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When a leader of a government packs their appointees in key roles, people who have nothing to offer but zealotry and loyalty, it is a sign of weakness.

“The whole point about this committee is it is non-partisan. The Prime Minister nor anybody should be seeking to tell the committee who should be the chair."

His first challenge will be to decide when – and if – to release the long-awaited report into alleged Russian interference in UK politics.

The former justice and transport secretary has courted controversy in the past.

“Principled Conservative MPs should refuse to go along with this latest authoritarian move", Sir Ed Davey said.

The accusation comes after Civil Emergency planners described Chris Grayling’s Department for Transport as “unhelpful” and decried it for omitting “key” information when planning for a no-deal Brexit.

The public purse will take a £50m hit after the DoT (Department of Transport) ended its no-deal Brexit ferry contracts. Chris Grayling’s department had agreed £108m contracts with three ferry organisations, to assist with moving goods in the event of a no-deal Brexit. He has decided to terminate the agreements ...

Chris Grayling could face a bill of up to £28 million from two ferry companies hired to help cope with a no-deal Brexit if the UK does not leave the EU at the end of March. The FT has reported that if parliament decides to postpone the UK's departure from the ...

A fresh legal claim over a £1 billion construction project has been lodged which could add insult to misery for the embattled Transport Minister Chris Grayling. American engineering giant Bechtel is set to sue the government over the HS2 tender process. According to Sunday Times reports the US giant has ...