All the latest political developments in the UK, as a Conservative peer who is leading a Government review into how the Civil Service operates has called for a more "robust culture" in Whitehall.Lord Francis Maude said the system needs to be less "mealy-mouthed about 'politicisation'" in the wake of Dominic Raab's resignation and his claims that Civil Service "activists" had been working against him.

All the latest political developments in the UK, as a Conservative peer who is leading a Government review into how the Civil Service operates has called for a more "robust culture" in Whitehall.Lord Francis Maude said the system needs to be less "mealy-mouthed about 'politicisation'" in the wake of Dominic Raab's resignation and his claims that Civil Service "activists" had been working against him.