Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Brexit won't kill the civil service – but if you use public services, be afraid

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January 26, 2017 at 12:01AM

Despite cuts and fears over Brexit workloads, Whitehall is performing well, but services like social care, prisons, hospitals and the police all face challenges

Finding out how well the civil service is performing is an extremely difficult question, as the Institute for Government thinktank admits in its fourth annual assessment. But it’s a question that urgently needs answering for everyone involved in all the other public services for which government departments are responsible.

From education to social care, from prisons to the police, all public services face a huge challenge. Politically, the debate may be dominated by Brexit in Westminster, Whitehall and the devolved assemblies, but the civil service also runs the country – and that’s getting harder.

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