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Article: Civil service shake-up 'key' for Hart administration.(News)

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Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
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October 30, 2009
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Byline: David Williamson

CIVIL servants will have to "get out more" if Edwina Hart becomes the next First Minister, Finance Minister Andrew Davies has pledged.

Reform of the civil service will be a priority for a Hart administration, Mr Davies told the Western Mail.

Promising that Government staff will have to spend more time outside their headquarters working with organisations to improve performance, he said: "It means civil servants will have to get out of Cathays Park and elsewhere."

Ms Hart's campaign is going before voters in the ...

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