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Calls mount for Home Secretary to be held accountable over bullying allegations
“You shouldn’t have bullies in government”, according to the former top civil servant at the Home Office. Sir David Normington says Boris Johnson is the first prime minister he can recall who won’t stand up for standards in public life. The former home secretary Ken Clarke and former party chair Baroness Warsi joined a host…
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PM telling civil servants they’re ‘not the priority’ by backing Patel, says civil servant union
We were joined by Dave Penman, General Secretary of the FDA – the union which represents civil servants and public service professionals.
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Chancellor set to unveil delayed infrastructure plans with focus on North-South divide
The Chancellor Rishi Sunak is to unveil the much-delayed National Infrastructure Strategy next week. Setting out plans for some 100 billion pounds of public spending, Wednesday’s announcement will focus on tackling the climate crisis and investment in transport. Our North of England Correspondent Clare Fallon is in Birkenhead now. Clare, there’s expected to be a…
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Awkward questions avoided at digital G20 Summit in Saudi Arabia
World leaders should have been gathering for the G20 Summit in Saudi Arabia. But the pandemic means the meetings are all happening via Zoom, which has solved the potential embarrassment for many of being wined and dined by a regime accused of serious human rights abuses. But as Anja Popp reports, the Saudi hosts are…
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People turning to poetry and music for pleasure during lockdown, says Poet Laureate
Back in March lockdown brought an end to choir practice across the country with singing deemed a high risk hobby when it came to spreading the virus. But inspired by the memory of the choral societies he knew growing up in Huddersfield, the poet Laureate Simon Armitage has created the lyrics for two new works…
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Series 6, Episode 14: Megan Phelps-Roper
Megan Phelps-Roper is a former member of the Westboro Baptist Church, an extremist American religious cult based in Topeka, Kansas.
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New footage of Jimi Hendrix performing at foot of Hawaii volcano released
New footage of a Jimi Hendrix concert which took place in Hawaii, at the foot of a volcano, has just been released.
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Donald Trump has a goal ‘to steal the election’, says writer Anne Applebaum
We were joined by the writer and historian Anne Applebaum.
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Georgia officials say ‘numbers don’t lie’ as recount confirms Biden win
In the United States, election officials in Georgia have confirmed the state was won by Joe Biden after finishing their full recount – declaring “numbers don’t lie”.
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BLM campaigners challenge why Germany does not collect ethnicity data
Campaigners say discrimination isn’t being documented and that’s allowing racism to flourish.
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Public sector pay freeze is ‘insulting to those workers to have stepped above and beyond’, says Fire Brigades Union official
Mark Chapman is a Hampshire firefighter and a Fire Brigades Union official.
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Union warns of industrial action over chancellor’s expected public sector pay freeze
Union leaders say that will lead to widespread anger and they have warned that industrial action can’t be ruled out.
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Hull appeals for military support as Covid infection rate remains highest in the UK
The city of Hull is struggling with the worst infection rate in the UK and council leaders have appealed for military support.
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Tory MP Anthony Browne says ’definition of bullying is a judgmental one’
We spoke to Conservative MP Anthony Browne.
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‘It undermines faith that actions have consequences’ – former civil servant on Priti Patel bullying inquiry
We spoke to Alex Thomas, a former civil servant and programme director at the Institute of Government
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Priti Patel says she is ‘absolutely sorry’ as PM backs her over bullying inquiry
Priti Patel has said she is “absolutely sorry” to anyone she has upset, after an official investigation found that at times, her behaviour could be described as bullying.
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Mike Pompeo becomes first top US diplomat to visit settlement in Israeli-occupied West Bank
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has become the first top American diplomat to visit an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank.
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Scotland needs a ‘Covid-recovery parliament’ instead of a referendum, says Labour’s Ian Murray MP, Shadow Scotland Secretary
We spoke to the shadow Scotland secretary, Labour’s Ian Murray.
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Priti Patel breached ministerial code, says inquiry into conduct
Ms Patel has always strongly denied the allegations.
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Scotland focus group reveals views on independence referendum
An unprecedented polling trend in favour of independence.
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Brexit trade talks suspended after EU official tests positive for Covid
The Brexit trade talks in Brussels came to an unexpected halt this afternoon after one member of the European negotiating team tested positive for coronavirus.
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Mum and two sons who died with Coronavirus
In south Wales, the funerals have taken place of a mother and her two sons who died from coronavirus within five days of each other.
