David Cameron should urgently reverse his decision on restricting the number of SpAds if his Ministers are to be masters of their departments. (conservativehome.blogs.com)
The payroll bill for spads in the final year of the last Labour government, in 2009/2010, was # 6.8 m. (civilserviceworld.com)
«Legatum has risen from nowhere, taken over by Philippa Stroud the former SPAD for Iain Duncan Smith, director of his think tank the Centre for social Justice and Christian fundamentalist. (opendemocracy.net)