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Dominic Cummings has exposed a hole at the heart of the British government – and a glaring problem with the way we choose prime ministers

The COVID inquiry is possibly the most sophisticated and wide-ranging blame game that has ever played out in British politics. That said, the great benefit of public inquiries, as opposed to parliamentary scrutiny, is that their breadth allows for an exploration of issues in a way that promotes “cool thinking”…

The Conversation

Councils scale back levelling up ambitions as costs rise

Councils have spent only around 15% of the money awarded in the first round of the Levelling Up Fund in 2021.

The Independent UK

The Inquiry review – drama about a Whitehall cover-up hints at deeper stories left untold

Despite fine acting, Harry Davies’ political thriller about a contaminated water scandal fails to plumb the depths of its characters

The Guardian - UK

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Rishi Sunak to ‘double down’ on anti-green policies in king’s speech

PM will announce a new system for awarding oil and gas exploration licences, and new pro-car legislation, sources say

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: Government using AI to decide on benefits and driving licences

Civil servants are relying on AI to make decisions around welfare, immigration and criminal justice

The Independent UK

UK officials use AI to decide on issues from benefits to marriage licences

Exclusive: findings show uncontrolled and potentially discriminatory way technology used in Whitehall and some police forces

The Guardian - UK

Keith Baxter obituary

Actor and director who played Prince Hal to Orson Welles’s Falstaff in Chimes at Midnight, and triumphed in Sleuth in the West End and on Broadway

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Stalker guilty after pursuing Tory politician Sir Gavin Williamson through London

Simon Parry is accused of posing as a police officer while threatening to arrest Sir Gavin Williamson

Evening Standard

Welsh government will cut budgets to maintain health and rail services

Labour-led government needs to find £600m to balance books, blaming inflation, austerity, pay and ‘mismanagement’ by UK government

The Guardian - UK

SAS had ‘gone too far’ in Afghanistan, inquiry into claims of unlawful killings told

Memo by military police chief said there was ‘no shortage of detractors’ in Whitehall of elite unit’s conduct

The Guardian - UK

The impact of work on well-being: 6 factors that will affect the future of work and health inequalities

Work has long been considered a social determinant of health. Like housing, education, income security and other matters of economic and social policy, work can be a key factor in creating, maintaining or exacerbating unequal health outcomes across different societal groups.

The Conversation

More questions for civil service boss who said Carrie Johnson was real PM

Covid inquiry expected to quiz Simon Case over ‘treasure trove’ of official correspondence

The Guardian - UK

Whitehall staff to launch five-day strike

Cleaners, security guards and other members of staff with the PCS union will walk out from Monday.

The Independent UK

Labour 'plotting power grab' through Scotland Office if elected

THE SNP have accused Labour of a Tory-style “power-grab plot” over plans to “transform” the Scotland Office, which includes a pledge to…

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Starmer acts to protect women who blow whistle on sex-pest bosses

Exclusive: Boris Johnson’s former wife Marina Wheeler is to be Labour’s ‘whistleblower tsar’

The Guardian - UK

Hunt’s speech pleases Tory faithful but is unlikely to resonate with voters

Cost of living crisis, rising unemployment and extended NHS waiting times will determine government’s chances in general election

The Guardian - UK

Calls for a big increase in UK spending on preventative policies

Demos says Treasury should create separate spending category to help prioritise measures that prevent problems from arising

The Independent UK

Sunak warned he is ‘risking cohesion of country’ as Labour mayors meet over HS2

Labour mayors Sadiq Khan, Andy Burnham, Tracy Brabin, Oliver Coppard and Steve Rotheram gathered in Leeds to warn against further rail cuts.

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Labour’s Andy Burnham warns he could sue Sunak government if HS2 axed

‘We’re not going to take things lying down – they will be hearing from us,’ says Manchester mayor

The Guardian - UK

Pepper spray could be used at young offender institutions in England and Wales

Exclusive: Whitehall sources say use of Pava to incapacitate children is under consideration amid sharp rise in violence

Evening Standard

Labour Party hiring former civil servants ‘in preparation of forming government’

It has reportedly hired more than a dozen former Whitehall staffers as it prepares for a potential election victory

The Guardian - UK

Labour on hiring spree across Whitehall in preparation for government

Exclusive: More than a dozen civil servants from different departments have moved to party in past 18 months

The Guardian - UK

‘This can only end badly’: Tories fear Sunak policy blitz is bound to fail

The prime minister has reset his party’s agenda with a wave of new initiatives. But is it a coherent strategy or a blind panic?

Evening Standard

Grant Shapps hints at change to HS2 plans amid £8bn cost shock

Defence secretary says it would be ‘irresponsible’ to finance scheme if cost soars

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak pushes to axe northern HS2 rail line ahead of Tory conference

Sources say the PM wants to scrap the project’s section o Manchester before the party’s annual gathering in the city next weekend

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