Sunday, July 14, 2013

Civil service

Ways in which the civil service operates:

Civil servants filter information that is presented to ministers - we should know what advice is being given to ministers.

In their efforts to avoid crisis they have created an unofficial corporatist system of political consensus - this is antithetical to democracy.

They operate a system of patronage, particularly through the appointments to public bodies and committees.

Also we need to know a lot more about the secretive Legislation Committee.



 

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