The Civil Service

Size

• Approximately 500,000
• 3-4000 seniors
• Permanent Secretary is the most senior of all in any government department
• Role has been reduced since 1979

Role

• Neutral in theory
• Ridley said this wasnt the case
• Seniors advise government ministers
• Impartial, neutral, anonymous
• Confidential

Historical

• Called mandarins after the first civil service in…