Claire McNab2d ago

#UKgov says #OllyRobbins overruled UK Security Vetting, and gave Peter Mandelson #DevelopedVetting status, without telling ministers what #UKSV found. So they fired Robbins. See e.g. The Guardian: https://archive.ph/sMAc9

Such deceit of ministers would end the career of any civil servant. But the govt story is that Robbins as head of the #ForeignOffice went completely rogue to tell ministers what they wanted to hear about a political appointment of top diplomat. Not credible.

#BullShit

#ukpol

quangobaud2d ago

#BBCTodayProgramme 0810-0825

Mandelson Vetting Issue

Justin Webb interviews Darren Jones
(Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister, Minister for Intergovernmental Relations)

#TheForeignOffice #UKGov #Mi6 #PeterMandelson

Andriy Utkin3d ago

Revolting timeline of HMRC not understanding for 2 years how it's possible to apply for HMRC tax filing API access NOT to be a capitalist, but to file taxes for yourself and share code publicly.
https://github.com/ac000/libmtdac/discussions/18

#GovUK #UKGov #HMRC #FuckHMRC #Capitalism #FuckCapitalism

HMRC Making Tax Digital and Open Source clients/libraries · ac000 libmtdac · Discussion #18

tl;dr Production credentials for the Income TAX Self-Assessment API have been granted to itsa & mtd-cli (2021-11-19) So this is about trying to put an open source application (well two actually) th...

GitHub
CyberNetsecIO4d ago

📰 UK Civil Service Pension Scheme Suffers Data Breach Under Capita's Troubled Administration

🇬🇧 UK Civil Service Pension Scheme, run by Capita, suffers data breach. A technical glitch let 138 members view others' pension statements. The incident adds to ongoing 'serious issues' with Capita's contract. #DataBreach #UKGov #Capita

🔗 https://cyber.netsecops.io/articles/uk-civil-service-pension-scheme-hit-by-data-breach-under-capita/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social…

UK Civil Service Pension Scheme Suffers Data Breach Under Capita's Troubled Administration

The UK Civil Service Pension Scheme, administered by Capita, has admitted to a data breach where a technical fault allowed members to view the pension statements of others, compounding existing service failures.

CyberNetSec.io
poison punkApr 10

#FreedomNews reports sofar 2800 #PAactivists have been arrested during protests where ppl hold up placards in support of PA & protest of genocide by the #UKgov

https://www.youtube.com/live/3_g_ksbQn5U?

#press #news #IndependentMedia

Anarchist News Review: Mass arrests of the left, while everyone moans about Kanye

YouTube
Gif's ArtidoteApr 10

#FreedomNews reports sofar 2800 #PAactivists have been arrested during protests where ppl hold up placards in support of PA & protest of genocide by the #UKgov

https://www.youtube.com/live/3_g_ksbQn5U?

#press #news #IndependentMedia

Anarchist News Review: Mass arrests of the left, while everyone moans about Kanye

YouTube
Glyn MoodyApr 9
Britain breaks #solar energy record twice as UK’s biggest solar farm gets approval - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/08/britain-breaks-solar-energy-record-twice-uk-biggest-solar-farm-springwell-approval good work by #ukgov: "25th large-scale clean energy project approved by the Labour government since it came to power in 2024." #renewables
Britain breaks solar energy record twice as UK’s biggest solar farm gets approval

Record high set on Monday and raised on Tuesday, with 14.4GW of electricity generated in sunny spring weather

The Guardian
Glyn MoodyMar 31
‘A national scandal’: trawlers scour seabeds of supposedly protected UK waters - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/31/a-national-scandal-trawlers-scour-seabeds-of-supposedly-protected-uk-waters how can #ukgov be so negligent and incompetent?
‘A national scandal’: trawlers scour seabeds of supposedly protected UK waters

‘Precious ocean life is being pushed to the brink’ say campaigners, arguing that overfished marine areas are ‘protected only on paper’

The Guardian
John LeonardMar 30

This is a good listen, investigating what many others have called out as fraudulent dealings by tech companies like #Coreweave, #nscale and #Microsoft and a #UKgov pinning all its hopes on AI.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2026/mar/30/uk-big-risky-ai-bet

UK’s big, risky AI bet – podcast

Reporter Aisha Down explores the UK’s ‘phantom investments’ in AI, and the risk the government has taken in betting so heavily on the technology if it all goes bust

The Guardian
Show threadMark ⛵️🏳️‍🌈Mar 25

In no way related to my previous toot…

Does anyone have good recommendations for a Mastodon app that works on GrapheneOS without Google Play Services?

#UKGov #Apple #iOS #GrapheneOS