Britain’s civil service is often depicted, in fact and in fiction, as an unchanging monolith. Important though such changes could be, Ms Wolf sees them as only a fraction of the larger plan crafted by the prime minister’s chief aide, Dominic Cummings. This larger plan, of which futuristic inklings can be gleaned from Mr Cummings’s personal blog, is focused on modernisation, systems and delivery. After all, civil service numbers have been cut by a fifth since 2010. Some of Mr Cummings’ ideas are naively technophile.

Source: The Guardian January 02, 2020 18:33 UTC