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    • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
      Former top UK civil servant joins defence contractor BAE Systems

      Lord Mark Sedwill appointed to board as governments consider greater security spending after invasion of Ukraine

    • Wednesday, 13 October, 2021
      G7
      G7 nations must co-operate rather than pulling up the drawbridge

      A step-change in global economic governance is needed to mitigate risks and combat our authoritarian adversaries

    • Wednesday, 26 May, 2021
      ExplainerUK Government
      Detailed and vitriolic: Dominic Cummings’ five most explosive claims

      Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser turns up pressure on his old boss with stinging allegations

    • Tuesday, 23 March, 2021
      UK politics & policy
      UK’s former top civil servant warns against vaccine protectionism

      Mark Sedwill says nations should co-operate to build resilient supply lines, not retreat behind borders

    • Wednesday, 9 December, 2020
      Mark Sedwill to join investment bank Rothschild & Co

      Britain’s former top civil servant in first significant private sector appointment since departure from Whitehall

    • Thursday, 20 August, 2020
      Whitehall reform
      Government launches review of Cabinet Office

      Tory peer asked to look into the effectiveness of key Whitehall department

    • Tuesday, 4 August, 2020
      UK Government
      Health official Wormald leads race to become UK’s top civil servant

      New cabinet secretary will be crucial to Boris Johnson’s plans to shake up Whitehall

    • Monday, 29 June, 2020
      News in-depthUK Government
      Cummings and Gove join forces in battle against Whitehall ‘blob’

      PM’s adviser and cabinet minister target what they see as ineffectual, pro-EU officials to change how government works

    • Sunday, 28 June, 2020
      UK politics & policy
      Sedwill steps down as UK’s top civil servant

      Cabinet secretary to leave in September as part of controversial overhaul of Whitehall

    • Wednesday, 24 June, 2020
      UK politics & policy
      Government releases documents on Jenrick approval of Desmond project

      Attempt to defuse what minister called ‘wild accusations’ over Westferry development

    • Thursday, 21 May, 2020
      UK Government
      Downing Street appoints senior civil servant to new coronavirus role

      Officials insist promotion of Simon Case is not a snub to cabinet secretary Mark Sedwill

    • Monday, 20 April, 2020
      Coronavirus pandemic
      Boris Johnson urges caution on easing coronavirus lockdown

      UK prime minister warns a second wave would damage the economy as well as public health

    • Monday, 20 April, 2020
      Coronavirus pandemic
      Johnson faces cabinet split on lifting lockdown

      Gove and Sunak favour swifter reopening but Hancock wants virus crushed first

    • Monday, 30 March, 2020
      Civil Service UK
      Senior civil servant chosen to oversee Whitehall reforms

      Civil service shake-up key objective of Johnson government — particularly for PM’s chief adviser Dominic Cummings

    • Tuesday, 3 March, 2020
      Civil Service UK
      UK’s top civil servant under pressure over double Whitehall jobs

      Concern Sedwill missed Home Office rift due to burden of keeping national security role

    • Monday, 24 February, 2020
      Whitehall reform
      Mark Sedwill seeks end to Whitehall briefing war

      Downing St efforts to tighten control of government machine unleash tensions

    • Thursday, 2 January, 2020
      Civil Service UK
      Cummings set to seize chance for own outside-in Whitehall revolution

      Beefed-up No 10 operation to hand leading roles to non-civil service experts and more science graduates

    • Sunday, 15 December, 2019
      UK general election
      Conservatives prepare shake-up of government machine

      Overhaul of Whitehall bureaucracy for a post-Brexit economy driven by adviser Dominic Cummings

    • Thursday, 7 November, 2019
      UK general election
      Mark Sedwill blocks release of public finance forecasts

      Cabinet secretary intervenes in election campaign for second time this week

    • Tuesday, 5 November, 2019
      UK general election
      Javid fury as Labour spending analysis is blocked

      Cabinet secretary withdraws pricing review after complaints from McDonnell

    • Monday, 30 September, 2019
      Civil Service UK
      Civil service chief says Brexit is ‘unsettling’ Whitehall

      Mark Sedwill insists PM will obey law, but makes clear criticism is creating anxiety

    • Tuesday, 9 July, 2019
      News in-depthUK politics & policy
      Heated Brexit climate makes mandarins fair game

      Leak seems aimed at replacing him with someone more to liking of Trump and Johnson

    • Tuesday, 2 July, 2019
      Labour Party UK
      Jeremy Corbyn demands independent probe over health claims

      Labour leader writes to cabinet secretary over allegations in newspaper article

    • Friday, 21 June, 2019
      UK politics & policy
      Prospect of Johnson premiership casts shadow over Sedwill

      Top civil servant could head to Washington and leave role as cabinet secretary

    • Thursday, 13 June, 2019
      Brexit
      UK state in ‘pretty good shape’ to face no-deal Brexit, says top civil servant

      But Mark Sedwill says private sector still has a lot of preparation to complete

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