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First female cabinet secretary appointed |
Antonia Romeo, the top civil servant in the home office, has been confirmed as the first female cabinet secretary and head of the home civil service. The appointment follows the early departure of Chris Wormald, selected by Keir Starmer in preference to Romeo and two other candidates 14 months ago. The choice of Romeo is a risk in the teeth of a whispering campaign against her. Nothing new has emerged in the past few days, and the Cabinet Office insists that allegations of bullying were thoroughly investigated at the time and she was found to have "no case to answer", but the prime minister's record of appointments means that if anything does emerge to undermine her suitability, it would be damaging to him. In the meantime, let us praise another glass ceiling broken. Just the governor of the Bank of England, the chief of the defence staff and the leader of the Labour Party to go. |
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| Thames Valley Police confirmed the arrest today, on the former prince's 66th birthday |
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| 'In The Room', with Cleo Watson, former deputy chief of staff, and Helen MacNamara, former deputy cabinet secretary, launches tomorrow |
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| Labour former cabinet minister Alan Milburn on the danger of a lifetime on benefits for millions of young people |
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What else you need to know today |
● Awkward to have to cheer Donald Trump for getting it right on the Chagos deal – again; especially as his latest U-turn may have been provoked by Keir Starmer refusing permission to use RAF bases in Britain for strikes on Iran ● Peter Mandelson's former consultancy Global Counsel has gone into administration after clients deserted it over the Jeffrey Epstein connection ● Fall in immigration 'will add £3bn to UK's borrowing', Rachel Reeves is expected to confirm in the spring statement ● Former defence chiefs warn of '1936 moment' as they call for more money for rearmament |
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What are Rachel Reeves's fiscal rules and what does the Institute for Fiscal Studies want to change? |
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As the spring statement approaches, the think tank wants the chancellor to set more fiscal targets, writes Sean O'Grady... Read more |
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Under their watch, it will be all right to go back to the old days where women were not treated equally |
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Quiz answer: Margaret Thatcher, who won 204 in the first round, a majority but not enough under the rules to avoid a second round; John Major won 185 in the second round, which wasn't a majority, but his two opponents, Michael Heseltine and Douglas Hurd, withdrew, so he was declared the winner |
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