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Steve Baker is safe, but sorry
Mr Baker insisted that his comments had been based on an “honest recollection” about the conversation he had with think-tank boss Charles Grant, but he was happy to clarify himself. “As I have put on record many times, I have the highest regard for our hard-working civil servants,” he said.