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Speaker: Professor Colin Talbot
February 7, 1pm.
Venue: Latimer Room, Clare College Cambridge, Trinity Lane (map)
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"The old model of a politically neutral civil service is coming under increasing attack – from Ministers dissatisfied with civil service responsiveness to their radical agenda; from Parliament dissatisfied with lack of accountability to them of civil servants; from many outsiders who engage with the civil service with a lack of expertise and competence in key skills areas; and from the public and the media for multiple blunders – from billions of pounds of overpaid tax-credits to the rail franchise fiasco.
Can the old model survive or are we headed for a very different future – possibly along US or Australian lines? And will any change be evolutionary or revolutionary in character?"
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Each talk will last 25-30 minutes and will be followed by open discussion.
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Professor Colin Talbot
Centre for Business Research (CBR), University of Cambridge