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£500,000 Whitehall pay-offs show gravy train is still rolling – Telegraph

July 4, 2013 By in Austerity, Central Government, Coalition, David Cameron, People, Politics, UK Tags: , , , , , , Leave a comment
David Cameron

David Cameron (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

This is an amazing story of abuse in David Cameron‘s austerity torn UK, reported in the Telegraph. It’s a MUST READ, in my view. Check it out!

via £500,000 Whitehall pay-offs show gravy train is still rolling – Telegraph.

The Telegraph is right to refer to the “gravy train”. The gravy train requires a special ticket, only available from David Cameron and and his trusted cronies. The gravy train reinforces the divided society under David Cameron’s leadership; one set of rules for the privileged and another for the masses.

Personally, I think that the MPs have been far too docile in challenging David Cameron’s Government. For me, the Cabinet Office should be eliminated as an austerity measure; time and time again the Cabinet Office has presided over ineffective rules, often written by expensive consultants.

Any thoughts?

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Major Coalition projects like aircraft carriers, welfare reforms and broadband roll-out questioned by official Whitehall report – Telegraph

May 25, 2013 By in Austerity, Consulting, David Cameron, Executive Interim Management, Executive interim management career, George Osborne, Independent Professional Services, Interim Management, Interim Manager, Politics, UK Tags: , , , , , , 19 Comments
English: Francis Maude MP, Minister for the Ca...

English: Francis Maude MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Sketch map of Whitehall, London, showing the p...

Sketch map of Whitehall, London, showing the position of the major UK Government buildings there (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

This is an excellent article from Christopher Hope, senior political correspondent at the Telegraph. This is a MUST-READ, in my view. Check it out!

Major Coalition projects like aircraft carriers, welfare reforms and broadband roll-out questioned by official Whitehall report – Telegraph.

The article cites evidence from the Major Projects Authority which is extremely damning on the competence of David Cameron’s Government.

In my view, it’s about time that Francis Maude, Cabinet Office Minister, was fired. The Cabinet Office and the Treasury have continued to use expensive consultants but have put a strangle-hold on the use of “independent professionals”. Many top-tier executive interim managers, like myself, chose to retire and some, like myself, chose move overseas in their disgust at the narrow-minded cronyism followed by David Cameron’s government. Some of us also put up a fight and took our case, via our MPs, to the Cabinet Office but we were faced with the Catch 22 of David Cameron’s Government.

When every self-respecting economist, including the IMF, is screaming for the UK Government to borrow an extra £10 billion this year and increase infrastructure spending immediately, we can see why the Government hesitates; they can’t manage projects already in the pipeline! Of course, austerity and slash-and-burn across the Public Sector has not helped.

Any thoughts, either on the article or my views?

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