Andrew Griffith criticises government amid cronyism scandal
Andrew Griffith has weighed in on the cronyism scandal, saying Keir Starmer needs to "grasp firmly by the nettle this growing scandal of Labour parachuting in top donors and political supporters into senior civil service roles." It comes as Ian Corfield, who donated £20,000 to Labour politicians over the past decade, was made a temporary director of investment at the Treasury last month. Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00The Prime Minister is clearly going to try and frame it in the way that suits him. The reality
00:05is if you are concerned about trust in politics and if you don't want cronyism then the Prime
00:12Minister needs to grasp firmly by the nettle in the Rose Garden or anywhere else he chooses
00:18this growing scandal of Labour parachuting in top donors and political supporters into
00:24senior civil service roles, something that no government of any political complexion
00:29has done before. It's been criticised by the Institute for Government, by Whitehall Watch
00:34and Sir Alistair Graham, the former Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards. These
00:38appointments need to be rescinded and we need Sir Laurie Magnus now to launch an investigation
00:44into Keir Starmer's ministers as to which of them may have broken the ministerial code.