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A £250 million scheme to create a successor to the Royal Yacht Britannia has been scrapped as part of a squeeze on government spending. The national flagship plan was sunk by Rishi Sunak’s administration as Whitehall braced for cuts in the November 17 autumn statement by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt. The…

Plan to create Royal Yacht Britannia successor sunk by Rishi Sunak’s administration as Whitehall braces for autumn statement cuts

Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey promises to "look again" at the system for honouring service personnel after a series of scandals

MP Theresa Villiers says proposal to axe thousands of laws is unworkable and unnecessary

The bird flu virus that is causing havoc for poultry farming could spread to humans and Whitehall officials have reportedly said that emergency drills are being practiced in case it should happen

Committee says vague guidance and lack of follow-up make it hard for public to hold government to account

The new prime minister’s main redeeming quality is that he is not his predecessors. What a sorry waste of 12 years in power

The Commons Public Accounts Committee said fragmented and vague guidance has led to low compliance in Whitehall with net zero target

Exclusive: Whitehall officials have ‘war gamed’ Programme Yarrow, a blueprint for coping with outages for up to a week

Mirror reader Eric Roberts is furious that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak won't say where the inevitable spending cuts will fall, as well as postponing the much-anticipated Autumn Statement. Is it time for an overhaul at Whitehall - what do YOU think?

One council chief executive warned that the recent upheaval in Westminster has made it 'really tricky' to know when the long-awaited deal could be agreed at last