Did a “boys club” culture of Downing Street lead to the appointment of Peter Mandelson ?
Keir Starmer's "boys club" culture was called out during the grilling of Morgan McSweeney.
Trump ruffles feathers at Davos, posing an uncertain future for NATO
Madeline Dabbah | 29th January 2026 | Comment, International
Trump’s shifting Greenland strategy at Davos unsettles NATO, strains transatlantic trust, and leaves the UK balancing sovereignty principles against alliance stability
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The Silent Engine: Why we must stop kicking the Civil Service and learn to love our Civil Servants
As the Charity for Civil Servants marks its 140th anniversary, Neil Woollard argues that the officials who keep Britain functioning are too often caricatured, underpaid and overlooked —
UK’s economic stability starts at sea, says the CEO of the Chamber of Shipping
Shipping moves 95 per cent of the UK’s trade. Most of the time, this happens smoothly until there is a global crisis, writes Rhett Hatcher, CEO of the
Modern history shows the Open University is key to rehabilitating extremists — so why are we making cuts to prison education?
Amid cuts to prison education hours in England, Lucy Carrier-Pilkington looks back at the historic success of the Open University in Northern Ireland and why it is still
A lobby system not fit for purpose
CIPR's latest poll of 250 public affairs professionals makes clear that there is majority backing for radical reform of lobbying rules to make the profession more transparent.
Mobile phone ban in schools: lobby groups say “it’s about time”
The Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill will be amended to introduce a legal ban on mobile phones in schools in England.
Future-facing industries need 120,000 technicians
Dr Kelly Vere MBE, Director of the UK Institute for Technical Skills & Strategy and Director of Technical Strategy for the University of Nottingham highlights the technical skills
Whitehall continues to throw Starmer under the bus as the Robbins saga continues
As the blame game between Keir Starmer and Olly Robbins unfolds, Lucy Carrier-Pilkington argues this is just the latest in a pattern of governments pinning responsibility on civil
Starmer’s successor may not be Labour’s knight in shining armour
With Ed Milliband poised to be one of the favourites to succeed Starmer as Prime Minister, we must remember what a Milliband premiership would look like, writes Ted
Hiding in plain sight – The UK’s rising accident crisis
For too long, preventable accidents have been viewed as an afterthought, but more should be done to ensure they do not occur in the first place, writes Matilda
