Thanks to Councillor Marianne Rixon who first pointed out EDDC doing the in-out with Sidford Fields in the Local Plan. Then we had the will he-won’t he agonising of MP Hugo Swire about Bremain/Brexit decision. Now we have the latest version of the party dance! Though we suspect some Cabinet Ministers may still need to resort to Freedom of Information requests!
“Sir Jeremy Heywood has said government ministers campaigning for Brexit will be given access to documents relating to the EU referendum, in a move that MPs have described as a climbdown.
The cabinet secretary insisted to MPs that his guidance to civil servants was not meant to deny their ministers “factual material” but only “briefing and speech material supporting the out position”.
“The civil service is not going to be supporting ministers who are against the government’s position to make that case,” he told the Commons public administration and constitutional affairs select committee.
But he added: “If there is factual material that is generally available in the department – I would have discuss that with the prime minister – but I am pretty sure he would be comfortable about that being shared.”
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