Originally Posted by
Asturias56
Surely not related to the 4 Prime ministers , 6 chancellors of the Exchequer, god knows how many Defence Ministers etc we've had since 2019?
Given that the Cabinet Office is run by a bunch of permanent secretaries, many of whom in office for several years, probably not. Particularly not Defence Ministers as vetting is not an MoD output.
Originally Posted by
Asturias56
When everything is changing - budgets, people, political aims. it just stops everyone (especially a Civil Servant) in their tracks - who do you report to? Where is the guidance?? where is the budget?? who is in charge (no-one it seems!) , who takes the rap??
https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/ff76...roles-salaries
This is interesting. You'd think that a PermSec on £200k pa (more than the PM IIRC) and a couple of SCS3 on £150k pa (~10% less than the PM) might be able to sort that out?
Still - Brexit, Tories, Grrrr eh?