CIVIL SERVICE IN THE MAKING POLICY IN BRITAIN

CIVIL SERVICE IN THE MAKING POLICY IN BRITAIN



Civil Service and Policy Making

In the last twenty years at least, the debate about the powers of government in Britain has focused mainly on issues of "Service and quality control (or deficit) associated with effective service delivery of public citizens. These issues, as well as the management skills emphasized in the recently announced "Professional skills for government initiative to manage the department (October 2004) is undoubtedly an important and lasting. But this should not obscure the issues within the competence of the Government in policy formulation, ...