and you talk about the clashes between dominic cummings and mark sedwill was mark sedwill publicly opposeda lot of reform or did he say, a lot of reform does need to take place? he has actually said that. civil serva nts has actually said that. civil servants out there to advise and guide ministers as we know not to make those decisions but the feeling within mrjohnson's in a circle over the past couple of weeks and months is that if they do want to see this big reform, a hard rain will fall on parts of whitehall, that they clearly felt that sir mark was an impediment to that, he is a lifelong civil servant who served in the home 0ffice civil servant who served in the home office in many different roles throughout the civil service in his time there, and the big question is who will replace him now on the national security site? we know that will be david frost who is currently boris johnson's brexit adviser. will be david frost who is currently borisjohnson's brexit adviser. he will move into being the prime minister's advise on all things security and the process will begin for recruitin

it was partly a crisis situation, jeremy heywood became terminally ill, theresa mayjust moved mark sedwilldo both, but was the ever sustainable? personally, ithink do both, but was the ever sustainable? personally, i think it played to mark's strengths, he was a brilliant national security adviser. he is incredibly good at that. i would say it makes sense to do what they are going to do now, which is to split thejobs. they are going to do now, which is to split the jobs. i would have thought for a national security adviser we would want someone who has a strong background in that. i am slightly surprised, i am honest, andi am slightly surprised, i am honest, and i don't know david frost personally... he goes back quite a long way as a civil servant, he left and became one point ahead of the scotch whisky association and also the london chambers of commerce. doesn't sound like national security issues. when you compare that with mark's background. that's what they said. this is another example, if you really believe in expertise, getting professionals and to do the job, let's get the best e

the top mandarin, sir mark sedwill possibly be moved out of hisjob mandarin, sir mark sedwill possibly that dominic cummings, the chief adviser was quoted yesterday, i think, as saying, a hard rain is going to fall in whitehall because he does not think the civil service has been up to thejob during think the civil service has been up to the job during the coronavirus. think the civil service has been up to the job during the coronaviruslj wonder if a lot of people actually reading the story will think, is that the time to be reorganising the civil service. let's put that aside. if you are mark sedwill, essentially you are reading in the papers that you are reading in the papers that you are reading in the papers that you are going to be resigning, whether willingly or not this week. 40 whether willingly or not this week. a0 total reorganisation of how the number 10 works and at the broader whitehall government mission. it is very interesting, we see it again the influence of dominic cummings who we know not to be tremendously impressed with the civil service and its workings. and tryi

sir mark sedwill is leaving in september, in what's being seen as a big shake—up of the civil servicemore on that in a moment, but first the prime minister says the uk will "build" its way out of the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, with infrastructure projects for schools, hospitals and transport. he's to give a speech outlining his plans on tuesday, as jessica parker reports. fighting fit, borisjohnson doing press ups, as he also tries to get the economy into shape. speaking to the mail on sunday about coronavirus, he said... and to do it, harking back to some familiar themes. we are going to unite and level up. again, the idea of levelling up, tackling inequality, with a promise of new schools, hospitals and transport schemes. ministers are trying to motor the economy along — hospitality opening up next weekend in england. there's been a great deal of work across government in terms of investing in the hospitality sector, so, pubs, restaurants, bars, to get them reopened. it's all part of the road map that the government has outlined. as lockdown‘s eased, borisjo

the cabinet secretary, sir mark sedwill, is to step down as the government's most senior civil servantmore details will be revealed on the easing of non—essential travel restrictions for many popular european holiday destinations. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the writer and broadcaster dawn foster and andy silvester, deputy editor at city am tomorrow's front pages, starting with... the front page of the metro features a warning from a scientific adviser to the government that the uk could face a severe second wave of coronavirus as lockdown measures ease in england. the times leads with the prime minister's announcement of extra funding for schools in what he calls his aim for every pupil to "succeed". the ft reports on the stepping down of the government's most senior civil servant, cabinet secretary sir mark sedwill. the telegraph says that the prime minister is looking for a brexit supporter to replace sir mark as part of his plans to reform whitehall. the guardian also reports on that story with a large picture of

