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The latest news and articles featuring Francis Maude, Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General.

Francis Maude NEWS

The worst civil servants ''will be sacked''
Around 90 per cent of staff could go with little effect on the quality of service to ministers, says No.10

Maude: 'Cooperation is at heart of UK cyber approach'
UK to expand cyber security hub to include public and private organisations

New FOI rules for public bodies on open data
Freedom of Information Act amended for greater transparency and efficiency

Francis Maude reveals £340m savings from G-Cloud
Cabinet Office implies G-Cloud start up costs of £4.9m with far greater eventual savings

Olympics face cyber attack threat, says minister
Beijing faced millions of cyber incidents during the last Olympics and the UK 'will not be immune' says Francis Maude

LATEST FEATURES

David Cameron is right to conuslt about online porn blocking'Everything we do online would need to be monitored'
David Cameron is taking the right approach in choosing a consultation to examine blocking children's access to online porn. But an opt-in approach for all households would mean monitoring everything, writes Nick Pickles

''I'm going to enjoy proving them wrong''
Amid the growing clamour for clarity over the government's public service reform agenda, the new head of the civil service Sir Bob Kerslake tells Iain Robinson why he believes he will defy the sceptics to become a 'champion of change' who will reshape and reinvigorate Whitehall

BaumeWhy do we put up with this?
Jonathan Baume, the head of the senior civil servants' union, tells Iain Robinson why it is time for ministers and permanent secretaries to redefine the boundaries of impartiality and rise to the challenge of defending the public service rationale