Exclusive: Government official who drafted Covid laws fined over ‘boozy’ lockdown leaving party
Kate Josephs, the government official who was in charge of writing the Covid laws, has been fined over her “boozy” leaving party, The Telegraph can disclose. The…
Whitehall using video calls to vet recruits for ‘top secret’ security roles
Government security vetters have dropped automatic face-to-face interviews for Whitehall jobs with access to “top secret” information, The Telegraph has learned. Officials are instead being interviewed via…
Government nudge unit ‘used grossly unethical tactics to scare public into Covid compliance’
The unit was used to encourage compliance with coronavirus regulations during the pandemic. One advert showed a close-up photo of an intensive care patient in a mask,…
This could be the moment the establishment finally takes down Boris Johnson
It has been suggested that his principal private secretary Martin Reynolds, the Cambridge-educated former lawyer who sent an email to No 10 staff on May 20 2020…
It is vital that civil servants return to the office
As part of the removal of Plan B restrictions, the edict to “work from home if possible” was dropped last week – and not before time. “WFH”…
Boris Johnson expected to face questions over No 10 garden parties
It comes after it emerged on Friday that a garden party had been hosted in No 10 on May 20, 2020, five days after Mr Johnson, his…
Two-year minimum terms for civil servants proposed to curb Whitehall ‘churn’
Senior civil servants will be required to serve minimum terms of at least two years in their roles, due to concerns that Whitehall “churn” is resulting in…