Defence Secretary Grant Shapps on Tuesday slapped down a call from a fellow minister to ban “political” lanyards in Whitehall. So-called “common sense minister” Esther McVey said civil servants’ ...

Ministers have been mocked after Rishi Sunak's Common Sense Minister, Esther McVey, suggested civil servants would be disciplined if they wear rainbow lanyards to ...

A campaign group has launched legal action seeking to ban civil servants from wearing rainbow lanyards, endorsing Pride events and using preferred pronouns in public-facing email signatures. The ...

Esther McVey has announced a ban on rainbow-coloured and other “random” lanyards in the civil service as part of a new series of measures for a Tory “war on woke”. Rishi Sunak’s common sense minister ...

Civil servants will be banned from wearing rainbow lanyards as part of a government crackdown on the “backdoor” politicisation of Whitehall. Esther McVey, dubbed the “common sense minister” set out ...

Keir Starmer has mocked Rishi Sunak for “confiscating lanyards like some jumped-up milk monitor” rather than cracking down on crime. Esther McVey, the so-called common sense minister, announced on ...

A campaign group has launched legal action seeking to ban civil servants from wearing rainbow lanyards, endorsing Pride events and using preferred pronouns in public-facing email signatures. The ...