in Whitehall to the plans, it was claimed on Saturday. Government sources said ministers were having

Whitehall. Sue Gray, second permanent secretary at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and

system relies on Acoba providing advice to those departing government, without any sanctions

across Whitehall departments that boosts home-grown small and medium-sized firms and prioritises

/ AFP via Getty Images) Whitehall is littered with the remains of unsuccessful initiatives to reform

It comes after fresh allegations that some rogue Whitehall officials are blocking Mr Johnson’s

“ rapid return to the office ” and has been leaving notes in empty Whitehall workspaces with the message: “

Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak are to launch a war on waste, forming a" star chamber" to hold Cabinet ministers to account over government spending.In a move designed to put pressure on ministers to achieve value for money for billions of pounds of spending on public services, the Prime Minister and the Chancellor will hold monthly meetings with secretaries of state to ensure that they are getting" the best out of the system". Sources said the meetings would be" data-driven" and include the setti

Civil service union leaders are on a direct collision course with ministers.... But the Russian army's attempt to build a pontoon over the Siverskyi Donets river was so catastrophically flawed that it ended with a large portion of a battalion wiped out in the process.... Chief reporter Robert Mendick writes that if ever a battle in the brutal Ukraine war was emblematic of Russian military failure, then perhaps this was it....

duty in the vicinity of Downing Street noticed a discarded item on Whitehall." A cordon has been