A Tory peer who is leading a government review into how the civil service operates has called for a greater “politicisation” of Whitehall through allowing ministers more power to appoint their own officials.
Francis Maude said the system needs to be less “mealy-mouthed about ‘politicisation’” in the wake of Dominic Raab’s resignation and the claims made by Mr Raab that civil service “activists” had been working against him.
