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Article: No, Minister; Civil servants' leader accuses his political masters of 'cowardly tactics' as he says: Stop blaming us for problems you created.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- June 3, 2006
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Byline: BENEDICT BROGAN
CIVIL servants are tired of 'lazy, incompetent Ministers' blaming them for the Government's failures, it was claimed last night.
The head of the senior Civil Service union lifted the lid on the mandarins' anger at the way Ministers have tried to shirk responsibility for a series of embarrassing fiascos.
Jonathan Baume said that staff in Government departments were facing 'especially cowardly tactics' by Ministers.
Mr Baume, head of the FDA union which represents senior civil servants, spoke out in stark terms amid growing frustration at the way Ministers have pointed the finger at the Civil Service in recent ...