the government's most senior civil servant, sir mark sedwill, is to leave his post as cabinet secretaryparture will be seen as a victory for the prime minister's chief adviser, dominic cummings. the civil service union, the fda, said number ten had undermined sir mark with "cowardly" anonymous briefings and that the government would be weakened by his departure. lord o'donnell was cabinet secretary and head of the civil service from 2005—2011. he gave me his reaction to the news. i think it's very sad that mark is going, he's a great public servant, came in a very difficult time when my successor was tragically and seriously ill and later died. mark brought things together, he has lived through brexit and covid—19, it's not been easy for him, and i know he will move on now to think about having a global security role which has enormous strength in the security field. that looks like a bit of a consolation prize. he has been in thisjob for less than two years, there was a perception he was very close to theresa may, she trusted him and brought him in from the home office, and perhaps the

the headlines at 7: the cabinet secretary, sir mark sedwill, is to step down as the government's mostters consider reimposing some coronavirus restrictions in leicester because of a surge of cases there. with local flare—ups, it's right that we have a localised solution in terms of infection control, social distancing, testing. uk prime minister borisjohnson sets out his plans to build his way to economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. more details will be revealed on the easing of non—essential travel restrictions for many popular european holiday destinations.

out with the top civil servant, sir mark sedwill, who welcomed the prime minister in december, but hiswith more of the ideas of his most senior adviser, dominic cummings. his hope — a more active and aggressive team to push things through, something to cheer for him, perhaps. something others might fear. we are living through a health crisis. there's an economic crisis coming up alongside. millions of people could lose theirjob. the prime minister should be focusing on a july budget and answering the question, how are you going to preserve and protect jobs? not moving around senior civil servants. there's been a huge scramble here to keep up with the demands of the coronavirus crisis, and ministers have been knocked as and when things have gone wrong. so downing street wants this week to pause and to reset, to accelerate their plans, shift some key personnel, and they hope, change the politics, too. after turmoil, downing street may try to show parliament and the public a convincing shape of things to come. but this crisis has demonstrated a political truth — governments can be overwhe

i think the man is absolutely —— mark sedwill is the uk's most senior servant, he's both national securityer and cabinet secretary. it's at risk of losing a decent one of those post —— he is at risk. briefing as to what might happen in terms of civil service. don, this isn't the first time we've heard of dominic cummings desire to shake up the civil service. he had that quote about wanting those misfits to join. that's right. he has expressed some quite colourful opinions about the inefficiencies of the british... the incompetence of ministers and the fa ct incompetence of ministers and the fact that ministers don't understand all the sorts of things that he's interested in. science and statistics in particular. but how this will work out in practice and in terms of the particular personalities involved is absolute fascinating. we can't really... we all have our noses pressed at the windows. we can't really see what's going on inside. dominic cummings obviously is a very, very important adviser to the prime minister, but he's not a civil servant. the relationship between those political ap

the telegrpah says sir mark sedwill, the uk's most senior civil servant, will announce his departurerly as this week under borisjohnson‘s plans for a shakeup of the civil service. and the sunday times leads with the news that the housing secretary robert jenrick failed to inform his most senior planning officials that he had met and texted a tory donor before he overruled official advice and approved a one billion pound property deal. more on that story in just a moment. john and sian, let's start with the best photograph of this crop. the prime minister doing press ups for the mail on sunday. sian, what do you make of this picture? it's very interesting. it's boris johnson doing press ups on the front page. echoes with an he's given to the paper where he is saying —— it goes with, despite still recovering from covid—19, he is now as fit as a bush because my dog and philippines. —— a bush's dog. full of beans. he has billions of plans to boost the economy, promising to create 10,000 extra prison places, rebuild schools. all of that —— about creating jobs for the workers, many of whom

