Hurd accuses Suffolk County Council of 'extremely bad commissioning'
Nick Hurd, the Minister for Civil Society, has accused Suffolk County Council of ``extremely bad commissioning'' after it adopted a county-wide approach to funding addiction services that ignored the skills of a small charity.
Former Cabinet secretary Lord O'Donnell of Clapham has accused the BBC and ITV of being ``pathetic'' for excluding independent mayoral candidates from its televised debates.