Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has pushed back against accusations that she politicized Remembrance Sunday following a controversy surrounding the Erasmus program.
Nandy argued that bringing the United Kingdom back into the European Union's educational exchange and employment scheme serves as a tribute to wartime sacrifice.
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Antonia Romeo pledges to ‘rewire’ civil service by incentivising and rewarding top performers Whitehall is too “tame, reactive and risk-averse”, the cabinet secretary has said, as she set out a “completely new approach” to managing the performance of civil servants. With Andy Burnham and his deputy, Louise Haigh, in the audience, the UK’s most senior civil servant, Antonia Romeo, gave a lecture saying she would bring radical change to Whitehall as it deals with uncertainty caused by AI and global political tensions. Continue reading...
Exclusive: Reindustrialisation Research Group to meet with Cabinet Office to discuss worries over PM’s long-term strategy Labour MPs have sounded the alarm over Andy Burnham’s 10-year plan for government, raising concerns that it will not be radical or detailed enough. MPs in the Reindustrialisation Research Group (ReRG), many of whom represent “red wall” seats that helped Labour win the last election, are meeting Sally Jameson, the Cabinet Office minister, on Wednesday to share their concerns about the prime minister’s long-term strategy. Continue reading...
Thousands of messages seen by BBC show how a Chinese official sought details of sensitive political matters.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is fighting back. As members of Congress begin deliberating on the articles of impeachment against him, Hegseth gave his first press conference in months.
House Republicans managed to short-circuit a floor vote on the impeachment effort brought against the Defense Secretary by Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie.
The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a case related to temporary worker visas. The company involved says enforcement issues should go through the courts, not the federal agency alone.