4 h. ago Xi Jinping austerity drive has Chinese civil servants dining in groups of three

The move has been linked to Chinese president Xi Jinping’s push for boosting austerity among civil servants

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4 h. ago China bans civil servants from dining in groups in Xi’s new austerity drive

The move has been linked to Chinese president Xi Jinping’s push for boosting austerity among civil servants

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5 d. ago Milestones of Belonging: From asylum seeker to civil servant in Scotland

Too often, the public conversation about refugees is dominated by fear or numbers

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6 d. ago Hong Kong bans mobile game about overthrowing communist regime

Game lets players pledge allegiance to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mongolia, Tibet, or Uyghurs

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7 d. ago Civil servants told to QUIT if they disagree with Labour's stance on Gaza

The Foreign Office's two most senior officials, Sir Oliver Robbins and Nick Dyer, responded to a letter by 300 staff raising concerns about Israel 's conduct.

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7 d. ago China banned from investing in Sizewell C, energy secretary Ed Miliband vows

It comes amid growing concerns over the impact of Chinese influence in British infrastructure and supply chains

Events

7 d. ago China bans banks from luring customers with popular Labubu dolls

Regulator asks local banks not to give non-compliant perks amid fierce competition as interest rates fallBusiness live – latest updatesChinese authorities have banned domestic banks from luring customers with gifts including the hugely popular Labubu dolls, amid fierce competition among lenders as interest rates and profit margins decline.The Zhejiang branch of China’s financial regulator, the National Financial Regulatory Administration, has asked local banks to refrain from offering non-compliant perks to attract deposits, Bloomberg News reported. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago US hoping for ‘handshake’ from China at trade talks; takeover flurry in the City – business live

US hoping to get handshake from China over access to rare earths, at meeting in London todayThe presence of US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick at today’s talks in London is seen as directly related to China’s export ban on rare earth minerals and permanent magnets, critical in aerospace, military and semi-conductor companies worldwide, my colleague Lisa O’Carroll reports.After the call between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping last week, their first since Trump’s inauguration in January, the US said Xi had agreed to resume shipments of rare earths to the US, breaking the logjam needed for talks to resume. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Live updates: U.S. and China to hold trade talks in London; travel ban takes effect

Live updates: U.S. and China to hold trade talks in London; travel ban takes effect  NBC4 Los Angeles

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1 week ago Pensions report cuts Reeves’ planned growth funds from £160bn to £11bn

Chancellor had anticipated surpluses from final salary schemes would boost investment in UK economyPlans to invest £160bn of surplus funds from final salary pension schemes to boost the UK economy over the next 10 years have been dealt a blow by a Whitehall assessment that found there was likely to be little more than £11bn available to spend.In a knock to Rachel Reeves’s growth agenda, a report by civil servants at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) found that the expected surpluses in occupational schemes would be used by businesses to offload their pension liabilities to insurance companies. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Whitehall attendance slumps in spite of Labour's pledge to crack down on civil servants working from home

As several civil servants continue to shun returning to the office, attendances fell or remained static in more than half of government departments over the first three-month quarter of this year.

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1 week ago HMRC workers admit £47m loss after phishing scam breaches 100,000 taxpayer accounts

Two senior civil servants at HM Revenue and Customs told the Treasury Committee that 100,000 people have been contacted after the breach

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1 week ago HMRC has lost £47m after hack breaches the accounts of 100,000 UK taxpayer

Two senior civil servants at HMRC told the Treasury Committee that 100,000 people are being contacted after the breach

Economics

2 w. ago Omagh bomb inquiry chair refuses Government’s bid to redact civil servant names

The decision relates to the dissemination of the names to other core participants to the inquiry, not their publication in the media.

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2 w. ago Inside the messy bedroom where a dealer was making illegal 'diet pills'

Kyle Enos bought a banned industrial chemical on the dark web from labs in China and used it to make 'diet pills' in a bedroom operation which spanned the globe

Events

2 w. ago Can I take my portable charger on a flight? The rules after several airlines ban using the device

Airlines in the US, China, Taiwan, Thailand, South Korea and Singapore have introduced new power bank regulations following fire safety concerns

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2 w. ago After DOGE firings White House asks new job seekers to write Trump loyalty essays, from lawyers to janitors

The Office of Personnel Management wants potential civil servants to say how they’d ‘help advance the President’s Executive Orders and policy priorities’

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2 w. ago UK civil servants who used AI saved two weeks a year, government study finds

Staff used Microsoft’s Copilot to help draft documents and summarise meetings

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2 w. ago 'We had no idea and just thought I was unwell after Disneyland holiday... it's blindsided us'

The civil servant from Wigan had been in excruciating pain for weeks

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2 w. ago Trial date set for former civil servant accused of lying about GCHQ role

Ifthikhar Alam, 25, appeared at Southwark Crown Court on Thursday charged with three counts of fraud by false representation

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