis C, after receiving contaminated blood.

Evening Standard

UK government to launch AI tool to speed up public consultations

New system will analyse responses 1,000 times faster than a human and save millions, ministers claim

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of civil servants to be moved out of London under fresh reform plan

Ministries’ funding to be contingent on plans to relocate roles around UK in attempt to bring policy making closer to communities

The Guardian - UK

Whitehall departments to be told to move more civil servants out of London or get less cash

Exclusive: Rachel Reeves’ spending review will be aimed at injecting hundreds of millions into growth areas with a shift of government jobs

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Varun Chandra: Starmer adviser proving ‘vital link’ for Labour in US trade talks

Chandra is known as ‘a brilliant salesman’, smoothing over friction with businesses and playing key role in trade negotiations with US

The Guardian - UK

UK government admits almost no evidence nature protections block development

Whitehall analysis provides no data or research to support the government argument that environmental legislation holds up building

The Guardian - UK

Treasury threatens Defra with £4bn bill if Thames Water nationalised

Exclusive: Treasury threat an example of ‘scare tactics’ to help force through private sector deal, sources suggest

The Guardian - UK

Department for Education stifling efforts to boost skills, warns Andy Burnham

The mayor of Greater Manchester said there is an urgent need to devolve more powers over skills but he is facing resistance in Whitehall.

Evening Standard

Trump Turnberry decision up to Open organisers, says Downing Street

The Prime Minister’s official spokesman did not deny that Whitehall officials had been in contact with the R&A.

The Independent UK

Hosting Open at Trump golf course is up to the organisers, says Downing Street

Whitehall officials have reportedly discussed the possibility of staging the tournament at Turnberry.

Evening Standard

Senior Whitehall officials pushing for the Open to return to Donald Trump's Turnberry

SENIOR Whitehall officials are reportedly quizzing top golf bosses whether they can host the 2028 Open championship at Donald Trump’s Turnberry…

The National (Scotland)

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Whitehall officials ‘pushing for the Open to return to Trump-owned Turnberry’

Revealed: Sources say bosses at R&A, which organises the annual golf tournament, were quizzed about 2028 event

The Guardian - UK

Ministers braced for showdown over ‘postcode pricing’ in energy market shake-up

Ed Miliband’s looming decision on electricity market changes could mean regional bill disparities for households

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves dashes hopes of early breakthrough in UK-US trade deal

Chancellor says UK is ‘not going to rush a deal’ and rejects new US demands on agricultural products

Evening Standard

Spy chiefs say China is bugging St James’s Park benches to snoop on UK MPs

Senior officials in Westminster have been warned to avoid known ‘hotspots’ in the SW1 are

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Why is Ed Miliband a target for all sides? Because he’s a lefty politician who gets things done

Not since Tony Benn has a Labour minister been so assailed – and not just by the Tory press, but also by his own colleagues, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

About 1,200 jobs to go at Cabinet Office in civil service efficiency drive

Another 900 staff will be transferred to other Whitehall departments for ‘leaner and more focused’ state administration

The Guardian - UK

British Steel could be nationalised as PM and chancellor consider ‘all options’

Whitehall sources say Starmer and Reeves aligned in seeing steel as of ‘huge strategic importance’

Evening Standard

Quangos could be forced to close or merge under Whitehall review

It comes after Sir Keir Starmer announced last month that NHS England would be abolished.

The Guardian - UK

UK ministers consider abolishing hundreds of quangos, sources say

Move comes after Keir Starmer tells cabinet to stop ‘outsourcing’ decisions to regulators

The National (Scotland)

Police race to Whitehall as activists scale Foreign Office HQ

GREENPEACE activists have scaled a building outside the Foreign Office in protest over delays to signing an international treaty protecting oceans…

The Independent UK

Delays approving new jobs put ministers in ‘invidious position’, says ex-whip

Former whip Ruth Edwards said she was facing a choice between missing mortgage payments and breaking the rules thanks to delays at Acoba.

1 … 6 7 8 9

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

International Monetary Fund

the Department for Education

191 stories

ACOBA

138 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.