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170 results found for '"Civil servants"' in Keywords.

  • Sedgemore and Ridley on the power of civil servants (1977)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with MPs Brian Sedgemore and Nicholas Ridley on the Commons Select Committee report on the power of civil servants. They speak about how civil servants are ruling the country (and not very well);...

  • Think tank on Foreign Office spending (1977)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Ed Boyle reports on the think tank report on the Foreign Office. He looks at the extravagances of the offices and how this needs to change. Includes interviews with MPs Ian Wrigglesworth and John Ryman.

  • John Davies on Foreign Office think tank report (1977)

    Genre
    Interview

    Shadow Foreign Secretary John Davies on his reaction to a think-tank report on Foreign Office spending. He speaks about the need to spend money to keep up foreign affairs, how the civil servant’s life can...

  • Crown agents affair - Dennis Skinner comments (1977)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Labour MP Dennis Skinner where he calls for a public inquiry not more secret committees following the publication of the Fay report into the Crown Agents affair, after the development and...

  • Ken Thomas on despondency in the civil service (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    CPSA General Secretary Ken Thomas claims morale is low in the civil service at the moment, due to pay and working conditions. The career of a civil servant used to be a safe one, but that has changed.

  • Select Committee report on Civil Service (1978)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Ed Boyle reports on a House of Commons Select Committee on the Civil Service; speeches (recorded at the committee meeting) by Michael English; Brian Sedgemore; Sir Ian Bancroft; Lord Fred Peart.

  • Civil Service dispute (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Campbell Christie, Society of Civil and Public Servants, on pay talks following discussions with Employment Secretary, Albert Booth. Interviewer not identified.

  • Surplus government cash (1978)

    Genre
    Interview; Vox pop

    Interview with an unidentified male speaker about the findings of a Commons Expenditure Committee report showing a 1,000 million pound underspend by the Ministry of Defence during the previous six years....

  • Brian Hayes show (1978)

    Genre
    Interview; News bulletin; Phone-in; Advertisement

    Brian Hayes on cutting public expenditure. Interview with Leslie Chapman, former top civil servant and Regional Director of the Ministry of Public Buildings and Works, now author of a book, Your Disobedient...

  • Shirley Summerskill removed from Immigration (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Labour MP for Southall Sydney Bidwell, on Home Office Under-Secretary Dr Shirley Summerskill’s removal from Immigration. He expresses dissatisfaction with decisions made in the department during...