Sentences with phrase «reliance on civil servants»

«The boards» independent status sat uncomfortably with a reliance on civil servants who are, in effect, acting for the secretary of state.

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The report also criticises both the informal «sofa» style of government pioneered by Tony Blair and Gordon Brown's reliance on special advisers, rather than impartial civil servants, during his time as chancellor.
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