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See allShabana Mahmood must make the Home Office “fit for purpose”
The Nick Timothy review reveals some familiar and worrying failings about the Home Office.
A welcome clarification on the rules ‘gagging’ civil servants
New guidance on civil servants speaking in public is a welcome return to common sense.
An exchange of letters between the IfG and the government
The government has responded to the IfG's request to clarify rules on civil servants speaking in public.
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