Watchdog launches review after UK civil service ‘cronyism’ row

Watchdog launches review after UK civil service ‘cronyism’ row

Announcement follows questions over exceptional appointments of Labour donor and former thinktank staffer

The civil service appointments watchdog has launched a review of exceptional appointments to official jobs after a row about alleged cronyism, following a Labour donor and a former thinktank staffer being given roles.

Gisela Stuart, the first civil service commissioner, has written to the heads of all government departments asking for details of any appointments since 1 July that were made without going through the normal civil service recruitment processes.

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