Dominic Raab
Who can blame all these Tory MPs for standing down? They're terrified of their own 'Portillo moment' | Henry Hill
Humiliation on election night isn’t exactly a tantalising prospect, but so many retirements aren’t the best thing for parliament, says Henry Hill, deputy editor of ConservativeHome
Henry Hill
24, May, 2023 @12:25 PM
10% of Tory MPs have announced plans to retire at next UK election
Fearing heavy election losses and Labour’s return to northern heartlands, Tory MPs are to exit parliament at above-average rate
Aubrey Allegretti
24, May, 2023 @5:00 AM
No 10 rejects claim Sunak ‘dithering’ over whether to order inquiry into claims Braverman broke ministerial code – as it happened
Prime minister’s spokesperson says he is gathering ‘all the facts’ before making a decision
Andrew Sparrow
23, May, 2023 @5:01 PM
It’s not yet curtains for organs in cinemas | Brief letters
Brief letters: Piping up | Pop lyrics and AI | Disgraced MPs | Selling arms | Britain’s Guantánamo
23, May, 2023 @3:37 PM
Dominic Raab to stand down as MP at next election
Former deputy PM not planning to contest Esher and Walton seat, after quitting cabinet over bullying claims
Harry Taylor
22, May, 2023 @9:34 PM
Senior civil servants vote to take a stand against bullying from politicians
FDA union votes to use ‘all means available’, including ‘targeted legal action’ in wake of Dominic Raab scandal
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor
11, May, 2023 @6:04 PM
Stop calling us woke, lazy snowflakes, senior civil servant tells government
General secretary of FDA union makes plea to Rishi Sunak after multiple ‘culture war’ incidents
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor
11, May, 2023 @6:00 AM
The Guardian view on the civil service: besieged by ideology | Editorial
Editorial: Tensions between ministers and mandarins are the product of impossible policy demands derived from unrealistic dogmas
Editorial
03, May, 2023 @5:56 PM
I coined ‘the Blob’ years before Michael Gove used the term | Letter
Letter: Mark Edwards wonders if the former education secretary picked up the term from one of his Times Educational Supplement articles in the early 2000s
02, May, 2023 @4:48 PM
Take it from me: there is no civil service ‘activist’ plot – just Tory ministers who must learn to behave | The civil servant
There is unease about what happens next. We are not perfect, but politicians will do anything but address their own shortcomings, says a UK civil servant
The civil servant
01, May, 2023 @9:00 AM
Sunak’s sushi train Tories are like a banquet of filth | Stewart Lee
Oliver Dowden’s appointment as deputy PM proves that the Conservatives’ shallow well of talent is as rancid as our waterways
Stewart Lee
30, Apr, 2023 @9:00 AM
Bullying victims don’t need more resilience, it’s time for their own #MeToo moment | Martha Gill
Sexual harassment is another workplace abuse that once seen as trivial, but not any more
Martha Gill
30, Apr, 2023 @6:01 AM
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