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Conservatives must apologise for their disastrous handling of Covid

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The Covid inquiry’s conclusion that the needless loss of 23,000 lives was due to government decision-making at the start of the pandemic, made worse by the toxic and chaotic leadership of Boris Johnson, has yet to make many leading Tories of the day sufficiently penitent

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Toxic No 10 culture, unnecessary deaths and failed children: Key takeaways from the Covid inquiry report

Boris Johnson failed to appreciate the ‘urgency of the situation’ and also failed to tackle a toxic culture in Downing Street, report says

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Sue Gray Slams 'Insults' and Warns of Chaos If Civil Service Faces Brutal Cuts

Sue Gray, once known as the steely investigator at the heart of the Partygate scandal, has made her first official appearance in the House of Lords—and she didn’t hold back.

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Keir Starmer a worse PM than Boris Johnson as staggering unpopularity laid bare in new poll

The Labour leader is only polling ahead of Liz Truss in a list of recent prime ministers

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Sue Gray handed peerage months after being sacked by Keir Starmer

Prime minister’s former chief of staff, who was responsible for the Partygate investigation that helped topple Boris Johnson’s government, will become a life peer

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When giving up the car keys makes sense

Brief letters: Older drivers | Kemi Badenoch | Tory leadership | Faxing the Guardian

The Guardian - UK

Badenoch set to reveal new Conservative shadow cabinet

Dame Rebecca Harris has already been named as chief whip, but there has been no official announcement of the new Conservative front bench.

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Pollsters warn Kemi Badenoch to avoid being ‘overly combative’ to win back voters

Kemi Badenoch used her first interview as Tory leader to describe the Partygate scandal as ‘overblown’

The Independent UK

Kemi Badenoch hits out at Boris Johnson’s Partygate fines

Former Tory prime minister was fined by the Metropolitan Police for attending a birthday party thrown in his honour during the first Covid lockdown

The Independent UK

‘Oh god I’m Sue Gray – don’t, I’m cringing’: comic Emma Sidi brings the embattled civil servant to the stage

After Starstruck and Taskmaster, the new project sees Sidi play a profane, lowbrow version of Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff. She explains why her latest comedy creation is breaking-news proof

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Blame Sunak for Tory election drubbing not me, says Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson believes that the Tories might have won the election this year if they had stuck with his agenda

The Independent UK

Is Jeremy Hunt heading for his Portillo moment? On campaign trail as chancellor fights to keep Surrey blue

The chancellor is plotting a narrow course to victory in the ‘true-blue’ seat but, on a sunny Tuesday afternoon, Archie Mitchell struggled to see how he can hold on

The Independent UK

Gambling scandal reinforces UK public’s distrust of politicians

Revelations engulfing the Tory party and now Labour have echoes of Partygate and the expenses scandal

The Guardian - UK

Labour consider biggest Whitehall shake-up in decades as Keir Starmer strives to deliver key manifesto pledges

Plans to help party drive its policies through the civil service overseen by Sue Gray, who wrote Partygate report into Boris Johnson

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Trust in British politics hits record low, latest BSA survey finds

Four in five Britons dissatisfied with how they are governed, with collapse blamed on Partygate, Brexit and poor services

The Guardian - UK

Why Labour staffers and MPs don’t say no to ‘power behind the throne’ Sue Gray

Starmer’s chief of staff came with a reputation as an inquisitor and is not one to work in the shadows

The Independent UK

Sue Gray’s son reveals bid to be Labour MP in winnable seat

Partygate probe chief’s decision to run as south London candidate angers Tories

The Guardian - UK

Partygate review – a giant, exploding grenade of a TV show

Every snog-filled, debauched Covid-era party in Number 10 is shockingly depicted in Channel 4’s jaw-dropping docudrama. It’s a vital document of national shame

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The Independent UK

Boris Johnson’s plans for swimming pool at £3.8m country could be thwarted by archaeological site

The former prime minister is seeking planning permission for a pool on the grounds of his Grade II-listed Brightwell Manor

Daily Mirror

Fresh Sue Gray spat as probe finds she broke civil service rules before joining Labour

The Partygate investigator was last week cleared to start her new job in September - but today a minister announced she'd had "undeclared contact" with Labour before quitting

The Independent UK

Sue Gray breached civil service code by talking to Starmer, rules government

Finding of ‘prima facie’ violation dismissed by Labour as ‘Mickey Mouse nonsense’

The Independent UK

Whitehall probe finds Sue Gray broke civil service rules with Labour job talks

Cabinet Office minister Jeremy Quin said the inquiry concluded that the ‘civil service code was prima facie broken’ by the partygate investigator.

Evening Standard

Sue Gray can start work as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff in September, says watchdog

Ex-civil servant and Partygate investigator Sue Gray can start as Sir Keir Starmer's chief of staff in September after serving a six-month wait, Whitehall's appointments watchdog has ruled.

The Independent UK

Partygate investigator Sue Gray cleared to become Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff

But the government is set to accuse Sue Gray of breaking civil service rules

The Independent UK

Nadine Dorries, Jacob Rees-Mogg and the 6 other Tories who undermined democracy in Partygate row

In a damning new report, the Privileges Committee slammed ‘disturbing’ attacks on its Partygate inquiry

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