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Almost ALL civil servants want to be allowed to continue working from home after the lockdown ends

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Almost ALL civil servants want to be allowed to continue working from home after the lockdown ends with seven in 10 saying they are doing LONGER hours by not coming in to the office 97% of those polled by FDA union wanted to do their job from home sometimes Almost a third said they wanted … Read more

Civil servant, 34, nearly dies after drinking five litres of water A DAY

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Civil servant, 34, nearly dies after drinking five litres of water A DAY in mistaken belief it could cure Covid symptoms Luke Williamson, 34, of Bristol, flushed almost all natural sodium from his body Civil servant believed he was suffering from Covid-19 during the first lockdown  Increased volume of liquid caused water intoxication, leading to … Read more

Hong Kong civil servants swear oaths of loyalty to China-backed government

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Pledge allegiance to China if you want to keep your job: Hong Kong civil servants swear oaths of loyalty under new rules brought in by Beijing to stop democracy protests Hong Kong’s chief executive Carrie Lam watched public officials take the pledge Civil servants must vow loyalty to the financial hub’s Beijing-backed government It comes … Read more

‘Unconscious bias’ training for civil servants scrapped after study finds no evidence that it works

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Controversial ‘unconscious bias’ training for civil servants – which assumes everyone is racist – is scrapped after study finds no evidence that it works In blow to ‘woke’ agenda, Government plans to scrap ‘unconscious bias’ training The mandatory courses will end after official study found no evidence it works Department for Work and Pensions spent £112,500 … Read more

Civil servants SUE Boris Johnson for NOT sacking Home Secretary Priti Patel over bullying report

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Civil servants SUE Boris Johnson for NOT sacking Home Secretary Priti Patel and overruling an independent report that said her shouting and swearing at mandarins amounted to bullying Lawyers for civil service mandarins said PM’s failure to sack gave ‘carte blanche’  Independent report found Ms Patel’s behaviour to civil servants was bullying  Sir Alex Allan … Read more

Boris Johnson’s advisers competing amid Downing Street ‘civil war’

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Downing Street is today locked in a bitter and very public civil war over the direction of the Government after Whitehall was rocked by the resignation of Boris Johnson’s director of communications Lee Cain.  Mr Cain last night announced he will leave Number 10 at the end of the year after a standoff over whether … Read more

Relocating civil servants to outside London could cost £40,000 EACH

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Rishi Sunak’s plans to relocate civil servants to the North of England will cost £40,000 for EACH official and have little ’levelling up’ effect, warns think tank Rishi Sunak pledged at Budget to relocate 22,000 civil servants outside London Relocation of Whitehall staff is part of the Government’s ‘levelling up’ agenda But Institute for Government … Read more

Civil servant called Corona says she’s suffered abuse over her name during the Covid pandemic

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Civil servant, 49, called Corona says she’s suffered abuse over her unusual name during the Covid pandemic – after years of enduring beer jokes Corona Newton says she’s received ‘nasty’ and abusive cold calls over her name The 49-year-old, from Oldham, was named after the midwife who delivered her Mother-of-five says while beer jokes are … Read more

News of the World: Tom Hanks transforms into charismatic Civil War veteran

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Tom Hanks transformed into a charismatic Civil War veteran in a dramatic new clip from his new drama, News of the World. The Hollywood icon, 64, plays Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd, who, five years after the Civil War has ended, travels from town to town telling news stories about what’s happening around the world in the … Read more