Author: Daily Local UK

Ministers may be bringing in political “super-spads” through the backdoor by putting them on the boards of Whitehall departments, a leading committee of MPs has found, as it called for an overhaul of appointment rules.The public...

Labour has defended its plan to appoint dozens of peers to the House of Lords if it wins the next election, despite promising to abolish the upper chamber altogether.Angela Smith, Labour’s leader in the Lords, said on Thursday...