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BBC Suspends Civil Service Fact-Checking Scheme Amid Impartiality Outcry

19 October 2026 at 13:18

The BBC has suspended a placement scheme for civil servants amid an outcry over impartiality after it was revealed that Whitehall staff were tasked with fact-checking contentious issues such as immigration and Covid.

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Who is the Guardian of the Constitution?

17 October 2026 at 11:00

Dominic Cummings is right, says Professor James Alexander: the idea that civil servants are the 'guardians of the constitution' is pernicious in the extreme. But who then should play such a lofty role?

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