All news on the topic: Cabinet Office
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Bereaved infected blood families told to repay £10,000 compensation after government error
Bereaved spouses of infected blood victims have been told to return their compensation, The Telegraph can reveal.
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Government sues Covid contractor Uniserve over £90m PPE deal after 11 million gowns were destroyed
Documents obtained by Byline Times reveal how a Conservative MP whose office is housed in a building owned by the firm, lobbied officials to push through the deal
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Tribunal rules ministers’ criminal records can remain hidden from the public
Ministers’ criminal records will be kept hidden from the British public thanks to a tribunal ruling.
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Hamish Falconer appointed to lead Britain’s reset with the European Union
The former diplomat takes over from Nick Thomas-Symonds, a close ally of Keir Starmer, who has left government.
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Israeli tech firm BlackCore accused of targeting John Swinney in Scottish election interference campaign
France’s cybersecurity agency has accused the Israeli tech company BlackCore of interfering in the Scottish elections earlier this year by targeting the first minister, John Swinney.
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Darren Jones sent private praise to Mandelson as he was being sacked, missing from official disclosures
The prime minister’s close ally Darren Jones expressed his sympathies to Peter Mandelson after he was dismissed as US ambassador in messages that were not included in the humble address release.
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Labour minister rejects claims MPs want higher taxes to fund welfare after leaked Mandelson messages
Labour MPs are not aiming to increase taxes to finance more benefits, according to Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds.
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Labour’s McFadden blasted colleagues obsessed with taxing Britain to fund benefits
Labour’s Pat McFadden complained to Lord Mandelson about the attitude of backbenchers - saying his colleagues were only concerned with who they could tax to fund benefits increases.
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Explosive Mandelson files to be released after Epstein scandal brought down UK ambassador
A fresh tranche of documents relating to Peter Mandelson’s appointment as the UK’s ambassador to the US is set to be published today.
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Starmer revolt deepens as ministers quit and Labour MPs demand his exit
Labour MP Naushabah Khan said she has resigned as parliamentary private secretary to the Cabinet Office marking the latest defiant resignation.
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McSweeney denies ‘bullying’ civil servants over Mandelson appointment
Morgan McSweeney has denied claims that he bullied civil servants over the appointment of Lord Mandelson.
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Mandelson vetting scandal deepens as refusal to release security files revealed
The Foreign Office refused to hand over key files about Lord Mandelson’s vetting, one of Britain’s most senior civil servants has revealed.
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Mandelson vetted despite Epstein concerns raised to UK authorities months earlier
The UK’s National Crime Agency reviewed new allegations about Lord Peter Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein in spring 2024.
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Starmer erupts as Mandelson vetting failure sparks biggest diplomatic crisis in decades
The Peter Mandelson security vetting scandal is the biggest crisis for the diplomatic service in decades, a former Foreign Office chief has said.
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Starmer faces pressure over claims Mandelson appointment bypassed security advice
The Foreign Office is “working urgently” to comply with a request by the Prime Minister to establish the facts around how vetting was granted for Mandelson to become ambassador to the US.
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Labour MPs call for investigation into think tank over surveillance allegations
Labour MPs believe they may have been “monitored” by a Labour think tank linked to Morgan McSweeney.
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Political storm over stolen phone as Mandelson-linked messages disappear and police were not alerted
Sir Keir Starmer has said it is "a little bit far-fetched" to suggest the theft of his former chief of staff Morgan McSweeney’s phone was in any way linked to the release of files on Lord Peter Mandelson.
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Cabinet Office to investigate claims Labour-linked think tank paid firm to probe journalists who exposed £700,000 donations scandal
The Cabinet Office will "be looking into" allegations that a prominent think tank paid for an investigation into journalists reporting on its funding, Liz Kendall has said.
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Retired civil servant told to repay £25,000 after decade-long pension error
Eleven years of overpayments leave 63-year-old facing hardship and return to full-time work. A retired civil servant faces being forced back into full-time work after being ordered to return £25,000 in overpaid pension benefits.
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Labour to restrict child benefit for those living abroad
Labour is preparing to take strict measures against individuals claiming child benefits while residing abroad.
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UK to test emergency alert system on phones on September 7
A message that will be sent to phones across the country during a national test of the UK’s emergency alert system has been released ahead of time as the Government aims to prepare the public for the exercise.
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Ex-minister defends VIP contract lane despite admitting ‘one or two crooks’
Lord Agnew says fast-track PPE procurement was not ‘some kind of plan by rightwing people to enrich themselves’
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Incredible items purchased using civil service credit cards
Shoes, coffee pods and celebrity cut-outs – these are just some of the things that civil servants have been splashing taxpayers’ cash on with special credit cards.
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Civil servant caught holding full-time jobs at multiple government departments
National Fraud Initiative report for the Cabinet Office identified a Defra employee who was also being paid by DHSC for a full-time role
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Cabinet Office to cut 400 jobs in effort to create a ’smaller, clearer structure’
Staff told 400 civil servant roles will go in voluntary exit scheme, with Whitehall braced for further cuts
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