civil service
The PM infuriated officials by saying too many of them are "comfortable in the tepid bath of managed decline".
The PM claimed people in Whitehall are "comfortable in a tepid bath of managed decline".
The new government had been accused of stuffing Whitehall with their supporters.
She is still complaining that briefing notes "impugned my name without evidence," even though mentions of her premiership have now been removed.
Rishi Sunak repeatedly claimed Treasury officials had said Labour would hike taxes by £2,000 per household.
The "common sense minister" opens up a barely believable new front in the Tory culture wars.
Dave Penman told HuffPost UK: "This is madness."
Former cabinet minister makes spurious claims involving Britain's colonial past in bout of "imperial nostalgia".
Right-wingers have tried to claim Whitehall staff are part of a "woke" elite secretly running the country.
The privileges committee is grilling the former prime minister over claims he misled MPs.