Conservative manifesto expected to announce cut in national insurance and measures to help people buy homes
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Simon Case, the cabinet secretary, has urged the Conservative party, and all political parties, to protect the impartiality of the civil service during the election campaign.
He made the point in a letter to Richard Holden, the Conservative party chair, which could be read as an implied rebuke for the way the party has presented Treasury research into how much Labour policies might cost.
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