At the 2005 general election, Maude returned to the Shadow Cabinet as Chairman of the Conservative Party.During his tenure, alongside newly elected leader David Cameron, the Conservatives adopted the A-List of parliamentary candidates, with priority being given to women and ethnic minorities.
However, he was accused of hypocrisy by promoting a "family-friendly" image while being the non-executive chairman of the Jubilee Trust, which held 21% of American pornographic actress Jill Kelly's adult DVD business, and chairman of the Mission Marketing Group, which has advertised for WKD drinks and Playboy.Maude, "who has railed against irresponsible lending by banks and mortgage companies", was accused of hypocrisy for receiving more than £100,000 as a director of a company that has profited from sub-prime mortgages. His annual salary was £25,000 from 2002 to 2005, for attending around six meetings a year of the company , and £12000 a year 2006 to 2008. The company went into liquidation in April 2009.
In 2008 - 2009 Francis Maude recieved £155, 797 ( on top of his MP salary ) expenses to cover, staying away from home, travel, office costs, stationary costs.
An analysis of the cabinet's very generous pension packages show that he can retire at 60 with lucrative million-pound-plus pension provisions paying them at least £50,000 a year inflation-proofed for the rest of their lives. The packages have been described by experts as 'beyond the wildest dreams of ordinary people'.
Francis Maude will spend the next two weeks campaigning against public servants, he will portray them as greedy, he will say we have gold plated pensions, he will try to turn parents against teachers, members of the public against hard working public servants......dont fall for it, Maude is one of the people that benefited from the banking crisis..............All Civil Servants including Prison Governors, Prison Officers, OSGs....Do not be bullied by this man.
