Ben Yong: The Civil Service: A Public Good, Not the Enemy Within – UK Constitutional Law Association

Posted August 28th, 2026 in news by sally

‘Reform Party MP Danny Kruger is concerned. The UK, he says, has ‘a bloated, paralysed centre of government and a mutinous bureaucracy’; and that ‘Real power is held not by the elected government but by the permanent Civil Service’. So he has set out some proposed changes for the civil service should Reform become the government. These proposals prompt us to ask: what is the civil service for?’

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UK Constitutional Law Association, 27th August 2026

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Leaky sandboxes and bursting reservoirs – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted August 28th, 2026 in news by sally

‘Strange are the ways in which AI can escape and do harm; equally strange are the curious mechanisms whereby water can escape and do harm.’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 28th August 2026

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Family welcomes review of law after driver who killed daughter ruled unfit to stand trial – BBC News

Posted August 28th, 2026 in news by sally

‘The family of a woman killed after a high-speed race through residential streets says it is a “relief” the government was considering changing the law around defendants who are considered unfit to stand trial.’

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BBC News, 27th August 2026

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Woman found guilty of indecent assault against two pupils at London boys’ school in 1980s – The Guardian

Posted August 28th, 2026 in news by sally

‘A chemistry teacher has been found guilty of indecently assaulting two teenage pupils at an all-boys school in the late 1980s.’

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The Guardian, 27th August 2026

Source: www.theguardian.com