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The civil service is independent of government and is also composed mainly of career bureaucrats hired on professional merit rather than appointed or elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leadership.
Covid inquiry: Some local leaders put politics ahead of public health, says Hancock
... Messages to Civil Service head Simon Case from late October show Mr Hancock expressing concern that he had been " blocked" from a meeting and that Rishi Sunak, the then-chancellor, was putting " enormous pressure" on then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson " not to do enough once again"...
Top general locked away evidence of SAS executions
... The investigation was later closed with no charges brought - a decision that caused and senior levels of the Civil Service...
Boris Johnson suggested injecting himself with Covid on TV - ex-adviser
... The inquiry was shown messages in which the head of the Civil Service Simon Case said of his Downing Street colleagues: " These people are so mad...
Laura Kuenssberg: Why the PM could be drowned out at the King's Speech
... And the Civil Service boss of the Department for Health said, on the record, that the first lockdown was a week too late...
'Macho' culture at No 10 harmed Covid response, Helen MacNamara says
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'Stiletto row' official to appear at Covid inquiry
... " The sense from the political team that they thought the Civil Service wasn t up to much...
Covid inquiry: Key points from Dominic Cummings and Lee Cain evidence
... Dumpster fire Since leaving government Mr Cummings has been vocal about the failings of the Civil Service and ministers during the pandemic and he repeated many of his criticisms to the inquiry...
Simon Case: Top official thought Johnson couldn't lead on Covid
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