Nadine Dorries hits out at Jacob Rees-Mogg’s ‘Dickensian’ back to the office spot checks
Mr Rees-Mogg has told secretaries of state they must send a “clear message” to officials about ending the work from home culture and urge them to ensure…
Jacob Rees-Mogg warns over ‘huge cost’ of net zero drive
The “huge regulatory cost” of Boris Johnson’s drive for net zero will hold back plans for a post-Brexit bonfire of red tape, Jacob Rees-Mogg has warned. The…
Civil servants should be back in the office
Jacob Rees-Mogg, the minister for government efficiency, has run into resistance in his efforts to cajole Whitehall’s civil servants back to their desks after the “work from…
The return of quango-slaying is a welcome development
When the Conservative Party was last in opposition, quangos and quangocrats were a favourite, and merited, target for attack. The preponderance of public bodies under New Labour…
Quangos face the axe under Jacob Rees-Mogg’s cost-cutting plan
Quangos such as the DVLA could be shut down or merged under a cost-cutting overhaul of public bodies ordered by Jacob Rees-Mogg. Mr Rees-Mogg, the minister for…
Civil Service advertises £100k work-from-home jobs despite return to office push
The Telegraph can also reveal that mooted plans to cut the “London weighting” of civil service pay have been quietly shelved following discussions by senior officials. This…
Civil Service advertises £100k work from home jobs despite return to office push
The Telegraph can also reveal that mooted plans to cut the “London weighting” of civil service pay have been quietly shelved following discussions by senior officials. This…
Jacob Rees-Mogg’s new war on woke
Fresh from counting civil servants at their Whitehall desks, Jacob Rees-Mogg has taken the culture war to the next level by reversing a ban on woke language…
Civil servants working from home, beware – Jacob Rees-Mogg is making spot checks on offices
Multiple government “crises” have been blamed on civil servants working from home and leaving ministers “without support”. “It was notable that the departments where we’ve had so…
Jacob Rees-Mogg to reduce government focus on ethical contracts
Jacob Rees-Mogg is preparing to shake up government outsourcing so that it focuses more on taxpayer value-for-money and less on supposedly ethical principles. The minister for government…
Rethink fracking risks so people can heat homes affordably, says Jacob Rees-Mogg
The Brexit Opportunities minister told Friday’s Chopper’s Politics podcast, which you can listen to using the audio player at the top of this article: “We need a…
Dear Jacob: good luck searching for Brexit opportunities in the City
Dear Jacob, I write in reply to your rousing exhortation in the Sun newspaper for the public to let you know about any “absurd” EU regulations that…
The Brexit challenge is a potential vote winner
The Prime Minister’s efforts to shore up his premiership after a rocky few weeks continued today with a mini-reshuffle of his front bench. He followed up the…
Is Jacob Rees-Mogg the new Microsoft Clippy?
Leader of the House, wind-up merchant extraordinaire and, following Lord Frost’s resignation, the last national insurance rebel left standing in Cabinet, Jacob Rees-Mogg was waging war on…
Jacob Rees-Mogg fends off attacks on several fronts with his smiley, cartoon-like demeanour
Leader of the House, wind-up merchant extraordinaire and, following Lord Frost’s resignation, the last national insurance rebel left standing in Cabinet, Jacob Rees-Mogg was waging war on…