The Uncivil Service Shows Its True Colours

 

EXC: Civil Service forum sees vicious attacks on Liz Truss after she questioned their impartiality.

“F**k her”, “She’s either a psychopath or utter moron”, “She's a f*****g idiot”, "One of the dumbest people I've ever had the displeasure of working with"https://t.co/aVhO9e6CRB

— Steven Edginton (@StevenEdginton) July 23, 2024

 

Impartiality in the civil service went out of the window years ago.

It is to the shame of the Tories that they did nothing whilst in office to rein in the civil service, and defang it, whilst they had the opportunity!

A Rare Sight - Civil Servants at Their Workplace

 

The Roll Call of Shame

Cab Off name and shame departments struggling to get workforce back in.

Going to be regular thing.. can’t help but notice those blighted by cock ups are at lower end of table - eg FCDO, DFE + HO - while better run like DHSC , DIT + MoD are up top.

Beis not setting good Eg. pic.twitter.com/VQf24wKTmF

— Harry Cole (@MrHarryCole) April 19, 2022

Pay Cut Threat To Civil Service Home Workers

Emboldened by better than expected Covid figures, ministers are piling the pressure on civil servants to stop working from home and return to the office.

One nudge being bandied about is the threat of a pay cut for home workers. As to whether this actually happens remains to be seen.

Home Office Civil Servants To Move To Stoke

 

The Times reports that hundreds of Home Office civil servants will be moved to Stoke-on-Trent as part of a “levelling up” drive under which areas with poor schools will be prioritised for help.

Government departments are announcing initiatives worth up to £860 million as part of Boris Johnson’s aim to achieve tangible results for parts of the country that backed the Conservatives for the first time in the last general election. 

A new tranche of civil service jobs will move away from London in line with the government’s commitment to move 22,000 civil service roles out of the southeast by 2030.

Treasury North - The Great Civil Service Exodus From London

 

💥 SCOOP: ‘Treasury North’ will lead the march of 22,000 civil servants out of London.

Rishi Sunak is eyeing up Leeds, Newcastle or Teesside to initially house 750 officials from Treasury, MCHLG, BEIS, DFT and DIT

Levelling up latest with @GeorgeWParker https://t.co/Uj4C1ZAy42

— Sebastian Payne (@SebastianEPayne) January 13, 2021

The Enemy Within

A Whitehall source (otherwise known as Cummings) re the leaks:

“There is a rotten core of civil servants who have never gotten over Brexit, want revenge for the incompetent [Philip] Rutnam and fear the hard rain that is coming. They’re the enemy within and will be rooted out.”

— PrimalPolitical (@PrimalPolitical) October 1, 2020

 

 Operation Hard Rain continues apace!