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FarCenter

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6. I particularly liked the part about bureaucracy at the Cabinet level

Reply to Enrique (Reply #4)

Tue May 15, 2012, 12:39 PM

May 2012

Another Downing Street source said: “We need to think laterally about what the Civil Service is actually for. At the moment, only about a third of a minister’s box is actually concerned with Coalition policy, the majority is unnecessary paperwork from civil servants and European matters.”

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Britain Is Firing Every Lazy Government Worker [View all] FarCenter May 2012 OP

I suspect the biggest culprits have to be voted out rather than fired. n/t hughee99 May 2012 #1

Are the managers going to get an overhaul, too? Brickbat May 2012 #2

Hope they are starting way at the top. Starry Messenger May 2012 #3

So does this mean they are getting rid of the House of Lords? smirkymonkey May 2012 #7

Perhaps the entire aristocracy. Starry Messenger May 2012 #8

what do you think of the Telegraph's headline? Enrique May 2012 #4

I particularly liked the part about bureaucracy at the Cabinet level FarCenter May 2012 #6

I hope managers don't use this as a way of getting rid of who they don't like... cynatnite May 2012 #5

That is precisely what they will do. JDPriestly May 2012 #9

The "lazy civil servant" is just a RW boogeyman nxylas Jun 2012 #10