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QUENTIN LETTS: During Covid he must have left for work each morning with a sigh at the looking-glass, wetting an eyebrow and remarking, My dear, youre a class above those blockheads.

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via Dods People

Former BBC journalist who has a gift for persuasion has reportedly always been 100% opposed to rail project

Exclusive: After five months of resisting this paper’s call to honour our debt to a war veteran who fought with UK forces, the government capitulates – and does the right thing

GLEN OWEN: Tomorrow will mark 20 years to the day that Dr David Kelly was seen alive for the last time, when he left his Oxfordshire home to take an innocent-seeming afternoon walk.

Steven Johns' detailed account of how Unison has handled the recent dispute over pensions. It sheds light on the role unions play in contemporary society, and argues that if ever us workers are going to start winning things again, we will have to go beyond them.

The failed attempt by the corporation to censor the Match of the Day presenter’s tweets was rooted in a terror of losing the licence fee

One of the great “Ifs…” of recent history is to imagine what would have happened if, instead of allying himself with Bush, Blair had made common cause with the French president, Jacques Chirac, and Gerhard Schröder, the German chancellor, in expressing sympathy for the US after 9/11 but warning that an invasion of Iraq would be disastrous. It could have transformed the course of European history, and we might never have had Brexit.

The BBC said Gary Lineker will return to host "Match of the Day" next weekend and has agreed to ...

News analysis, case studies and informed comment on the challenges facing UK pension schemes, from Pensions Expert, a DG Publishing service