BBCNEWS Political Thinking with Nick... June 4, 2024 20:51:00
"i�*m quite frustrated, this isn�*t going fast enough" or "we need to do this differently". civil servants do not get to express frustration to ministers because it�*s just not part of how the deal is set up. the effort of building the relationship, maintaining the relationship falls very much more on civil servants, and particularly i know in a kind of permanent secretary, secretary of state relationship, it�*s the permanent secretary who does the heavy lifting on the relationship. and ...
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