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Chief Reporter and podcast host @politicshome, egg chaser for @oldstreetrugby and pie bowler for @addington_vcc 📧Alain.Tolhurst@politicshome.com

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Ex-cab sec Robin Butler: PM has 'ruptured' relationship with civil servants

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By Alain Tolhurst , Beckie Smith 
| Civil Service World
Downing Street has created a “very bad relationship” with Whitehall, which is making government “dysfunctional”, according to former cabinet secretary Robin Butler. Lord Butler, who led the civil service for a decade until 1998, said the row between No.10 and Olly Robbins over the security vetting of Lord Mandelson had made him “very sad” about the state of the relationship between politicians and civil servants.
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Government Shouldn’t Quit X Over Grok Scandal, Says Former No10 Comms Director

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By Alain Tolhurst 
| Flipboard
1 hour ago Edinburgh University's principal says Scottish students should be asked to pay towards their tuition, as the sector is in "danger" under the current system. Prof Sir Peter Mathieson said that Scotland - where undergraduate tuition is free for most students - could adopt a "graduate repayment scheme" …
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Labour MP group pushes digital ID card agenda

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By Alain Tolhurst 
| PublicTechnology
A Labour MP urging the government to introduce digital ID cards said he “couldn’t give a monkey’s” about concerns from progressives in his party if the move can deliver policy results. Jake Richards, who is spearheading a group of mainly 2024-intake MPs pushing the idea forward, said the technology could be used to streamline public services, modernise the public’s interactions with the state and help ministers tackle illegal migration.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

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It has totally sped up the pace of the news cycle, and revolutionised how we gather information, process it and get feedback

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There aren't a lot of positive fictional representations of journalists, but I love Evelyn Waugh's Scoop, so maybe William Boot

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