A TOP Tory MP will see how a farm near Worcester helps disadvantaged children and drug users. Full Article at Worcester News

Francis Maude, the shadow minister for the Cabinet Office, has written to Sir Gus O’Donnell, the cabinet secretary, calling for a moratorium on the £100bn of government IT contracts in the pipeline. This raises a load of questions. Full Article at The Ideal Government Project

The turning point for Britain’s Conservative party may have been a single slide in a PowerPoint presentation delivered at the party conference after the 2005 election defeat. Full Article at Canada Free Press

The turning point for Britain’s Conservative party may have been a single slide in a PowerPoint presentation delivered at the party conference after the 2005 election defeat. Full Article at Red County

Fraser Nelson: Cameron owes his political success to his Euroscepticism And finally... Full Article at ConservativeHome

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. Full Article at New Majority

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... Full Article at ConservativeHome

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... Full Article at The Telegraph

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. Full Article at The Telegraph

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". Full Article at The Daily Record

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... Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

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. Full Article at Times Online

Francis Maude, the shadow cabinet office secretary, who would oversee the COI as part of a Conservative government, described Lund as 'really good news'. Full Article at Brand Republic

The UK government spends more on IT than any other government, says the shadow minister responsible for reviewing the sector. Full Article at ZDNet UK

Francis Maude has said that government must spend more wisely if it is to meet the demands of the financial crisis. Full Article at ePolitix

The Conservatives vowed today to bring in "big hitters" from the private sector to make Whitehall more accountable and recommend the sacking of permanent secretaries if necessary. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited