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David Cameron should be able to pick the permanent secretaries across Whitehall departments, a government-commissioned review has recommended. The IPPR thinktank said the civil service should draw up a shortlist of candidates, with the Prime Minister having the final say on who is appointed. It also suggests giving top civi...
The increased use of foodbanks means David Cameron’s flagship Big Society has deteriorated into the “shrivelled society”, Labour has said. At Cabinet Office ques...
IPPR press release Civil service reform: study on international evidence published Think- tank recommends top civil servants be appointed by PM on fixed-term c...
Chris Leslie accused the Government of taking a “bizarre” approach to its forthcoming spending review. “Obviously if the Government continue regardless of the sta...
Labour party press release Chris Leslie MP, Labour's Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury, responding to Danny Alexander's comments on the forthcoming spend...
Danny Alexander said the Treasury had agreed a third of the planned £11.5bn savings for the 2015/16 financial year. “We’re well over a third, we’re around a third...
14/06/2013
14/06/2013 on Sky News