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Change is generally good Annie, it stops established factions from
further entrenching the priviledges they have set up for themselves
during their reign, is this country is a prime example of this, it also
makes it more difficult for corruption to become established as
networks are broken up? Of course this change needs to take place
on a continuing basis!
Regards Donkeyman!

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From what I have been reading, Cummings is against promotion to important roles within Science etc by those who don't even possess the relevant qualifications they would have to have outside of the Civil Service. Any serious mistakes made by these inadequate people then results in them never being held accountable as instead of being sacked or demoted, they are always quietly moved into another equal position in another department.
Cummings wants all this to stop. That is why he is advertising for qualified 'Geeks' and 'Weirdo's' and other clever Scientific types with proper qualifications to apply for Scientific positions. Good on him! He has also reiterated that if they are no good, they will be ''gone''. no mistake.

We have the odd thing of a Civil Service that remains in place no matter how many times the Government changes hands instead of as other countries do, when the outgoing Goverment goes, so too does every member of their staff.
This odd tradition of ours has led to the Civil Service becoming their own little empire with no sackings and being able to act as they wish.(Anyone still remember Cameron ordering them to act with non-cooperation towards the Leave supporting MP's during the run up to the Referendum?)

I hope Dominic Cummings does a complete sweep of the useless in the Civil Service. It is long overdue.

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I am an admirer of Cummings , he is into science and technology and shaking the cobwebs of the civil service and I think that is just what is needed right now.

Get on with it Dom

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If anyone can maximize the effects of brexit, it is cummings. He should have the opportunity to do so.

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We don't have a Scooby Doo what the hell you are on about let alone why it might be relevant..

Methinks you don't either.

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Change for the necessity of change.

The Civil service is too insular and self serving.

It needs a good shake down, as does much more of the so called bed rocks of society.

Think of it as breaking down the prison walls .

Change is good.

Change is the only Constant!

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Exactly, Meg.

Good riddance to the dysfunctional, "jobs for the boys" civil service.

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I think you must be talking about whitehall? Because the civil service is everywhere and I'm not sure whether the average employee at my local council is self serving...

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Do you still have green maintenance, waste removal, infrastucture maintenance performed by municipal employees? Those men and women have civil servant status too. Any arrangement for civil servants cummings changes (pensions etc), will effect them just as much. Their salaries are amongst the lowest around.

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No - many of these services are now tendered to private contractors. Council employees used to be on civil service grades but they don't seem to fall under the label. The Police are not civil servants and neither are NHS employees.

But you will have people working for the Driving vehicles licensing agency or HM prisons or meteorologists at the Met office (among others), who are on fairly low salaries and are certainly doing a valuable job. All of these organisations have slimmed down over the years and made people redundant. So this discussion must pertain only to Whitehall.