britain's most senior civil servant, sir mark sedwill, has announced he's stepping down from his rolesbinet secretary and national security adviser. it's the latest high—profile change at the top of britain's civil service, and comes amid a drive by the government to overhaul the way it operates. in australia, the state of victoria will make coronavirus testing mandatory for everyone returning from overseas trips following a spike in coronavirus cases. a third of travellers have been refusing tests. but under the new state regulations, returning travellers staying in quarantine hotels for two weeks will have to remain there for an extra 10 days if they refuse testing. malawi's newly elected president, lazarus cha kwera, has said his victory is a win for democracy and justice. the former evangelist preacher was declared the winner of the election rerun with almost 59% of the vote. the result is being seen as a democratic first in sub—saharan africa with the opposition wining power in a rerun election. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: anyone for tennis? sadly, no wimbledon or str

the cabinet secretary, sir mark sedwill, is to step down as the government's most senior civil servant. more details will be revealed on the easing of non—essential travel restrictions for many popular european holiday destinations. now, in a rare interview, environmental activist from texas, they recently reimposed restrictions. the governor says covid—19 has ta ken restrictions. the governor says covid—19 has taken very swift, very dangerous turn texas. now, in a rare interview, environmental activist greta thunberg speaks to the bbc‘s justin rowlatt about the future of the climate protest movement, the coronavirus pandemic and her life. this is greta thunberg if you've never seen her before. —— as you've never —— as you've never seen —— as you've never seen her before. the world's leaving climate activist has agreed to her first major interview since lockdown began three months ago. she is on the sofa with her dog roxie. come on. i am in a greenhouse in the middle of beautiful kew gardens. wired up to the internet for one of the most in—depth interviews greta thunberg has ever given

the telegrpah says sir mark sedwill, the uk's most senior civil servant, will announce his departureweek under borisjohnson‘s plans for a shake—up of the civil service. and the sunday times leads with the news that the housing secretary robertjenrick failed to inform his most senior planning officials that he had met and texted a tory donor before he overruled their advice and approved a one billion pound property deal. so let's begin... john and sean. let start with the front page of the mail on sunday. it has possibly a rather alarming site of the prime minister doing press ups for the paper. where should we start? this is actually from an interview to go with the photograph, is in there? it is. the remarkable photograph actually. of the prime minister on his front doing press ups trying to prove that he is as fit as a yorkshire dog as he put it. but it is an interesting interview. i'm not sure if it is as reassuring as the prime minister intended to be. if covid was the lightning flashed, we are about to have the thunderclap of the economic consequences. he is preparing us for the

at the weekend, the cabinet secretary, sir mark sedwill, it was announced he would be moving on.rost, currently the chief negotiator on brexit. he has no particular background in intelligence or security, and the former prime minister, theresa may, made her feelings known about this in the commentsjust feelings known about this in the comments just now. —— feelings known about this in the commentsjust now. —— in the commons. i served on the national security council for nine years, six years as home secretary and three as prime minister. during that time i listened to the expert independent advice from national security advisers. on saturday my right honourable friend said we must be able to promote those with proven expertise. why, then, is the new national security advisor a political appointee with no proven expertise in national security? in response to that, michael gove said that previous national security advisers had not always been steeped in the security world, and there was a feeling that someone who is more ofan a feeling that someone who is more of an outsider, if yo

well this follows the resignation of the previous national security adviser said mark sedwill he was appointed by to resume a in 2017 the labor party have also hit out at the government's decision to replace said well with frost calling it unusual and citing the fact that fast has no civil service experience. 3 years after the ground felt our fire in london the united nations has warned the british government it could be breaking international law by failing to strip tower blocks of combustible planting the un special rapporteur ridge to the government to express serious concerns about allegations of multiple violations of the human right to adequate housing the united nations has also asked the government to provide more information about its approach to clouding removal meanwhile tenants across the u.k. are living in fear of a similar tragedy to the grenfell tower blaze which claimed 72 lives in 2017 last july then housing secretary james broken chair pledged to have completed all similar cladding removal works by june 2020. my expectation is that other than in exceptional circumst

