MPs call for shakeup to stop ‘super-spads’ being made non-executive directors in government departments
Ministers may be bringing in political “super-spads” through the backdoor by putting them on the boards of Whitehall departments, a leading committee of MPs has found, as it called for an overhaul of appointment rules.
The public administration and constitutional affairs committee, led by the Conservative MP William Wragg, called for new guidance to prevent “personal and political” friends of ministers being installed as non-executive directors of government departments.
