How Labour can make government work better
The party’s success in office will be determined by how well its “mission-driven” agenda is communicated to the civil service.
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The revenge of Sue Gray
From Stormont to partygate, the former civil servant specialised in problematic situations. Now she’s Keir Starmer’s chief of staff.
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Gus O’Donnell: The insider’s guide to preparing for power
The former head of the civil service on the cost of Brexit, the case for electoral reform, and Keir Starmer’s…
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How the civil service prepares for transitions of power
With an election looming, the UK's most senior civil servants must get ready for all eventualities.
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The “blob” strikes back
The civil service is at war with the government, if the annual conference of its union, the FDA, is anything…
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When will Simon Case finally resign?
The cabinet secretary is a courtier unwilling or incapable of speaking truth to power.
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Westminster is broken
Ian Dunt’s new book reveals Britain as a country of inept civil servants, deluded ministers, blinkered journalists and unscrutinised power.
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The Tories only have themselves to blame for antagonising the civil service
Through their collective bullying of Whitehall, Conservative ministers have inevitably made themselves a target.
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The year of woe behind the civil servants strike
Political turmoil made 2022 a year of frustration and powerlessness for civil servants.
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I’m a civil servant – here’s why I’m striking on Budget day
The government has treated civil servants with complete contempt.
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Can Simon Case survive the Lockdown Files?
The leaked WhatsApp messages are raising fresh questions over the cabinet secretary’s conduct.
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How consultancy bleeds Britain dry
In The Big Con Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington reveal how management consultants promise to fix governments but end up…
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How the gap between public and private sector pay has grown
A proposal by Liz Truss would have further depressed public sector wages that have fallen in real terms since 2010.
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Liz Truss’s public sector pay U-turn is a warning to her – and to the Conservatives
The Tory front-runner’s embarrassing retreat shows the danger of fixating on tax cuts and shrinking the state.
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Why on Earth does Boris Johnson want to scrap the civil service fast-stream?
Wavering Tory voters in Wakefield aren’t worrying about the number of graduates in Defra.
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Sue Gray: the civil servant who could bring down Boris Johnson
The civil servant once nicknamed “deputy god” for her power around Whitehall is expected to publish her report into "partygate" as soon…
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Who is Martin Reynolds? The No 10 official thrust into the spotlight
The man behind the now-notorious “bring your own booze” email has been described by Dominic Cummings as more influential than…
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“The idea that Brexit has liberalised trade is just nonsense” – Treasury grandee Nick Macpherson
The longest-serving Treasury chief in 80 years on Rishi Sunak, austerity and the decade to come.
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