as mark sedwill, the cabinet secretary said, of the labour party, this matter is considered over by theort the prime minister on getting kids back to school, we have over1 million going into school... i'm happy to talk about some of the other issues ina talk about some of the other issues in a moment but i want to focus for a moment on robertjenrick and the texts you talked about. we have a situation... reason why lots of people think this is important, and you say it's a distraction, but this is fundamentally about trust, which is fundamentally about trust, which is very important right now, which i'm sure you would agree with, and you look at the detail of some of these texts, and for those who haven't gone through them, we have what is quite a cosy dinner that the two men, robert enric and richmond desmond that at, where they had a discussion and there an exchange after that —— robertjenrick. robert jenrick says, "good to spend time with you tonight, desmond". desmond said we will call the office tomorrow to arrange things. that was november. we fast forward to december the 23rd when

mark sedwill has said that there won't be an enquiry and the prime minister so far has given mrjenrick. many thanks, labour's shadow housing secretary there. the metropolitan police say they are investigating a large public disorder event which began overnight in south london. 22 officers were injured, although none seriously, and four people were arrested on assault and public order offences in the clashes in brixton. it happened near the angel town estate. unverified images on social media appear to show police cars and other emergency vehicles being damaged by crowds. the met police have released a statement. these gatherings are unlawful, as well as posing a risk to public health and against coronavirus restrictions. the violence shown towards officers is totally u na cce pta ble and we will not tolerate it in anyform. an investigation into the incident is now taking place and those involved will be brought to justice. earlier our reporter sean dilley has been following the story. there were crowds in the street around cecilia road, in the lambeth and brixton area. when officers tu

is the most senior civil servant in whitehall, sirmark senior civil servant in whitehall, sir mark sedwill door, shall we say. partly, isuspect, it's a personality issue because he was never part of the vote to leave leak who now dominate downing street. he was theresa may's cabinet secretary and stayed on through brexit and through covid. partly, it's because borisjohnson through covid. partly, it's because boris johnson wants a through covid. partly, it's because borisjohnson wants a different sort of feel to the civil service. part of feel to the civil service. part of his plans for so—called levelling up of his plans for so—called levelling up the country in this huge building programme, central to that is having civil servants who can actually make it happen. in other words, notjust having brilliant minds but having people with the practical ability to negotiate contracts, took contract manage —— project manage different schemes. they are looking for a different type of civil service and it seems to me sir mark didn't quite fit that template. civil service rest from the team johnson i

the guardian leads on the resignation of the uk‘s most senior civil servant, mark sedwill.ngs. and wales 0nline focuses on the fact that welsh schools are re—opening today. it says parents have been left "angry and confused" by what it calls "bombshell" announcements and mixed messages. we will be looking at that specifically today, what is going on in welsh schools over the next couple of weeks and now, the inside pages. a lack of cash means a third of us have not seen the new £20 note. if you have not seen it, can you see? it is maybe a little bit too little. there you are. there it is, 37% of us have said we have not used one of the new polymer £20 banknotes, according to nationwide. the notes featurej m w turner and issued by the bank of england on february 20, about one month before lockdown. this is related, we know that last year, lockdown. this is related, we know that last yea r, co nta ctless lockdown. this is related, we know that last year, contactless have been raised from £30 to £115 and the big issue is sellers will return to work this week using are you all

the cabinet secretary, sir mark sedwill, is to step down as the government's most senior civil servantls will be revealed on the easing of nonessential travel restrictions for many popular european holiday destinations. now on bbc news, our world looks at the worst invasion of desert locusts east africa has seen for decades. just an average swarm can eat the same in a day as 2,500 people in a year. in december last year, locusts started swarming across east africa.

row over the departure of the country's most senior civil servant, the cabinet secretary, sir mark sedwillra kuenssberg has more from westminster. her report contains some flashing images. among these buildings, steeped in history, it can feel like time stands still. but some moments press fast forward. after the national emergency of coronavirus, the government wants speed and scale. that means extra cash for schools and infrastructure. after months of spending and borrowing big to support the economy through lockdown, more is on the way. i believe personally that what the government has got to do right now is keep going with an activist, interventionist approach. but that is the way also to get business to be confident, to start investing, to start taking people back and start creating newjobs. it might already be too late for so many. we first heard from this travel firm back in march. desks were already emptying then as bookings began to dry up and staff stay away. their team, some of the 11 million or so people who have been supported by the taxpayer since then. so much uncertainty, t