Back to the curious case of Ian Corfield. Revelations emerged this morning that the civil service watchdog was not informed of the banker’s donation history to Labour before it approved his selection to a top civil servant job in the Treasury. As Politico reported, the Civil Service Commission chief Kate Owen stated that government departments are responsible for vetting candidates, but the Treasury refused to say whether Corfield’s donations – of over £20,000 in the past nine years – were indeed declared.