Mark Sedwill
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 59 |
Date of birth | October 21,1964 |
Zodiac sign | Libra |
Born | Ealing |
London | |
United Kingdom | |
Office | Cabinet Secretary |
Previous office | Acting Cabinet Secretary of the United Kingdom (2018–2018) |
Job | Diplomat |
Education | St Edmund Hall |
University of St Andrews | |
Bourne Grammar School | |
Position | Member of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom since 2020 |
Previous position | Cabinet Secretary of the United Kingdom (2018–2020) |
Books | Her Majesty's Passport Office Annual Report and Accounts for the Period 1 April - 30 September 2014 |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 535947 |
Mark Sedwill Life story
Mark Philip Sedwill, Baron Sedwill, GCMG, FRGS, is a British diplomat and senior civil servant who served as Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service to Prime Ministers Theresa May and Boris Johnson from 2018 to 2020. He also served as the United Kingdom National Security Adviser from 2017 to 2020.
Covid inquiry: Toxic culture damaged response, says Matt Hancock
... More on Covid and the Covid InquiryIn the session, the inquiry was shown extracts from Sir Patrick s diary which described a " massive internal mess" inside the health department and reported that then-civil service head Sir Mark Sedwill complained of the department s " clear lack of grip"...
Boris Johnson urged to to remove Matt Hancock by top official
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'Stiletto row' official to appear at Covid inquiry
... " What, then, in practical terms, does she think that meant for the government s response to the pandemic? How much worse did this make what would be - under any circumstances - a massive challenge for any government at any time? What more will she say about the impact of the, the country s then most senior civil servant, Mark Sedwill, at the height of the pandemic? He and Dominic Cummings had a well-documented dreadful relationship...
Covid inquiry texts show No 10 staff complaining about Carrie Johnson
... Mr Johnson also describes Mark Sedwill, the head of the civil service until September 2020, as " miles off pace"...
Covid Inquiry focuses on government as stakes rise
... Another two weeks is set aside to hear from advisers and civil servants, expected to include Dominic Cummings and former cabinet secretary Sir Mark Sedwill...
Boris Johnson: Officials discussed raising concerns about former PM to Queen
... There were a number of clashes between Dominic Cummings, the former prime minister s controversial chief of staff, and the head of the Civil Service, who subsequently left, Sir Mark Sedwill...
Simon Case: 'Keeper of secrets' under scrutiny
... As questions swirl over Mr Case, is the system of civil service working as it should be? Mr Case first took the job in September 2020, when he replaced Sir Mark Sedwill, who was sacked by former Prime Minister Boris Johnson...
West ferry planning series: Jenrick texted projects, documents show
... Amid calls from opposition MPs for a full inquiry by the chief of the Cabinet, of the UK s top civil servants, Mark Sedwill, said Mr Jenrick, a complete and factual account of his actions had given...
West ferry planning series: work-push for house vote on Robert Jenrick
work is trying to Force to publish the housing Secretary Robert Jenrick , all documents relating to a controversial planning decision.
Mr Jenrick approved the Scheme , 12 Days before the developer Gave £12,000 to the Conservative Party .
labour says the timing of increases "cash for favours" suspicion - But Mr Jenrick, he insists it has done nothing wrong.
Shadow housing Secretary, Steve Reed , urges to Force the lower house vote, the publication of documents.
The Conservatives' 80 seat majority means that the work is unlikely to win the vote.
Business Secretary Alok Sharma BBC Radio 4 Yesterday said program Mr Jenrick had "acted with all propriety" and, as his colleagues have already had questions about, he answered in The Commons "this should be The End of The Matter ".
But Wednesday's Commons debate, secured by work, to give MPs a chance to ask questions about the West ferry development.
The series revolves around a 1,500 home development in the former West ferry printing plant on The Isle of Dogs in East London .
The developer, the former Daily Express owner Richard Desmond , personally Gave the Conservative Party £ 12,000 Two Weeks after the Scheme was approved in January.
Affordable housinglabour says the timing of the decision to the approval of the Scheme - just A Day before a new community infrastructure levy came into Force - would have saved, Mr. Desmond, Northern and Shell companies up to £50m.
later turned out to be Mr Jenrick had sat next to Mr Desmond to a Conservative Party fundraising dinner in November 2019.
work, says Mr Jenrick also his advisers overruled, to reduce the amount of affordable housing required, the development, the potentially Mr save Desmond a Further £106.
The planned development is in London's DocklandsMr Jenrick was a decision challenged by Tower Hamlets Council, forced The Secretary of state and say what he did was "unlawful, due to the obvious bias".
the members of the Council asked The High Court to the government for the disclosure of E-Mails and memos about the offer.
Rather than do this, Mr Jenrick, the lawyers conceded the timing of his decision "would lead the fair-minded and informed observer to conclude that it is biased is a real possibility," he said.
the defense of his actions in The Commons earlier this month, Mr Jenrick said it was not reaching "unusual" for The Secretary of state to a different conclusion from the councils or planning inspectors, The Most "controversial" applications.
'Illegal decision""I took this decision in Good Faith , with an Open Mind , and I Am confident that all The Rules were followed," he told MPs.
He told MPs Mr Desmond had tried to increase the control with him during dinner, But that he had told the business man he could not discuss.
But , Mr Desmond Last Weekend that he had shown, Mr Jenrick, a promotional video for the program on his cell phone during the fundraiser at The Savoy Hotel.
Mr Desmond did not respond to BBC requests for a comment.
labour Force -to-use, Wednesday, The Commons -debate, in order to try to Force the government to release all correspondence with Ministers and their special advisers for the development.
Mr Reed said: "The Secretary of state has admitted that he knew that his illegal, unilateral decision-making would bypass to authorize Richard Desmond property, save the Conservative Party donor, up to £150, But there are still far too many unanswered questions left. "
He added that, if Mr Jenrick "has nothing to hide, then he has nothing to fear from the publication of these documents".
Labour and the Liberal Democrats , the UK's top civil servant, Cabinet Secretary Sir Mark have written Sedwill, to investigate, to ask him the ministerial code, whether Mr Jenrick broke.
The "Cabinet Office ", said Sir Mark would react "to the letter in due course", But has refused to conduct a full investigation.
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Source of news: bbc.com