Keir Starmer's "boys club" culture was called out during the grilling of Morgan McSweeney.
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Beatriz Santos argues that both scientific evidence and lived experience should remain the foundation of policymaking, especially for understanding how people succeed in quitting cigarettes.
The former head of the Foreign Office is now taking legal action, putting the government's treatment of senior civil servants under fresh scrutiny.
Overhauling the Tory candidates list is a shrewd political move which will allow her to put her own stamp on the party, and more importantly, shape its future,
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In an exclusive special for Mace, expert Dr Daniel Frampton discusses the pivotal shift of the Strategic Defence Review towards a new age of defence technology for NATO.
Mace defence expert, Dr Daniel Frampton, highlights the importance of SME's for UK and NATO defence - and warns they are at a disadvantage.
Farage says ‘the people of Clacton should be the judges of my actions’, but is this his most reckless move yet?
