36 h. ago UK officer who oversaw rejections of Afghan asylum claims could be linked to war crimes inquiry, High Court hears

Senior civil servant became concerned about how Afghan claims for UK resettlement were being rejected

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4 d. ago A Place In The Sun fans claim host Jasmine Harman 'deserves a medal' after string of infuriating snubs from 'absolutely useless and time

Civil servant Lisa, from Liverpool, featured on Thursday's instalment of the Channel 4 show and asked for help finding her dream holiday home in southern Alicante.

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5 d. ago Civil servants working from home watch TV and gamble instead of working, data shows

New data has emerged that shows taxpayer funded laptops are being used to search for X-rated sites, as well as stream TV and movies while civil servants are on the clock

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6 d. ago Netflix, porn and gambling websites viewed on civil servants' laptops as majority continue to WFH

Civil servants have been watching Netflix and accessing porn websites on their SNP government-issued laptops, the Mail on Sunday can reveal.

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8 d. ago Civil servants threaten legal action and strikes in transgender toilets row: Union says guidance is 'segregating our trans and non

Activists in Whitehall's biggest trade union are calling for 'possible industrial, legal and human rights challenges' to guidance which 'segregated' trans and non-binary' colleagues.

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8 d. ago Move civil servants out of London: fine. But that won’t curb Whitehall’s grip on Britain | Simon Jenkins

Move civil servants out of London: fine. But that won’t curb Whitehall’s grip on Britain | Simon Jenkins  The Guardian

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9 d. ago Thousands of London civil servants to leave city as government cuts costs

Thousands of London civil servants to leave city as government cuts costs  South China Morning Post

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9 d. ago Thousands of civil servants to be moved out of London as government cuts costs

New regional hubs are set to open across the country

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9 d. ago Thousands of civil servants to be moved out of London as 11 Government offices in capital set to close

Some 12,000 civil service jobs will be moved out of London and 11 Government office buildings shut

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1 week ago Major Whitehall buildings to be shut to shed 12,000 civil servant jobs in London

Major Whitehall buildings to be shut to shed 12,000 civil servant jobs in London  The Guardian

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1 week ago Thousands of civil servants to be moved out of London as 11 Government offices set to close

Some 12,000 civil service jobs will be moved out of London and 11 Government office buildings shut

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1 week ago There’s only one problem with Labour’s immigration plans: they’re completely untethered from reality | Jonathan Portes

The government’s new policy will take us back to an uglier, more dangerous place – and it’s not even supported by the dataHow do you reduce immigration while at the same time boosting growth? Labour’s recent immigration white paper sets out a supposedly clear answer. Since the recent “surge” in immigration was driven by the system shifting away from “higher-skilled migration”, it has “distorted the labour market” and undermined the UK’s productivity and GDP.This argument, which has been made in increasingly shrill tones by the rightwing press and thinktanks over the past two years, was echoed by the prime minister, Keir Starmer, who tweeted that “the Tories ran an immigration system that relied on cheap foreign labour”. It sounds plausible. There’s just one problem. It doesn’t fit the facts, and the government knows it.Jonathan Portes is professor of economics and public policy at King’s College London and a former senior civil servant Continue reading...

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1 week ago Whitehall departments to be told to move more civil servants out of London or get less cash

Exclusive: Rachel Reeves spending review will be aimed at injecting hundreds of millions into growth areas with a shift of government jobs

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1 week ago Thousands of civil servants to be moved out of London under fresh reform plan

Thousands of civil servants to be moved out of London under fresh reform plan  The Guardian

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer's government has spent £566,000 on foreign visas for civil servants so far this year

EXCLUSIVE: FOI data showed Sir Keir Starmer 's government spent at least £566,000 on visas for foreign nationals in the first eight months after last July's election.

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3 w. ago Five hundred civil servants being axed from Cabinet Office are set for payoffs averaging £50,000 each as government struggles to cut costs

Mandarins from the department revealed the scale of the bill as they gave evidence to MPs this week.

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3 w. ago Former civil servant, 25, denies lying about being GCHQ intelligence analyst

Ifthikhar Alam, 25, is also charged with fraud over allegedly lying about being the Cabinet Office’s ‘Head of Western Balkans’.

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3 w. ago Trump’s justice department appointees remove leadership of voting unit

Section is responsible for enforcing laws designed to prevent voter discrimination, raised alarm about voting rights enforcementUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s appointees at the Department of Justice have removed all of the senior civil servants working as managers in the department’s voting section and directed attorneys to dismiss all active cases, according to people familiar with the matter, part of a broader attack on the department’s civil rights division.The moves come less than a month after Trump ally Harmeet Dhillon was confirmed to lead the civil rights division, created in 1957 and referred to as the “crown jewel” of the justice department. In an unusual move, Dhillon sent out new “mission statements” to the department’s sections that made it clear the civil rights division was shifting its focus from protecting the civil rights of marginalized people to supporting Trump’s priorities. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Transgender civil servants WILL be banned from toilets and changing rooms meant for the opposite sex

Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden said the Government will follow new guidance on trans access that means people should use facilities aligned with their biological not chosen sex.

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3 w. ago Trans civil servants WILL be banned from using wrong loos after gender court judgement

Cabinet Office Minister Pat McFadden confirmed that the Government will follow new guidance on trans access that means they should use facilities aligned with their birth sex.

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