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The Vanishing Mandarins The Civil Service is losing some of its best officials. As well as the cuts in the quantity of civil servants
- 100,000 down since 1979 - the quality is under threat. Morale is low, and, allegedly, officials are required to behave like political lap-dogs.
Hugo Young examines the evidence and asks whether the traditional Civil Service ethos is still relevant to the Britain of the 80s?
Producer DAVID LEVY

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Hugo Young
Producer:
David Levy
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