A Labour MP’s Experience

Firstly, we should note that the agenda of civil servants is set in a longer time frame than that of individual elected governments. Admittedly, that allows for continuity between elected governments with very different policy priorities, if not very different policies altogether. Moreover, the civ...

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Hovedforfatter: Kilfoyle, Peter
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Sprog:Français
Udgivet: Revue française de civilisation britannique 2019
Online adgang:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Summary:Firstly, we should note that the agenda of civil servants is set in a longer time frame than that of individual elected governments. Admittedly, that allows for continuity between elected governments with very different policy priorities, if not very different policies altogether. Moreover, the civil servants consequently maintain a different perspective to that of politicians.Secondly, it strikes me that governments are belatedly taking note of the demographic shift which is under way, in t...