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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Sue Gray’s report leaves a bomb under Boris Johnson
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The figures track the rise in people losing British citizenship in the past decade, as the government tries to make…
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The Prime Minister will hope that one resignation is enough to bring the story to a close.
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Rishi Sunak’s 2021 Budget is one giant U-turn
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