All news on the topic: Civil servants

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UK bed bug infestation as major government building treated
Government offices in Canary Wharf were emptied overnight as officials treated workspaces, while sniffer dogs have been drafted in to find bed bugs in the building
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'Not for EU' labels to go on all meat and dairy products sold in supermarkets
Under a deal to restore power-sharing in Northern Ireland, ministers also will be given training on how to talk about the Good Friday Agreement after they displayed ignorance
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Cost of Boris Johnson's Boozy Brexit bash clear after two year legal fight
The cost of drinks served at Boris Johnson's party to celebrate the UK's departure from the European Union has finally been revealed after a two year long court fight
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Cancer patient with months to live now disease-free after last-minute decision
Dan Godley was initially told he had little more than a year to live after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, but a rare decision made by surgeons while in theatre ended up saving his life
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'Four Labour defeats in a row are a reminder to take nothing for granted'
One hundred years ago the first ever Labour government had to prove they were not 'wild men' who couldn't run the country, writes Mirror columnist Kevin Maguire, and it falls to Keir Starmer to prove the same
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Foreign office spends £200k on 'crisis media training' in £4m consultant splurge
It’s more than double the figure the department spent on outside advisors the previous year. It comes as the department’s spending on temporary agency staff also reached a record high of nearly £40 million
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Ministers already using experimental AI 'red box' to summarise briefing notes
Tory minister Alex Burghart admitted he uses an experimental “AI Red Box”, developed by the Cabinet Office, to sift through the stack of papers he’s given to read every day.
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Labour on course for huge general election majority, ex-civil service boss says
Lord Gus O'Donnell, who was Cabinet Secretary under Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, and David Cameron, suggested Labour could win between a 50-100 seat majority
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Fujitsu still gets contracts worth £100m-a-year despite Post Office scandal
Since 2012 – more than a decade after the Post Office accounting scandal began – the public sector has awarded Fujitsu almost 200 contracts worth £6.8billion in total, analyst says
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Secret story of Harold Wilson’s lover, secretary and driving force
Marcia Williams made herself indispensable as the personal and political ­secretary of Labour’s first Prime Minister since Clement Attlee, but it ended in scandal, poverty and disgrace
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MPs in line for £6,000 pay rise as basic salary soars above £92,000 a year
Members of Parliament are set for a 7.1% salary increase from £86,584 to £92,731 next year- way ahead of inflation, which is running at 4.6%
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Michelle Mone admits she did mislead Mirror over £200million PPE scandal
Baroness Mone has admitted regret to misleading the Mirror over her role in the PPE Medpro scandal, saying she regrets 'not saying to the press straight away' her involvement
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Britain Talks Climate: Inside the different opinions on tackling climate change
The Mirror is working with the University of Leeds to understand how people can better communicate around one of the biggest issues faced by humanity; climate change
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Explosive secret WhatsApp messages between Dominic Cummings and Boris Johnson
The bombshell WhatsApp messages between former Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings were show to the Covid Inquiry and relate to the first lockdown
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Labour officials angered as PM 'blocks transition talks' with civil service
The opposition have yet to be invited to talks with officials - which Mr Sunak reportedly blocked, fearing it would signal an election is months away
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Rishi Sunak won't rule out spending millions more on Rwanda amid secrecy row
Rishi Sunak declined to say what the maximum cost he'd be prepared to spend on the Rwanda deportation scheme amid questions over how much taxpayers have coughed up so far
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Mum's plea for strangers to give poorly little girl Christmas cards
Little girl Evie Green, who has dilated cardiomyopathy, is loving receiving messages from people after her mum requested people send cards not presents to Newcastle’s Freeman Hospital
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Covid families demand Matt Hancock tell truth as he faces reckoning over 'lies'
Matt Hancock will be grilled under oath at the Covid Inquiry this morning. The former Health Secretary has been accused of repeatedly failing to tell the truth during the crisis
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PROOF: MoD official rewrote the science on nuke veteran cancers
Documents show civil servants demanding rewrites of a scientific analysis, over fears it would give nuclear veterans "a bonanza"
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Senior female staff at MoD report sexual assault and abuse in leaked letter
The letter from senior female staff at the Ministry of Defence describes a 'toxic' work culture where women are exposed to sexual harassment and 'intrusive staring'
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British Pro-Russian YouTuber fights for his frozen assets after Russia support
Graham Phillips is a British journalist and YouTuber who supports the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Should he be allowed to do so freely? A High Court case is currently battling the same question
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Halloween trip becomes holiday from hell as woman tormented by rat infestation
Elaine Jones, a 62-year-old retired civil servant from Walker, Newcastle, had been planning for a stay at The Schooner in Alnmouth over the Halloween weekend with her husband Bill
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Dealing with Boris Johnson's team like 'taming wild animals' Covid Inquiry told
In a staggering WhatsApp exchange, Simon Case, now Cabinet Secretary, told his predecessor that the people in the then-PM's inner circle were "basically feral"
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8 ridiculous claims in Nadine Dorries' book on the downfall of Boris Johnson
The former Culture Secretary has penned tens of thousands of words about how her hero Prime Minister was ousted from No10 - and some of them are very weird indeed
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Gaza diary of life in warzone as man shares fear of being killed in his sleep
British civil servant Mohammed Ghalayini details the terrifying life on the ground in Gaza after being trapped there since last month while visiting family