All news on the topic: Civil servants

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Tory ministers could be sent on a 'sleaze awareness course' under new bill
The bill, tabled by the Liberal Democrats, would require ministers to attend annual ethics and standards training in a bid to stem the flow of scandals surrounding the Government
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Suella Braverman told to 'come clean' on whether she told aide to mislead Mirror
Lib Dem chief whip Wendy Chamberlain has written to Cabinet Secretary Simon Case to demand an investigation after the Home Secretary's team told the Mirror she hadn't been caught speeding
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Speaker shuts down Suella Braverman's paedophile rant as she ducks speeding row
The Home Secretary appeared rattled as MPs grilled her on claims she asked civil servants to help her avoid attending a driving awareness course with members of the public
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Student's dreams 'ruined' after Covid forces him to drop out of medical school
Dylan Kelly, 25, has been left with a chronic lack of energy, nerve pain, and migraines after initially catching the virus in February 2020 and later being diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome
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Tory Suella Braverman 'asked civil servants to arrange private speed course'
Labour demanded an urgent investigation into the Home Secretary after it emerged she had asked civil servants to arrange a one-to-one speed awareness course in order to avoid a fine or points on her license
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Britain's most senior Black police officer retires after accusations of bullying
Deputy Chief Constable Tyron Joyce, head of the Police Race Action Plan, has left his post after his second in command accused him of professionally undermining her in front of their colleagues
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Drivers avoid one of UK's most daring roads with accidents 'every week'
People living in the idyllic village of Bracmote in Nottinghamshire have urged drivers to slow down and be careful after a number of crashes on a "dangerous" road
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Tens of thousands of civil servants back summer of 'disruptive strikes'
The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) has announced staff at 106 government departments today voted ‘Yes’ for industrial action lasting until November
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'The barge to house migrants represents failure. The entire policy is sinking'
It symbolises the complete failure of the UK Conservative Government to halt small boat crossings across the English Channel despite Rishi Sunak insisting it's a priority
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Boris Johnson denounced Sue Gray as a 'psycho', ex-aide claims
Former No10 comms chief Guto Harri also claimed Boris Johnson was planning to remove Rishi Sunak as chancellor before he "beat him to it in a way and brought the whole show down"
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Tories 'fake outrage' over Sue Gray in 'hypocritical attempt' to distract voters
Two thirds of the Conservative ministers who sit around the Cabinet table backed an attempt to rip up Westminster sleaze rules in a bid to save Owen Paterson
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Desperate Tories cook up Sue Gray 'dead cat' row two days before local elections
Keir Starmer accused Rishi Sunak of attempting to stoke a row about his decision to hire the former government ethics chief as he has nothing to say about the cost of living crisis
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'Raab's bullying underlines how hostility is the hallmark of the 2023 Tories'
The Tories are smearing key workers trying to protect their wages as prices soar and demonising poor households needing the Welfare State - hostility has become their hallmark, argues Kevin Maguire
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Dominic Raab says he walks out with 'integrity intact' - despite bullying report
The unrepentant former Cabinet minister also demanded a leak inquiry as he blasted a 'trial by media' after he was forced to resign as Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary
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Rishi Sunak urged to slap down Dominic Raab for 'undermining' bullying report
The PM was blasted for allowing Mr Raab to resign - and put forward his version of events in a newspaper article - before the report into his behaviour was published by Downing Street
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'Unpleasant Dominic Raab could change his ways but it was too little, too late'
Keir Mudie says Dominic Raab's resignation letter was 'graceless' as there was 'no apology' but just a 'bizarre rant about how him leaving is no good for government'
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'Rishi Sunak showed weakness over Dominic Raab - he must explain appointment'
The ex-Cabinet minister had been intimidating, unreasonable and abused his power to undermine and humiliate civil servants. He should have been denied the luxury of resigning
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Five bombshell claims in the Dominic Raab bullying inquiry
The Deputy PM resigned on Friday after the long-awaited report by Adam Tolley KC concluded he engaged in an 'abuse or misuse of power' while at the Foreign Office
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'Dominic Raab's resignation letter was as grudging and ungracious as possible'
Bullying is the scourge of every workplace. The end result is everyone feels they are walking on eggshells. As far as I can see, Raab thinks that’s the way to run a department, writes Chris Bryant
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Civil servants announce new strike dates as country faces 'summer of discontent'
The Prospect union, which represents staff across the Civil Service, said walkouts will take place on May 10 and June 7. Thousands of civil servants will strike again in a row over a pay
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Tories' £140m Rwanda deal has seen no one sent there - a year after announced
Priti Patel boasted it would be 'biggest overhaul of our immigration system in decades' - but 12 months later Labour's Yvette Cooper has dismissed it as a 'Tory con'
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Man who indulged in takeaways post-walk unrecognisable after losing 10st
Mike McCook rewarded himself with takeaways after walking, but when his weight ballooned following a breakup, he started watching his favourite TV shows on an exercise bike instead
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Three ex-ministers demand change to UK spy laws to prevent 'perverse verdicts'
The demand came in a letter signed by Tory Former Justice Secretary Robert Buckland and Labour former Defence Minister Kevan Jones, a member of the Intelligence and Security
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Anti-corruption probe finds ex-ministers use 'access' to Government in new jobs
Transparency International UK said their research raises serious questions over potential conflicts of interest in the 'revolving door' between the public and private sector
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'It's serious for Boris Johnson - it’s hard to see he hasn’t misled parliament'
Former Prime Minister admits there was ‘imperfect social distancing’ at events he attended. That’s a contradiction to what he told Parliament. It proves he lied, writes Chris Bryant