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Close icon Two crossed lines that form an X. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification. George Freeman MP Getty The UK governments anti-corruption watchdog has found that a former minister in Boris Johnson and David Camerons governments broke the ministerial code by failing to declare his position with a PPE firm founded by a former government appointee. George Freeman MP, who was a former Health Minister, fai...

Former ethics chief quits, leaving Patel the last one standing By Adam Branson on 22/01/2021 Helen MacNamara, the UK’s deputy cabinet secretary who investigated bullying allegations against home secretary Priti Patel (pictured), is leaving government. Credit: Pippa Fowles / No 10 Downing Street / Flickr Helen MacNamara, the UK’s deputy cabinet secretary and the civil service’s former head of propriety and ethics, is to leave government next month for a new job as director of policy and co...

TWO-thirds of Scots think Nicola Sturgeon should resign if she is found to have lied to the Scottish Parliament, according to a new poll.

Want a private jet to the Maldives, a session with the best plastic surgeon or a private tutor for little Aloysius? If so, Ben Elliot’s lifestyle management service Quintessentially is available. But don’t expect the Duchess of Cornwall’s nephew Ben to be your personal night concierge – as he’s busy running the Tory Party, thanks to chum Boris Johnson, who made him co-chairman in 2019. The PM’s fellow Etonian didn’t get off to a good start and was soon apologising for his role in ...

“From what I am told, the problem is not the Civil Service — the answers are being drafted but the Ministers aren’t signing them off. “I have a sheaf of questions to Robin Swann unanswered with queries mostly related to Covid, but most of the Departments are the same. The Departments for Infrastructure and Justice are best at responding but the rest are very tardy indeed.” However, on Wednesday night Mr Allister said that, having raised concerns this week, answers to several questions...

SCOTTISH LABOUR has called on Deputy First Minister John Swinney to expand the investigation into whether Nicola Sturgeon breached the ministerial code by misleading MSPs. In a joint letter with her fellow members of the Committee on the Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints, Scottish Labour deputy leader Jackie Baillie said the probe into Ms Sturgeon’s behaviour should determine whether the First Minister “specifically misled Parliament as Alex Salmond has alleged.” Mr Sa...

NICOLA Sturgeons deputy has rejected a cross-party demand to expand an investigation into whether she breached the Scottish Ministerial Code.

ALEX Salmond could soon appear in front of the Holyrood committee investigating the Scottish Government’s flawed probe into allegations of sexual…

LABOUR, Tory and LibDem members of the Holyrood inquiry probing the Scottish Government’s botched handling of harassment complaints against Alex…

NICOLA Sturgeon has denied misleading the Scottish Parliament over meetings about harassment allegations made against Alex Salmond.