Liam Fox committed a 'clear breach' of the ministerial code of conduct in his relationship with close friend and self-styled adviser Adam Werritty, an official report into the affair concludes... more
Senior public servants face calls to take a voluntary wage cut after it emerges that 291 officials enjoy pay deals of more than £150,000 a year... more
Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell has dismissed concerns that a senior civil servant's phone was hacked while Andy Coulson was in Downing Street as a 'genuine misunderstanding'... more
Today's report by the Independent Commission on Banking seeks to draw a line under the wreckage of the 2008 banking crisis, with proposals designed to prevent another collapse... more
War has broken out between Jeremy Heywood, Permanent Secretary at No 10, and his boss, Sir Gus O'Donnell, the Cabinet Secretary, the ultimate Sir Humphrey in Whitehall (he likes to use his initials - "GOD")... more
Oh, Jacqui: no. I'm staring at a picture of a woman in heavy make-up and a purple sparkly car coat in the midst of the Soho sex shop zone. It's the former Home Secretary in one of the most ill-advised publicity shots ever agreed to by a woman who is not Katie Price... more
There are now two versions of Gordon Brown's short tenure as Prime Minister. According to his wife, Sarah Brown, whose memoirs are being serialised by the Daily Mail, Downing Street exuded warmth, celebrity and public duty... more
City Comment: The banking industry comes together again to lament the lack of trust in them - but it's a problem that affects business as a whole... more
Political Editor Joe Murphy spoke to two former insiders at 10 Downing Street who gave contrasting insights into the tensions and tantrums around the Prime Minister... more
Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O’Donnell is under huge pressure to release papers to the Iraq inquiry after Downing Street says it wants “maximum transparency”... more
One of the ITV directors purged by new broom, Archie Norman, is also under fire in another business. Heather Killen, who runs Horse & Country TV, is being sued by the loss-making channel's launch MD.... more
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
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
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