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Incompetent civil servants profit from job-for-life culture

15.09.09
Bungling senior civil servants are escaping the sack because of the job-for-life culture in Whitehall, MPs warn... more

Top museums lose out in public spending squeeze

16.07.09
Series of major London arts projects face the axe in the public spending squeeze, including a new exhibition area for the British Museum... more

Gamekeeper and poacher - the Lewis brothers make a powerful duo

26.06.09
When the British Lions take to the rugby field against South Africa, sitting in the crowd will be arguably the two most powerful brothers working in London - Simon and Will Lewis... more

No10 admits defeat on Iraq inquiry

22.06.09
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No10 enforcer who has long wanted top job at Treasury

02.06.09
Ed Balls is Gordon Brown's closest political ally and wields immense influence behind the scenes at No10... more

Massage chair minister steps down over expenses

15.05.09
MPs expenses scandal claims its most senior scalp as Government minister steps down pending investigation... more

When Myners saw McFall for a cosy chat...

30.04.09
How intriguing. Just what were City minister Lord Myners and Commons Treasury Select Committee chairman John McFall talking about so animatedly the other night? ... more

What the tale of two Damians tells us

16.04.09
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Cabinet chief puts ministers in clear over ‘smeargate’

15.04.09
The Conservatives formally protested as Gordon Brown escaped an inquiry into the No 10 dirty tricks scandal... more

Brown is besieged by Labour big guns

14.04.09
The Downing Street dirty tricks row has deepened into a full-scale attack on Gordon Brown's leadership ... more

2.8% increase in Army pay bucks public sector squeeze

31.03.09
The Armed Forces were exempted from a crushing public sector pay squeeze in recognition of their sacrifices in Afghanistan... more

I’m backing G20 goals, says Obama in boost for Brown

11.03.09
Barack Obama has backed Gordon Brown’s call for an international spending plan to lift the world out of recession... more

Dealing with Obama regime ‘unbelievably hard’ says mandarin

10.03.09
Btitain's top civil servant has revealed how hard dealing with the US has become since the handover to Barack Obama’s administration, with the G20 summit a particular problem... more

Lobby groups 'lavish gifts on civil servants'

12.02.09
Top civil servants are being bombarded with free drinks, football tickets, shows and concerts by lobbyists seeking to influence Whitehall, it has been revealed... more

Brown aide ‘forced officials to publish flawed knife figures’

05.02.09
An aide to Gordon Brown has been accused of forcing civil servants to put out “selective” figures on knife crime... more

Exploit No 10, Blears tells candidates

03.02.09
Labour faced a new sleaze row after a Cabinet minister urged election candidates to use Downing Street to promote themselves... more

Exploit No 10, Blears tells candidates

03.02.09
Labour faced a new sleaze row after a Cabinet minister urged election candidates to use Downing Street to promote themselves... more

Tens of thousands face pension cut in 2009 after blunder

16.12.08
Tens of thousands of retired public sector workers will see their income drop by hundreds of pounds from next year because of a pensions blunder, ministers admitted... more

Yard set to drop leaks case against Tory MP

15.12.08
The chances of the Damian Green affair ever coming to court receded after fresh claims that both Scotland Yard and prosecutors have real doubts about the Tory MP's arrest... more

High-flying graduates shun City for Whitehall

11.12.08
Talented graduates are shunning the City for the first time in a generation and chasing "high-flier" posts in Whitehall, it emerged... more

Tory David Davis could face police investigation over 'security leaks'

11.12.08
Tory MP David Davis faces a possible police investigation over his claims that his party has been passed national security secrets, Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell signalled... more

Cabinet under pressure

02.12.08
The fall-out from the Damian Green affair drew closer to Gordon Brown today as the Tories demanded to know what role the Cabinet Office played.... more

Q&A on the Damien Green arrest

01.12.08
When did the Whitehall leak inquiry begin? It is believed to date back more than a year - to November 2007 when a leak suggested that Home Secretary Jacqui Smith covered up a scandal in which 5,000 illegal immigrants were allowed to be licensed as security guards. ... more

Politics

08.10.08
The Tories are in the ascendancy and gaining influence. Already the key figures in Westminster and beyond are thinking about the post-Brown generation.... more

MPs haven't the bottle to change to tap water

25.04.08
MPs have caused outrage by refusing to be served London tap water... more

The Standard is praised as MPs switch to tap water

20.03.08
The Evening Standard has been praised by MPs for backing the use of tap water in restaurants and major organisations... more

Ministers facing all-out fight over Heathrow data

10.03.08
The Government is facing a legal battle over its plans to expand Heathrow amid fresh claims it colluded with the airport to hide noise and pollution increases... more

Brown loses his bottles

06.03.08
The Government is dumping bottled water from all Whitehall meetings in a major boost for the Evening Standard's Water on Tap campaign... more

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