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Ethics chief: UK PM’s reforms after Partygate “highly unsatisfactory”, won’t “restore public trust”
Ethics chief: UK PM’s reforms after Partygate “highly unsatisfactory”, won’t “restore public trust”

Friday, June 3, 2022 Chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life Jonathan Evans criticised United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s proposed changes to the ministerial code after the Partygate revelations on Wednesday as “highly unsatisfactory”. The watchdog slammed revisions presented last week, which allow ministers to remain serving after breaching the code and […]

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National Museum of Scotland reopens after three-year redevelopment
National Museum of Scotland reopens after three-year redevelopment

Friday, July 29, 2011 Today sees the reopening of the National Museum of Scotland following a three-year renovation costing £47.4 million (US$ 77.3 million). Edinburgh’s Chambers Street was closed to traffic for the morning, with the 10am reopening by eleven-year-old Bryony Hare, who took her first steps in the museum, and won a competition organised […]

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Newly released script from 1970s would have been used as announcement after nuclear attack in UK
Newly released script from 1970s would have been used as announcement after nuclear attack in UK

Saturday, October 4, 2008 A script prepared by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and the Government of the United Kingdom in the 1970s, and released today, shows the text of the radio announcement that would be made in case of a nuclear attack on Britain. The script was released by The National Archives, and it […]

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