Cameron’s ‘insurgents’ under scrutiny amid row over lobbyist influence

At least four senior civil servants were allowed to keep second jobs in private sector between 2010-15Among experienced civil servants, they were jokingly referred to as “the insurgents” – a group of executives lured from the private sector by David Cameron’s government to shake up Whitehall.But now that same group is under intense scrutiny amid a growing row about the influence of lobbyists and business on senior Cabinet Office officials once held up as impartial and untouchable. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/apr/17/camerons-insurgents-under-scrutiny-amid-row-over-lobbyist-influence #politics #lobbying #uk_news #greensill #conservatives #francis_maude #business