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Ministers and special advisers: Tilting the balance away from cabinet |
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| Authors: | Rob Shepherd |
| Institution: | Department of Employment , Northern Ireland Office |
| Abstract: | The Tories invented the CPRS, but Labour Ministers first recruited special ‐ or political ‐ advisers to supplement or counterbalance the advice they got from civil servants. Now Margaret Thatcher has abolished the CPRS, but increased the amount of policy advice available to individual Ministers ‐ particularly herself. |
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