Published Date: 16 October 2008 An official anti-corruption post held by former Business Secretary John Hutton has not been passed on to his successor Lord Mandelson. In a reorganisation of responsibilities carried out at the time of the reshuffle, the job of the Government's anti-corruption champion has instead gone to Justice Secretary Jack Straw. Conservatives said it was "inexplicable" that this part of the Business Secretary's portfolio had not been passed on to the new holder of the post and suggested that it implied a lack of trust in Lord Mandelson on the part of Gordon Brown. But Downing Street insisted that the post was not linked to the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR), but was a personal appointment by the Prime Minister of a minister of his choice. Before Mr Hutton, the...
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