'We are creating a much leaner, more effective Whitehall machine”, insisted Francis Maude, the Minister for the Cabinet Office, last week. The Coalition, he says, is going to ensure that the Civil Service “manages its finances like the best run businesse

Civil servants automatically given an extra 2.5 'privilege' days off per yearFemale civil servant laddering £5 pair of tights would get £4.50 compensation - even if it was her own faultRipped two-year-old silk blouse worth £80 would attract £40 compensat

'Lean Machine': Francis Maude claims the government is transforming Whitehall so it 'manages its finances like the best-run businesses' According to Francis Maude, the government is transforming Whitehall into a ‘leaner’ machine that ‘manages its finance

Civil service union PCS leader Mark Serwotka accused Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude of being "distasteful and economically illiterate" today after he boasted about sacking 43,000 civil servants. Conservative Party chairman Mr Maude announced that

This is the claim from Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude, who said this week efficiency drives have already garnered £3.25bn, while work carried out to uncover waste in areas such as fraud, error and debt mean that projected savings for the full fina

Jon Trickett MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office, responding to the announcement on Government savings estimates by Francis Maude, said: “Let’s be clear, the Cabinet Office has offered no hard evidence at all for these new estimates. “The