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Thursday 12th November 2009

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:52:48 GMT

Fraser Nelson: Cameron owes his political success to his Euroscepticism And finally...
Source: ConservativeHome

What the Tories Have to Teach Us

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:01:56 GMT

Britain’s Conservatives are poised to return to power after a dozen years in the wilderness, even as America’s conservatives have the look of a movement whose desert wanderings have only just begun. This is an amazing reversal of fortune.
Source: New Majority

Tuesday 27th October 2009

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:53:37 GMT

Voters agree with David Cameron that the State is too big "Two-thirds of voters back David Cameron’s call for the size of the state to be slimmed down, a ComRes survey for The Independent discloses today...
Source: ConservativeHome

Tories look to Canada to solve spending crisis

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:22:37 GMT

Ottawa: The Tories are hoping to learn from Canada's attempts to cut back public spending A petite, francophone former chief of Canada's civil service under the 1990s Liberal administration of Jean Chrétien, Jocelyne Bourgon makes an unlikely pin-up...
Source: The Telegraph

Whitehall mandarins face sacking threat under Conservative plans

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:14:24 GMT

The Conservatives are drawing up plans that would allow ministers to dismiss permanent secretaries, the senior officials who run Whitehall departments. No permanent secretary has been formally dismissed for more than 70 years.
Source: The Telegraph

UK & World News: Anger as Tory who helped introduce poll tax hits out at Britain's 'broken society'

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Anger as Tory who helped introduce poll tax hits out at Britain's 'broken society' Oct 22 2009 By Magnus Gardham A SENIOR Tory who helped introduce the poll tax sparked anger yesterday when he lectured by-election voters on Britain's "broken society".
Source: The Daily Record

Tory civil service plan praised

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:01:34 GMT

Reports that shadow Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has drawn up proposals wins backing from a surprising quarter If the article is true, it suggests that in the unlikely event of the Conservatives winning the next election, ministers will be...
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Francis Maude may alienate civil servants before Tories reach No 10

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:57:20 GMT

When Tony Blair swept to power in 1997 civil servants were eager to work for a shiny new administration with a powerful leader, after the shambles that John Major’s Administration had become. It was not long before their loyalty was tested.
Source: Times Online

Quoted in 'Shadow minister urges 'rethink' of IT spending'

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:11:01 GMT

Francis Maude said in ZDNet UK:

We are not saying there can never be large projects, but our presumption is that we would look for smaller scale distributed models with a strict insistence on interconnectivity. In the case of the NHS, for example, you would expect different units in the health service to be able to do their own thing to a much greater extent, subject to the requirement of connectivity.

Photo from Getty Images

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:38:19 GMT

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 05: Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude delivers a speech in the conference hall on October 5, 2009 in Manchester, England.

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Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:49:11 GMT

Shadow Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude delivers a speech on the first day of the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, north-west England, on October 5, 2009.

Francis Maude not organising a piss up in a brewery

Sat, 07 Oct 2006 11:00:05 GMT