Ex-TV presenter Allegra Stratton ‘lined up for No10 job’: Mother-of-two who went back to work six weeks after giving birth ‘is Boris Johnson’s preferred choice’ to front White House-style daily press briefings after overseeing rise of ‘Dishy Rishi’ Sunak Downing Street is planning to launch daily televised press briefings in October Boris Johnson reportedly wants … Read more
Downing Street ‘admits there is just a 30 PER CENT chance of agreeing a post-Brexit trade deal with the EU by the end of the year’ as haulage bosses demand an ‘urgent meeting’ with ministers over ‘significant gaps’ in UK border plans Senior No10 figures reported to put chance of deal between 30 and 40 … Read more
Shambles as No10. keeps Portugal and Greece ON the quarantine-free list despite days of speculation over soaring cases sparking holidaymakers to make scramble back before TONIGHT By Luke May For Mailonline Published: 17:17 BST, 3 September 2020 | Updated: 17:19 BST, 3 September 2020 The Government has decided to keep Portugal and Greece on the … Read more
No10 urges workers to tell their bosses if they want to come back to the office as banking giants including NatWest and UBS make plans to keep majority of staff working from home on a regular basis No10 said businesses had a obligation to offer staff ‘Covid-secure workplaces’ NatWest is among banks telling staff they will … Read more
Boris Johnson’s top aide Dominic Cummings has been accused of parking his tanks on the Civil Service’s lawn ever since entering No10. But the PM’s shadowy backroom fixer has now gone one step further and invaded their living room as his power grab to reshape British politics goes on. Mr Cummings and another of Mr … Read more
A Whitehall high-flyer tipped to become the first-ever female head of the Civil Service was investigated for bullying staff and misusing expenses, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. Antonia Romeo is a leading contender to replace ousted Cabinet Secretary Sir Mark Sedwill as Britain’s most powerful mandarin, in charge of 430,000 civil servants. But in … Read more
No10 advertises for £135,000-a-year ‘skunkworker’ to join data-science led team of radical innovators wanted for Whitehall shake-up The candidate will lead new analytical unit known as ’10ds’ which stands for ’10 Data Science’ Term ‘skunkworks’ described project developed by small group focusing on radical innovation Mr Cummings has been a longstanding critic of the way … Read more
Maverick No10 chief Dominic Cummings tours classified sites including MI5, MI6 and the SAS headquarters as he plans shake-up of military and security services Dominic Cummings is touring highly secret sites as part of overhaul, leak claims Has visited MI5 and MI6 and will be going to the Porton Down laboratory base Claims that the … Read more
Tory donor Richard Desmond embroiled in ‘cash for access’ row had drinks with Boris Johnson at No.10 months before ministers approved controversial £1bn planning application Tory donor Richard Desmond was pictured with Boris Johnson last November But it has been revealed the tycoon had drinks with Mr Johnson months before Robert Jenrick was reported to … Read more
Despite tumbling infection rates, there is not the faintest hint of triumphalism here at the south London nerve centre of the national fight against coronavirus. And the man whose task is to protect all those on the front line has a very simple plan of action when it comes to future shortages of kit: Never … Read more