Blow for Gordon Brown as four senior government 'waste czars' defect to the Tory party
Posted Mon, 12/07/2009 - 18:17 by Mail Online
The defectors include Sir Peter Gershon, the architect of Labour's plans to slim down the civil service, and Bernard Gray, who conducted the biggest defence review of recent years.See original: Blow for Gordon Brown as four senior government 'waste czars' defect to the Tory party
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