Can Keir Starmer rewire the civil service?
Restricting internships to the working class does little more than tinker around the edges.
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The Afghan data scandal and the sins of New Labour
The British state remains in thrall to Blairite adventurism.
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The government’s government problem
Labour is full of clever people who do not seem able to get anything done.
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In defence of Lord Hermer
The Attorney General is a genuine insurgent inside this Labour government.
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The great Afghan cover-up
This data breach is a humiliation of the British state – and its pretensions to intervene abroad.
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Bonfire of the bureaucrats
How civil servants became the enemy.
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Revealed: the 103 professional lobbyists standing in the 2024 general election
In the 2024 general election, a lobbyist is 27 times more likely than a teacher to be a candidate.
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Cabinet Office paid almost £2m for contract offering private healthcare for civil servants
The government department spent £1.96m on a contract offering employees “affordable private healthcare”.
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