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Politicisation of the UK civil service?

Ruth Tarrant

2nd March 2016

The complexity of the EU referendum has certainly been muddying the waters around the relationships between ministers and their civil servants. Yesterday, the Commons Public Administration Select Committee's Bernard Jenkins questioned the top civil servant, Sir Jeremy Heywood, over the role that civil servants will be playing in supporting the views of their senior ministers.

Ruth Tarrant

Ruth has been an enthusiastic Head of Economics and Politics for many years, having taught in a variety of schools and at university level. She is also a Senior Examiner. Ruth is passionate about boosting the quality of teaching and learning across all subjects in schools and colleges.

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