...staff without posts. The bureaucrats, whose jobs or areas of responsibility have vanished, still draw full salaries, Francis Maude, Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office, branded the situation a scandal. He said: Labour ministers are treating Whitehall...
...the civil service do not divulge any government confidences." But individual meetings can be informal, even lighthearted. Francis Maude, the former Foreign Office minister who is running the process for the Tories, was told in no uncertain terms what the civil...
...are to blame for the financial crisis afflicting so many businesses, let alone members of his own shadow cabinet. One of Francis Maude's extra-parliamentary ventures, Prestbury Holdings, was facing ruin yesterday when it was forced to liquidate and turn itself...
...can only be made public for the first time after government officials lost a bruising battle to try to keep it secret. Francis Maude, the shadow Cabinet Office minister, first asked the government in July for details of the food served at No 10. He was fobbed...
...has over 10 years experience of working alongside current permanent secretaries and can give you a frank assessment of them,” Francis Maude, the shadow Cabinet Office minister, states in a letter to his colleagues seen by the FT. That “frank assessment” is...
...and that his personal permission would also be necessary. But the Conservatives claim his promise is an empty one. Francis Maude, shadow Cabinet Office minister, said: "At a time when there is so much public concern over heavy-handed use of state powers of...
...the Conservative immigration spokesman, made his claim during his statement on the affair in the Commons last week. Last night Francis Maude, the shadow minister for the Cabinet Office, branded ministers's new plans "alarming" and said they were a further...
...area. The Campaign for Pease Pottage Hospital wants acute services to be provided for for the Horsham and Crawley area. MP Francis Maude and county council leader Henry Smith said people were "furious" a new hospital was ruled out. West Sussex Primary Care...
...If she cared about our nation's youth, she'd have kept quiet. But the fact that everyone from Helen Mirren to Francis Maude has had a druggy phase presents a problem for anti-drugs campaigns - because most of these people are clearly fine. They didn't go through...
...a millimetre within the law, Labour are clearly breaching the spirit of the law.' Shadow Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude said the public have a right to know about any deal between Labour and Unite Figures released by the Electoral Commission this week...