Dominic Raab’s replacement as deputy PM has insisted that ministers must be able to demand the “highest standards” from civil servants. Oliver Dowden said Mr Raab’s...
Opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza has been sentenced to 25 years in jail in Russia for charges linked to his criticism of the war in Ukraine. He...
First Minister Humza Yousaf will set out his priorities for the next three years in a statement at Holyrood later. It will be Mr Yousaf’s first...
The country’s most senior civil servant Simon Case is among four officials named by a former Treasury employee in a discrimination claim. Rowaa Ahmar has lodged...
Sleaze. It’s a big word, and it gets lobbed around at Westminster rather a lot. It tends to refer to alleged wrongdoing, often financial or moral....
Rishi Sunak has said an “anti-maths mindset” is holding the economy back, as he announced a review of the subject in England. A group of advisers,...
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is being investigated by Parliament’s standards watchdog over a possible failure to declare an interest. Mr Sunak is being investigated over whether...
Scotland’s first minister has said he only discovered the SNP had bought a luxury motorhome after he became party leader. Humza Yousaf said he was shown...
Suella Braverman is “unfit” to be home secretary, according to Conservative peer Baroness Warsi. The peer, the UK’s first South Asian cabinet minister, claimed the home...
Civil servants will hold fresh strikes after unions attacked a “below inflation” pay offer. Prospect union members will walk out on 10 May and 7 June...
