A former aide to Prince William will today be appointed as Britain’s top civil servant. Whitehall sources last night confirmed that Boris Johnson has picked Simon Case to be the UK’s new Cabinet Secretary. He will replace Sir Mark Sedwill, who announced he was quitting in June after losing a power struggle with the Prime … Read more
Duke of Cambridge’s former aide Simon Case, 41, ‘is set to be installed as new head of the civil service’ tomorrow as Boris Johnson shakes up Whitehall Simon Case is expected to be unveiled as the new Cabinet Secretary tomorrow Mr Case was drafted in to No10 after serving as aide to the Duke of … Read more
The next General Election might be more than four years off and Boris Johnson has dismissed claims he could stand down next year due to ill health – but that has not stopped Tory MPs from engaging in their favourite pastime – leadership speculation. And the consensus is, when the time comes, it is likely … Read more
Boris Johnson ‘is planning to QUIT as PM in six months because he is struggling to recover from coronavirus’ claims Dominic Cummings’ castle-owning father-in-law Humphry Wakefield Baronet is said to have made the claim to a visitor to his Northumberland castle Reportedly likened the PM to a horse knackered through working while injured His journalist daughter … Read more
Adviser linked to exams fiasco is given a key role in new planning changes that critics fear could see developers ‘concreting’ the countryside Tim Leunig joins team working on biggest changes to building laws in 70 years Dr Leunig was on government group that advised how to standardise grades Standardisation led to the downgrading of … Read more
Tory MPs are planning a Commons rebellion against Dominic Cummings’s ‘star wars’ plans to turbocharge the UK’s science and technology capabilities Tory MPs are planning a Commons rebellion against Dominic Cummings‘s ‘star wars‘ plans to turbocharge the UK’s science and technology capabilities – as a ‘proxy protest’ against his Downing Street operation. Mr Cummings, Boris … Read more
Boris Johnson has joined forces with senior civil servants to resist moves by No10 adviser Dominic Cummings to shift them to a new suite of West Wing-style offices in Whitehall. According to senior Government sources, the Prime Minister has spent six months objecting to Mr Cummings’s attempt to move him out of the ramshackle No10 … Read more
Did Jeremy Corbyn’s Marxist henchman Seumas Milne infect Boris Johnson AND Dominic Cummings with coronavirus during Downing Street visit? On March 16, Mr Corbyn visited Mr Johnson at No.10 with his aide Mr Milne Joining them in the Prime Minister’s study was Mr Cummings The quartet were discussing the Government’s response to coronavirus A few … Read more
Dominic Cummings faced the media on May 25 to give a day-by-day account of his battle against coronavirus and his controversial journey to his parents’ farm in Durham. The Prime Minister’s top aide faced an hour-long television grilling at Downing Street after it emerged on Saturday he had travelled 260 miles north from London with … Read more
Britain’s top civil servant Sir Mark Sedwill warns Boris Johnson’s cabinet is ‘too large’ for ‘genuine debate’ and says number of departments should be cut Sir Mark Sedwill said Boris Johnson’s Cabinet is ‘too large’ for ‘genuine debate’ He added that criticism of civil servants and ministers had risen in past few years Sir Mark … Read more