Electioneering 'threat' to civil service integrity

摘要

The leader of Whitehall's senior trade union has warned political parties not to abuse civil service independence during the general election campaign, amid claims ministers have asked staff to produce politically-motivated information.Jonathan Baume, general secretary of the FDA union, which represents Whitehall's mandarins, said there was growing concern about using the civil service for political means - and named the Treasury as one of the offending departments.