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 Role of Special Advisers, inc. their Code of Conduct The Ministerial Code Civil Servants speaking out Election results.	Information, 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? Women in the Civil Service Practical Advice Recruitment: What skills should I be looking for? Benchmarking and Peer Review Can I accept sponsorship? Various Controversies Hutton/David Kelly Jo Moore and Martin Sixsmith Parliamentary Questions The BSE Inquiry	Civil Service Reform The traditional Westminster and Northcote-Trevelyan Model CS Reform: What drives it? CS Reform Syndrome: Why is CS reform so difficult? Civil Service Reform 1997 to 2009 CS Reform: Developments since 1997 Better Policy Making Initiative The "Gershon" Efficiency Programme CS Reform: How to stall it! The 1854 Northcote-Trevelyan Report - which established the values of the UK Civil Service The 1918 Haldane Report - which established the relationship between UK Ministers and Civil Servants The 1968 Fulton Report - which established the current structure of the UK Civil Service Rebuilding Trust?: Fierce responses to a defence of the civil service or Politicisation? Politicisation Special Advisers A Civil Service Act?
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 A sister site www.regulation.org.uk has information and analysis about regulation, science and risk, including the growth of the regulatory state, the regulatory burden on small firms, economic and competition regulation, the regulatory failures that led to the 2008 credit crunch.	Other Links Civil Service Jobs and Careers International Section Committee Watch is an excellent blog which tracks developments in the behaviour and effectiveness of Parliamentary Select Committees Corrections to *How to be a Civil Servant* Further Reading ...

Martin Stanley's CV and contact details

Information and Analysis

Constitutional Stuff

Information, Facts and Figures

Practical Advice

Various Controversies

Civil Service Reform

or Politicisation?

Humour etc.

Regulation

Other Links