http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspap...359152,00.html

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A DEFIANT Tony Blair has rejected demands to limit the number of political advisers or to introduce a legally binding code of conduct for civil servants.

The long-awaited draft Civil Service Bill is expected to be published today, but it will not prevent the mushrooming of political advisers in Downing Street or the rest of Whitehall.

The publication of the Bill comes after demands for more than five years for legislation to protect Civil Service impartiality. The Times has learnt that the draft Bill will go some way to regulate relations between special advisers, ministers and officials. But campaigners will be furious that a cap has not been accepted.

Senior Whitehall sources indicated last night that the draft Bill would not be put out to consultation until the new year, with legislation not expected before the next Parliament.

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Blair will want to keep his self-created gravy train on track. It provides him with lots of votes and an army of people desperate to keep the Blair goverment in power by fair means or foul. Of course we have to pay for it, but then thats what us plebs are for in Blairs mind.
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