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05 Apr Foreign Affairs

Union eyes legal action to halt civil service work on arms exports to Israel

Former national security adviser says UK government needs to send "a powerful message" to Netanyahu

27 Feb HR

Cabinet Office 'probably tries to do too much', Chisholm tells MPs

Outgoing perm sec acknowledges department's diverse operations can be a challenge

17 Jan HR

Devolution ‘should return to centre of government’, MPs told

Ex-minister also calls for Northern Ireland Civil Service to be put on same footing as Scottish and Welsh counterparts

10 Jan Foreign Affairs

Cameron grilled over ODA cut and merger that created FCDO

Foreign secretary says new leadership structures are making the department “work better than it was”

14 Nov 2023 Foreign Affairs

Concerns over FCDO scrutiny after Cameron named foreign secretary

Peer and former PM will be unable to take questions from elected MPs in the House of Commons

14 Nov 2023 Civil Service Reform

Reshuffle: John Glen named Cabinet Office minister

Esther McVey also joins Cabinet Office as minister without portfolio

13 Nov 2023 Foreign Affairs

Cabinet reshuffle latest: Cleverly home secretary, Braverman sacked, Cameron returns

Former PM to head FCDO as home secretary's dismissal prompts major overhaul of Rishi Sunak's cabinet

20 Jun 2023 Coronavirus

Covid Inquiry: DHSC perm sec admits ‘ready for flu, ready for anything’ shortcomings

Chris Wormald says no-deal Brexit preparations took focus from pandemic work, but also yielded benefits

08 Sep 2022

Liz Truss leads tributes to Queen Elizabeth, 'the rock on which our country was built'

World leaders and ministers praise monarch's legacy after Buckingham Palace confirms the Queen has died aged 96

27 Jul 2022 Commercial

MPs put lobbying rules under the spotlight after Greensill scandal

Probe will examine weaknesses exposed by the Greensill scandal, including the disclosure of senior officials’ external meetings

26 Apr 2022 Communications

Prevent strategy 'will not survive' unless government counters critics, David Cameron says

Those who criticise the Home Office counter-radicalisation strategy are enabling terrorism, ex-PM says

23 Apr 2021 Finance

Treasury perm sec: Ex-PM Cameron lobbied me on Greensill

“If a former minister that I’ve worked with asks to talk to me, I will always do that,” says Tom Scholar

09 Apr 2021 Commercial

Treasury publishes Rishi Sunak’s text messages to David Cameron in Greensill lobbying row

Chancellor ‘pushed officials to explore options’ messages reveal, but no support was agreed

08 May 2015 Politics & Constitution

Election 2015: Conservatives win surprise election victory

David Cameron to return to Downing Street as party defies predictions of a hung parliament

16 Apr 2015 Analysis

What does the 2015 Conservative manifesto mean for the civil service?

In the second of CSW's in-depth assessments of the party manifestos, Mark Rowe picks apart the Tory document to find out what the party has in store for the civil service

14 Apr 2015 Policy

Conservative manifesto: The new pledges

A glance at the new pledges contained in today's Conservative manifesto, as party praises the "impartial, professional and highly capable civil service"

11 Mar 2015 Security & Defence

David Cameron 'pledged post-2015 defence boost', claims adviser to former defence secretary Liam Fox

David Cameron gave his personal assurance that defence spending would rise from 2015, according to Liam Fox’s former special adviser.

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