The UK government is preparing for the second nationwide test of its Emergency Alerts system, scheduled for 7 September 2025 at 3:00 PM BST. Mobile phones on 4G and 5G networks will emit a loud siren-like sound and vibrate for up to 10 seconds, displaying a test message to ensure the system’s reliability. While the…
The United Kingdom’s Cabinet Office is set to lose nearly a third of its workforce as part of Labour’s drive to reform the Civil Service. Of the 6,500 staff of the Cabinet Office, 2,100 staff are expected to be cut or moved to other departments over the next two years. The cuts include 1,200 posts…
But Johnson’s battle with bureaucracy started long before then. When he entered Downing Street in 2019, he brought in maverick Vote Leave campaigner Dominic Cummings as chief adviser. Cummings, an ex-special adviser, spoke about slashing departments and hiring “weirdos” and “misfits” instead of Whitehall old hands to shake things up. Cummings was a former aide…
Times journalist Tom Ball and the Daily Mail’s Dan Woodland also found themselves on the list, alongside a string of entrepreneurs. In a lengthy statement, the Russian foreign ministry said it had been “once again forced to draw attention to the incessant aggressive anti-Russian rhetoric of the British authorities,” as well as to “the illegitimate…