Pilfering at the Palace: Police arrest Queen’s servant after a spate of thefts

Pilfering at the Palace: Police arrest Queen’s servant after a spate of thefts including a vice admiral’s medal that popped up on eBay for £350 Medal belonging to a vice-admiral is discovered listed on eBay for £350   A member of the royal household staff aged 37 was arrested last Friday  Staff began noticing items going … Read more

Black civil servant who was ‘racially profiled’ by police while jogging ‘feared for her life’

‘I feared for my life’ Black civil servant who was ‘racially profiled’ by police tells how she was stopped after her white van-man neighbour accused her of trespassing on his drive while jogging and chased her through the streets Dr Andrea Charles-Fidelis ran to a train station after a rowing with a neighbour  The civil … Read more

Police apologise to black civil servant after she was accused of being a car thief while out jogging

Dr Andrea Charles Fidelis, Director of Communication and Violent Crime Prevention at the Ministry of Justice, claims she was racially profiled and threatened with arrest by an officer from Kent Police while out jogging in Swanley, near Sevenoaks One of Britain’s most senior black civil servants has received an apology from police after she was … Read more

Senior civil servant provokes storm as he endorses Black Lives Matter in email to hundreds of staff

Senior civil servant provokes storm as he claims ‘systemic racism’ exists in Britain and is learning about ‘my white privilege’ as he endorses Black Lives Matter in an email to hundreds of staff Senior civil servant Iain Bell announces he is learning about his ‘white privilege’  He says collecting statistics ‘is done with only White … Read more

Top civil servant quits amid growing acrimony between Downing Street and the Whitehall machine 

Revealed: Top civil servant in charge of Britain’s coronavirus response quits amid growing acrimony between Downing Street and the Whitehall machine Respected mandarin Tom Shinner is the latest high-profile figure to leave   No 10 insiders insisted that Mr Shinner’s job was only a temporary secondment One friend said he was contractually obliged to return to … Read more

Boris Johnson and UK’s most senior civil servant Sir Mark Sedwill clash over route out of lockdown

‘Who’s in charge of this plan. Is it you?’ How Boris Johnson and UK’s most senior civil servant Sir Mark Sedwill clashed over route out of lockdown – as one adviser calls the planning a ‘sh**show’ Boris Johnson and Sir Mark Sedwill said to have had a ‘tense’ stand off last week The PM and … Read more

Army of council staff and civil servant ‘will help contact tracing of coronavirus patients’

Army of THOUSANDS of coronavirus tracers ‘will be recruited to track down infected people’s contacts’ as part of plans to stem the virus Council staff and civil servants will be among thousands drafted in to help  Contact tracing was abandoned a month ago as ministers focused on testing  Claims three-tier tracing system could be in … Read more

Top civil servant Sir Simon McDonald U-turn on snub of EU PPE scheme

A senior civil servant has been forced into an embarrassing U-turn after claiming ministers took a ‘political decision’ to deliberately snub an EU scheme to buy PPE. Sir Simon McDonald told MPs it had been a ‘political decision’ by the Government not to take part in Brussels-orchestrated efforts to bulk-buy protective equipment because ‘We left … Read more

Top civil servant says ministers made a ‘political decision’ to DELIBERATELY snub EU PPE scheme

Boris Johnson’s ministers deliberately snubbed EU efforts to buy equipment to help the fight against coronavirus – despite claiming it had been an accident, a senior civil servant revealed today. Sir Simon McDonald told MPs it had been a ‘political decision’ by the Government not to take part in Brussels-orchestrated efforts to bulk-buy protective equipment. … Read more

HARRY COLE: Queen’s ‘loyal servant’ is hit by new scandal

HARRY COLE: Queen’s ‘loyal servant’ is hit by a new scandal – former Prime Minister of the St Kitts and Nevis is the latest in David Cameron’s motley list of recipients of gongs By Harry Cole For The Mail On Sunday Published: 00:54 BST, 29 March 2020 | Updated: 08:08 BST, 29 March 2020 David … Read more