A couple of weeks ago shadow Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude complained about special advisers to Labour ministers using the civil service to create anti-Tory attacks. (conservativehome.blogs.com)
Angie Bray, a loyalist who had threatened to resign as ministerial aide to the shadow cabinet office minister Francis Maude, was highly critical of the Lib Dems. (theguardian.com)
Claim: Shadow cabinet office minister Francis Maude claimed almost # 35,000 in mortgage interest payments on a London flat that he bought, close to a house he already owned and then rented out, said the Telegraph. (news.bbc.co.uk)