Reposted by Rebecca McKee
Not sure you get to say you'll cut the size of the civil service AND rail against the cabinet secretary getting more powers to direct depts. The reason civil service numbers have kept growing despite a gazillion 'immediate headcount caps' is because there's not enough central (cab sec) control!
ft.com
Reform UK says it would halve size of civil service in radical overhaul
Rightwing anti-immigration party is warning mandarins that they are prepared to counter any ‘sabotage or resistance’
