Serco and G4S overcharged the Ministry of Justice for the same service – then the MOJ tried to hide from the House of Lords that it gave both firms new contracts
Whitehall and the Civil Service
Government cuts post-Brexit have led to drastic cuts in foreign aid and the selling-off of embassies. Much of the chaos is Boris Johnson's fault, writes Iain Overton
Former British diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall, who resigned from the Foreign Office in 2019 as she felt unable to represent the Government's Brexit stance, unpicks the questions of law and morality facing those working inside Whitehall
Nafeez Ahmed reveals the inside story of how Tell MAMA founder, Fiyaz Mughal, suppressed an investigation into Conservative links with the far-right in Europe
Deletions seem more likely in the future as politicians fear the consequences of messages entering the public domain
A Parliamentary investigation found senior civil servants were being ousted by the Government for 'ideological' reasons
A new parliamentary report reveals that, apart from the £16.4 billion estimated tax and benefit fraud found by the National Audit Office last year, ministers have no idea about the level of fraud in the rest of government
A new parliamentary report details a complete lack of planning in handing out the money to small businesses, pubs, restaurants and some retail premises and clubs
The unprecedented churn in senior government positions means some ministers have been given pay-outs worth more than seven times what they received as their salary
Renowned weapons expert Dan Kaszeta, who was blacklisted by the Government over his tweets, explores why we have not heard the last of the scandal of the Government 'cancelling' expert speakers