The UK’s Civil Service has long been touted by lovers of the blob as “world-leading”, having ranked number one in the last OECD-focused index in 2019. Sadly for them, the Whitehall “Rolls-Royce” can no longer cling on to that title to justify its ballooning headcount and cost...
The UK’s Civil Service has now dropped to joint-sixth place with New Zealand in a new global ranking of civil services, lagging behind Norway, Singapore, Denmark, Canada and Finland. In direct public service delivery, the UK now scrapes into 14th place. Hardly a shock when civil service office attendance is stuck at a feeble 63% and public sector productivity has taken a nosedive. All while Reeves doles out a massive £10 billion in public sector pay rises…
Former leader of the SNP in Westminster Ian Blackford told Times Radio why he believes Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that she spent no time in the kitchen and therefore didn’t see any of her husband’s purchases:
“She doesn’t have a passion for cooking.”