How to stop the civil service wreckers

Carol Atkinson has a useful TCW reminder of the structural problems which beset the public sector and make significant efficiency gains so hopelessly elusive. Worth reading because we currently have what is effectively a public sector government with no interest in recognising the problem.

How to stop the civil service wreckers

I AM frustrated with promises made by our politicians which they have no chance of implementing because of the structure of the civil service.

I worked as a civil servant for seven years and was appalled by the bureaucracy and dishonesty, together with some staff’s contempt for the private sector and public purse.

From this, and from education and private-sector experience, I know that to get our economy growing it is essential to cut taxation and get the public sector delivering necessary services cost-effectively. This is not easy, and I don’t trust politicians’ promises that aren’t backed up with a reasonable explanation of how this can be done.