How to be a Civil Servant

How to be a Civil Servant

Information and Analysis

This is a list of the webpages in the second part of this website, which concentrates on information about the UK civil service, and comment and analysis about civil service reform, politicisation, regulation and other issues. You might also find the following search facility helpful.

The photo opposite, by Laura Poignee, is of the Palace of Westminster (the UK's Parliament buildings) taken from underneath Hungerford Bridge. Click here to see and download the full size original.

Constitutional Stuff Why do Modern Governments seem so Powerless? The Constitutional Position of Civil Servants The Civil Service Code Accountability, Propriety & the Seven Principles of Public Life The Armstrong Memorandum The Osmotherly Rules The Carltona Principle The Code of Conduct for Special Advisers The Ministerial Code Civil Servants speaking out Election results.	Facts and Figures What is a Civil Servant? - including an introduction to Departments, Agencies & Quangos Civil Service Statistics Civil Service Pay Civil Service Pensions Do they have a Job for Life? Practical Advice Recruitment: What skills should I be looking for? Benchmarking and Peer Review Can I accept sponsorship?	Civil Service Reform The traditional Westminster and Northcote-Trevelyan Model CS Reform: What drives it? CS Reform Syndrome: Why is CS reform so difficult? CS Reform: Developments since 1997 Better Policy Making Initiative The "Gershon" Efficiency Programme CS Reform: How to stall it! The Northcote Trevelyan Report The Fulton Report Rebuilding Trust?: Fierce responses to a defence of the civil service or Politicisation? Politicisation Special Advisers A Civil Service Act? Recent Controversies Hutton/David Kelly Jo Moore and Martin Sixsmith Parliamentary Questions The BSE Inquiry
Humour etc. Mandarin 1:- An introduction to Civil Service Jargon Mandarin 2:- How to write a Government Document Mandarin 3:- A Masterclass Useful Quotations Civil Service Reform: Advice from Sir Humphrey Appleby On a scale of 1 to 5 ....	Regulation, Science & Risk Regulation The Regulatory Burden Regulation from 2005 Political and Regulatory Risk Transposition of European law Science and Risk Risks to Health & Safety Basic science for administrators Climate Change BSE & vCJD	Other Links Civil Service Jobs and Careers International Section Corrections to *How to be a Civil Servant* Further Reading ... ... and other useful Links

Martin Stanley's CV and contact details

Information and Analysis

Constitutional Stuff

Facts and Figures

Practical Advice

Civil Service Reform

or Politicisation?

Recent Controversies

Humour etc.

Regulation, Science & Risk

Other Links