Posted by The Guardian | Apr 21, 2026 | Civil service, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, House of Commons, Keir Starmer, Labour, Peter Mandelson, Politics, The Guardian, UK news |
Sacked civil servant told Commons committee there was pressure from No 10 to approve appointment of MandelsonWell, what would you do? You’re a top civil servant with more than 25 years of government service. You’ve worked for...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Apr 21, 2026 | Civil service, Foreign policy, Keir Starmer, Peter Mandelson, Politics, The Guardian, UK news |
Olly Robbins’s testimony will have been painful for the PM. The No 10 omnishambles was publicly laid bare – and Keir’s fresh out of scapegoats‘How dare Olly Robbins not have made me look like a chaotic, unprincipled plonker?” is...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Apr 21, 2026 | Gender, Law (US), LGBTQ+ rights, Race, The Guardian, US news, US work & careers |
When we wonder why marginalized groups are ‘underrepresented’, we are asking the wrong questionFor the most part, we have been doing it wrong. For decades, the way that government entities, institutions, organizations, and even...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Apr 21, 2026 | Conservatives, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, House of Commons, Keir Starmer, Labour, Peter Mandelson, Politics, The Guardian, UK news |
Olly Robbins was sacked as Foreign Office permanent secretary over the Peter Mandelson security vetting revelations in the GuardianRobbins says he faced ‘constant pressure’ to get Mandelson in postRobbins: I was asked to find...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Apr 21, 2026 | England, Jess Phillips, Politics, The Guardian |
Lee Owens is accused of sending threatening and obsessive emails to minister responsible for tackling violence against womenA man has appeared in court accused of stalking and harassing Jess Phillips, the minister in charge of...
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