Civil servants and ministers must break their traditional relationship of mutual inter-dependence and embrace the ‘age of [the] radical transfer of functions out of Whitehall', an influential MP has warned.
Bernard Jenkin, chair of the public administration select committee (PASC) also called for the new head of the civil service, Sir Bob Kerslake, to be held accountable for his effectiveness in reforming central government. In response to an open letter from the Institute for Government think-tank, Mr Jenkin called for a review of the relationship between the civil service and Parliament. Current arrangements have been intact since shortly after the First World War.
