Arguably the most famous civil servant in Britain, she presided over the ‘Partygate‘ inquiry into the reports of lockdown parties held in 10 Downing Street. But now, Sue Gray has today sensationally quit from her £170,000 a year job as Sir Keir Starmer‘s chief of staff. She has now been shuffled to a new role...
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This week’s jobs numbers are very good news for Harris and Biden
Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email The US economy added 254,000 jobs in September, blowing past expectations after the Federal Reserve’s announcement that it would slash interest rates, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The number...
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Ex-Harrods director won’t take job as Fenwick boss
A long-serving former Harrods executive, has decided not to become the boss of department store Fenwick despite being due to start this month, the BBC has learned. Nigel Blow worked at Harrods for 14 years from 1992 to 2007, a period when the luxury London store was owned by Mohamed Al Fayed. It comes after...
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Cabinet secretary contenders: who could be next top UK civil servant?
Simon Case has resigned as cabinet secretary and is due to leave at the end of the year. His departure kicks off a race to be his successor, with a job advert already circulated to attract a wide pool of applicants. To date the job of cabinet secretary has only ever been held by white...
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The UK’s happiest and unhappiest jobs revealed – see if yours made the list
Definitely a car designer (Picture: Getty Images) If you can’t relate to the ‘Sunday scaries’ crowd, and instead spring out of bed on Monday morning excited to start the working week, you might just be a car designer – which according to new research, is officially the UK’s happiest job. Bubblegum Search analysed over 2,000...
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The UK city where most people hate their jobs and are desperate to quit
A survey has revealed the UK city where most people hate their jobs and the place where Brits are most satisfied with their line of work. A recent poll by Travel Counsellors found that 50 percent of Brits surveyed want to quit their jobs. The three main reasons people wanted a change were: better pay...
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Government action to tackle the ‘greatest employment challenge for a generation’
Hundreds of thousands more people out of work due to long-term sickness since the pandemic. Experts on new board will help to shape government work ahead of groundbreaking White Paper this autumn. Experts advising government on how to tackle the ‘greatest employment challenge for a generation’ met with the Work and Pensions Secretary for the...
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‘Grim’ September ahead with 6,000 steel and oil jobs set to go
At Port Talbot, the GMB and Community unions have presented members with a redundancy deal struck with Tata which would see workers receive 2.8 weeks of earnings for every year of service up to a maximum of 25 years. Workers can also sign up to a one-year skills and re-training scheme during which they will...
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Johnson firm gives Charlotte Owen top job after ex-PM made her UK’s youngest peer
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email The woman made Britain’s youngest peer by Boris Johnson has a plum new job at an environmental consultancy chaired by the former prime minister, The Independent...
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Every university in Britain ranked from best to worst: Our definitive interactive guide
Are Oxford and Cambridge really better than every other British university? How do the likes of Leeds, Manchester and Bristol compare? And what about up-and-coming institutions such as the University of Leicester? Today, we publish The Mail University Guide rankings for 2025 – and there are some big surprises in the results. Our guide is...
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EY draws up female-dominated shortlist for top UK job
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. EY has drawn up a female-dominated shortlist of candidates to succeed Hywel Ball as the firm’s UK managing partner, laying the groundwork for a contest that could produce the first woman to become the permanent...
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Student finance special: Best paying jobs after uni; cheapest cities for students; top discounts and freebies
For many of you, it’ll be your first time out of home and venturing into the unknown can be daunting – so here are eight things you need to know before you rent. We look at the boring but handy legal stuff you need to aware of, as well as some more general tips. 1....