Ex-commissioner of public appointments reveals move – since changed – amid calls for tougher laws
A Conservative peer was chosen to be an “independent” recruiter for a major public appointment, in a move set to increase concern at ministerial attempts to politicise the selection of regulators and chairs of public bodies.
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