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...Apprenticed at 11 to his grandfather the banner painter, he learnt early to make eye-catching, lively, clear designs, evident in the Louvre’s youthful panels “The Stigmatisation of Saint Francis” and “The...
...Mr Chapman’s letter fed into a preparatory document for the policy unit away day prepared by Mary Francis, Mr Major’s private secretary....
...The Conservative rebels’ ranks may be strengthened by Damian Green and Justine Greening, pro-European MPs who recently left the cabinet....
...(Bloomberg, FT) Vatican ‘Lettergate’ Accusations of fake news, a public relations fiasco and an 11-booklet series on the theology of Pope Francis....
...Pope Francis has stood by Cardinal Pell throughout the Australian abuse scandals....
...Francis Urquhart or Frank Underwood. They have to invent him. It's a bit like, if I had to choose an analogy, playing for Tottenham, moving to Arsenal, remaining popular with both....
...Pope Francis told reporters in July they must avoid “a verdict based on gossip”. “We must avoid a media verdict,” he said....
...Well, this really is something out of the Francis Urquhart's school of promotion, isn't it?...
...The circle of trust includes many of those she worked with at the Home Office, including the ministers Damian Green, Karen Bradley and James Brokenshire, plus Timothy and Fiona Hill....
...Damian Hind, author of the report Whitehall Rules, said while contractors clearly filled an important role in government “their persistent use reflects the serious flaws in the civil service HR system”....
...Damian Hinds, exchequer secretary to the Treasury, says, “With the extension of the scheme, [the government] looks forward to more charities and social enterprises benefiting from private investment.”...
...In 2010 Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude scrapped a contractual requirement for private companies taking over public sector staff to hire new employees on the same terms....
...As for bringing in outside advisers, one only has to look at hires such as Andy Coulson and Damian McBride to see that ministers are not infallible judges....
...SH gatetheatre.co.uk, 020 7229 0706, to January 31 Faith Healer, Royal Lyceum John Dove directs this revival of Brian Friel’s seminal play: a haunting, poetic work about Francis Hardy, who travels the...
...Francis Maude, Minister for the Cabinet Office...
...Damián Ortega erects a structure out of stiff, slotted tortillas, a mocking homage to mid-century toys for future engineers....
...MP and Lucia Hunt David Joseph and Ruth Joseph Justin King and Claire King Lt General Sir Graeme Lamb David Laws MP Sir Terry Leahy and Lady Alison Leahy Oliver Letwin MP Theresa May MP and Philip May Francis...
...The project was singled out for early attention by the cross-government “efficiency and reform group” headed by Francis Maude at the Cabinet Office and Danny Alexander, chief secretary to the Treasury....
...Francis Maude, shadow cabinet minister, questioned whether Sir Gus should be relying on assurances made to the prime minister in deciding that this was a rogue operation led by Mr McBride....
...On the first day a startled Attlee rushed into Williams’ room crying: “Francis! Francis! My cricket machine’s tapping out the cabinet minutes.”...
...Mr Brown insisted he and other ministers had been unaware Damian McBride, his head of strategy, was proposing a smear campaign against senior Tory MPs....
...David Cameron called for an overhaul of Downing Street’s culture as the repercussions from the Damian McBride scandal refused to die down....
...Natasha Francis, who came to the polls with her mother, was another supporter of Mr Livingstone, but she did not fill in her second preference....
...Kristin Scott Thomas plays his godson’s mother, married to a self-destructive city wheeler-dealer (Damian Lewis)....
...Damian Ward, director of studies for the distance learning programme, says: “If you can use the technology to create an intelligent learning experience we begin to move in a way that is more attractive for...
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