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...It’s called the Maude review. It’s by Francis Maude. It was commissioned a year ago to look at how the civil service could be reformed to be more responsive to the needs of government....
...A determination to give ministers more say in the selection of permanent secretaries triggered what one former senior official described as a “a war of attrition” between Francis Maude, then-cabinet office...
...When the coalition government came to power in 2010, Francis Maude, Cabinet Office minister, imposed tight spending controls in a number of areas including consultancy....
...The report quotes Francis Maude, then Cabinet Office minister, who said: “The view that the answer to every problem is to bring in outsiders . . . that whenever there is anything difficult you need to get...
...The uncertainty over the agency’s future raises wider issues about the durability of the approach pioneered by former Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude, based on curbing departments’ autonomy in the...
Concern that reduced role and investment will hit ability to deliver savings across government
...Mr Maude lauded him as “the ideal person to take our already world-leading approach to open data even further”....
...The minister he succeeded, Francis Maude, secured billions in efficiency savings but sometimes irked the Treasury....
...Francis Maude, Mr Hancock’s predecessor, championed the notion of central government spinouts but they have been slow to take root amid a purported lack of enthusiasm among civil servants....
...The appointment of the first non-executive directors to Whitehall departments in 2010 was part of a wider drive by Francis Maude, then cabinet office minister, to make government work in a more businesslike...
...Mr Maude delivered almost £15bn in savings across Whitehall in 2013-14 through more efficient procurement, tighter controls over real estate, pay freezes and job cuts....
...The Financial Times understands that Francis Maude, Cabinet Office minister, has been given the go-ahead by the Treasury to offer leading businesspeople salaries bigger than the prime minister’s as he hunts...
...Given their accountability to ministers, it would not be “appropriate” for them to undertake such activity without the “express permission” of those ministers, Mr Maude added....
Audit chief concerns at effect of financial scalpel on services
...Only information that would genuinely affect a supplier’s commercial position should be withheld, Mr Maude added....
...David Cameron is widely seen to have failed to give high-profile backing to Mr Maude in his attempts to ensure Whitehall works in a more businesslike manner....
...His comments touch on fears among ministers such as Francis Maude, who has led the drive to reform the civil service, that moves towards more efficiency and collaboration between government departments could...
...Francis Maude, cabinet office minister, has led a drive to overhaul the way Whitehall works over the past five years....
...Mr Maude, who has led the drive with single-minded vigour, is stepping down as an MP at the general election....
...Francis Maude, cabinet office minister, announced on Thursday that the Environment Agency would publish the information, which in the past was available only to some insurance companies....
...The aim, said Mr Maude, was to ensure that “nine out of 10 of the online public” used digital public services by 2020....
...Mr Maude also announced a new push for external candidates in senior jobs below permanent secretary level....
...Francis Maude, Cabinet Office minister, created the position in 2010, one of a number of changes intended to bring in new skills and help find cost savings in an era of austerity....
...Sir David Normington, civil service commissioner, had previously resisted Mr Maude’s plans, which have cross-party backing....
...He will suggest that the Cabinet Office, run by Mr Maude, who has day-to-day control of the civil service, had been one of “the worst offenders”....
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