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Rowena Mason

Rowena Mason is the Guardian's Whitehall editor

17 April 2025

  • Person reaching for medicine on shelf.

    Ministers in ‘active conversation’ with UK drug firms over potential tariffs

    Government seeks ways to shield industry from possible US levies amid concern over effect on medicine supply

12 April 2025

  • Steelworkers and members of UNITE Union march to Scunthorpe United Football ground as parliament holds an emergency debate.

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Parliament approves British Steel bill as sources say owners blocked from entering Scunthorpe plant – as it happened

    The Steel Industry (Special Measures) has now passed through the House of Lords and is awaiting royal assent

11 April 2025

  • A Frankfurt trader this week at work as broadcasters show Donald Trump’s remarks

    Business live
    US stock markets rally as White House says there is ‘great optimism’ in the economy – as it happened

  • The steelworks in Scunthorpe

    Starmer steps in to seize control of British Steel with nationalisation likely

  • Keir Starmer

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Starmer aiming to ‘pass emergency legislation in one day’ to save British Steel – as it happened

  • EU flags

    Labour MPs urge ministers to focus on rebuilding trading relationship with EU

10 April 2025

  • Michael Gove.

    Michael Gove to be awarded peerage in Rishi Sunak’s resignation honours

  • A person walks past a large pile of rubbish on the side of a road

    Birmingham bin workers to be balloted on deal to end strike

  • Keir Starmer with police officers in the background

    Starmer admits he has not spoken to Trump since he brought in trade tariffs

  • Penny Mordaunt.

    Penny Mordaunt takes job advising one of world’s largest tobacco firms

  • About 1,200 jobs to go at Cabinet Office in civil service efficiency drive

  • Cooper hits back at ‘misinformation’ over grooming gang inquiries

9 April 2025

  • Illustration of a woman and the Ministry of Defence office and sign

    Female defence workers say sexual harassment not addressed after MoD allegations

    Exclusive: Union calls for inquiry more than a year after whistleblowers wrote to department about alleged abuse
  • a man in a suit speaks into a microphone

    Trump pauses plans to hike US tariffs on most countries except China

    Trump says he will raise US tariffs on Chinese exports to 125% and unveils 90-day pause for other countries
  • Nigel Farage is interviewed by Sky News Australia

    Nigel Farage gets his 10th job as he becomes Sky News Australia commentator

    In addition to role as MP, Reform UK leader has gigs including Telegraph column and advertising gold bullion

8 April 2025

  • A trader on Wall Street on Tuesday

    Business live
    Wall Street dives as hopes wane for tariff delays – as it happened

  • Sunset view of British Steel plant

    British Steel could be nationalised as PM and chancellor consider ‘all options’

March 2025

  • Keir Starmer in the House of Commons chamber

    UK ministers need to ask why they are offered freebies – and who loses out

    Firms who wine and dine officials may gain a seat at the policymaking table while the third sector is squeezed out
  • The Olivier awards at the Royal Albert Hall

    UK ministers and officials treated to hospitality 3,500 times in five years, study finds

    Some of firms providing meals and tickets also among those to secure most meetings in key departments
  • Sue Gray on a balcony in Whitehall

    Sue Gray warns No 10 to be careful about cuts to civil service

    Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff uses maiden Lords speech to emphasise importance of public servants
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