6 h. ago Civil servant who didn't turn up for work for ten years but was still getting paid is jailed for five years and fined $1m in Kuwait

Court documents revealed that the worker, who has not been named in local Kuwaiti media, worked in the citizens' service department but did not perform any of his duties for 10 years.

Economics

57 h. ago Dining across the divide: ‘I was nervous – was he going to attack me for being a snowflake?’

A Green-party globalist and a right-of-centre Tory clash over immigration. Would they see eye to eye over reparations?Peter, 34, LondonOccupation Former civil servant, now a student, studying public health Continue reading...

Events

5 d. ago French civil servant 'drugged 200 women during job interviews'

Over 240 women were allegedly given spiked teas and coffees during job interviews by one French civil servant, who police say kept a spreadsheet of the apparent details

Events

6 d. ago French civil servant 'drugged more than 200 women during job interviews so they would uncontrollably urinate'

Christian Nègre is under formal investigation over claims he laced coffees and teas before taking candidates on long 'walking interviews'.

Events

6 d. ago ‘I didn’t even know this type of attack existed’: more than 200 women allege drugging by senior French civil servant

In a case echoing the Pelicot trial, dozens of women allege they were given hot drinks mixed with a diuretic to make them urinate. Three of them speak out hereWhen Sylvie Delezenne, a marketing expert from Lille, was job-hunting in 2015, she was delighted to be contacted on LinkedIn by a human resources manager at the French culture ministry, inviting her to Paris for an interview.“It was my dream to work at the culture ministry,” she said. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Woman on £27k can't afford heating and only shops for food 'once every 5 weeks'

Civil servant Julie Prince says her friends refuse to visit her freezing home

Economics

8 d. ago Rachel Reeves' life from 'girlie swot' to famous sister and rarely

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has two children with her husband Nicholas Joicey, who is a senior civil servant, and has previously spoken about the challenges of being a working mum

Politics

9 d. ago Married teacher who paid students for sex and sent them shower snaps is jailed

Carissa Jane Smith, 30, was convicted of giving students £76 or more, either in cash or through CashApp, in exchange for sex and also provided the children with alcohol and marijuana

Society

9 d. ago Married teacher who paid students for sex and plied them with drugs jailed

Carissa Jane Smith, 30, was sentenced to 10 years in prison following 19 charges of sex-related crimes - after she paid students for sex and supplied them with drugs and alcohol

Events

3 w. ago Angus Robertson accused of 'throwing civil servant under bus' over Historic Scotland scandal

Critics said Angus Robertson, the SNP Culture Secretary, had been ‘asleep on the job’

Politics

3 w. ago Former civil servant was free to set fire and 'almost kill' ex

Nicholas Martin, 63, was on bail for assaulting his former partner, Emma, when he tampered with the device, but no-one tried to locate him for four days.

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