Liz Truss Rumoured to be Giving Brown’s High Civil Servant Management Over Many SpAds
Guido understands Liz Truss could also be about to stroll right into a entice set for her by the blob. This morning former No. 10 stalwart Nikki Da Costa revealed Truss is lastly set to maneuver a swathe of No. 10 SpAds out of Downing Avenue and into the Cupboard Workplace, the place the coverage unit, knowledge unit, legislative affairs unit and supply models will develop into a part of the Financial & Home Secretariat. This alone could be a worrying transfer by the brand new PM; whereas it’s widespread to slate the proliferation of SpAds, they kind a significant function in authorities by stopping Civil Servants from changing into omnipotent ‘Sir Humphrys’. Transferring as much as 30 political advisors out of the constructing, in addition to making it simpler for civil servants to train extra management over them, will give the blob but extra energy over the Prime Minister…
The Whitehall machine isn’t content material with a possible main energy seize. Phrase has reached Guido that Nicholas Joicey is to be appointed as the brand new head of coverage on the EDS. Joicey could be an fascinating alternative, having beforehand served as a speech author and personal secretary to then-Chancellor Gordon Brown.
There’s one other issue within the appointment that may give Liz pause for thought earlier than giving him a significant function in command of SpAds. Nick Joicey is the husband of none apart from the Shadow Chancellor, Rachel Reeves.
