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Slapdown for No 10 aide who branded civil servants 'aloof, arrogant and remote'

Slapdown for No 10 aide who branded civil servants ‘aloof, arrogant and remote’
Andrew Woodcock
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Boris Johnson has come to the defence of the civil service, in a slapdown to a key aide who branded Whitehall mandarins “aloof, arrogant and remote” and said they needed to open up to new ideas.
The comments by newly-appointed Downing Street deputy chief of staff Simone Finn prompted an angry backlash from public service unions, who said civil servants had been “working their socks off” during the Covid pandemic.
And asked whether the prime minister backed his aide’s comments, a Downing Street spokesman made a point of highlighting Mr Johnson’s “huge admiration” of the work of the civil service and pride in their “amazing” response to coronavirus. ....

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Gove relaxed about losing key Brexit brief to Lord Frost, allies suggest

Gove relaxed about losing key Brexit brief to Lord Frost, allies suggest
Jessica Elgot and Lisa O Carroll
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Photograph: Henry Nicholls/Reuters
Allies of Michael Gove have insisted he does not feel chastened after Boris Johnson wrested the key Brexit brief away from him and appointed his chief EU negotiator, Lord Frost, as a full-time member of the cabinet.
With his duties reduced, Gove is expected to step up work strengthening the ties between the countries of the United Kingdom as head of the Cabinet Office “union unit” in the run-up to elections in May, the Guardian understands. “There will be more focus on it,” one No 10 source said. ....

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Gove relaxed about losing key Brexit brief to Lord Frost, allies suggest

Gove relaxed about losing key Brexit brief to Lord Frost, allies suggest
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