A SENIOR civil servant has warned that the Con/Dem coalition government are about to embark on “monumental decisions” which will change the face of public services for a generation.
He has branded the Government ‘naive, arrogant, careless and sloppy’ and forecasts that fundamental decisions on the future of health, education and defence will all be made before Parliament breaks for the summer in three weeks.
The mandarin writes today in The Observer: “In health, the most alarming and costly upheaval the NHS has seen will be unveiled in a white paper tomorrow. It could signal the beginning of the end for free healthcare as the system disintegrates and is handed to consultants and private companies. In education, the details of free schools will be finalised in a plan that will change the shape of our system for years to come.”
Meanwhile senior civil servants are voting with their feet and looking for jobs outside the service. the media are being acquiescent and the Labour Party distracted by their internal leadership election.
He warns: “The solid oak beams of state are being cut to pieces and the roof will come crashing down. This process is moving fast. A brain drain has begun and our brightest graduates have got the message that this is not a good place to be. The implications will not be felt for some time, but the results will be devastating to our society and our economy.”
Read the full article here: Secret diary of a civil servant: my life amid the cuts and chaos of Whitehall
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