Defence Secretary Grant Shapps on Tuesday slapped down a call from a fellow minister to ban “political” lanyards in Whitehall. So-called “common sense minister” Esther McVey said civil servants’ ...

The exchanges suggest that the directive, which employees say came from local leadership, cited an “executive order,” creating confusion and fear among staff. LGBTQIA pride Rainbow Lanyard for work ...

Ministers have been mocked after Rishi Sunak's Common Sense Minister, Esther McVey, suggested civil servants would be disciplined if they wear rainbow lanyards to ...

WALHALLA — The former branch services manager of the Oconee County Public Library claims in a new lawsuit she was fired in 2023 for expressing her support of the LGBTQ+ community. Sue Andrus is suing ...

A campaign group has launched legal action seeking to ban civil servants from wearing rainbow lanyards, endorsing Pride events and using preferred pronouns in public-facing email signatures. The ...

A charity for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender has acknowledged the NHS’ work to demonstrate inclusion for LGBT nurses by using rainbow lanyards. In an interview with Nursing Times ...

A senior Tory MP wants to see rainbow and other colourful lanyards banned in the civil service in a 'return to common sense' Esther McVey, who was born in Liverpool, said there should be a crackdown ...

Keir Starmer has accused the Tories of being focused on culture war issues like civil servants' rainbow lanyards while domestic abusers are being released early from prisons. In a fiery PMQs exchange, ...

Civil servants will be banned from wearing rainbow lanyards as part of a government crackdown on the “backdoor” politicisation of Whitehall. Esther McVey, dubbed the “common sense minister” set out ...