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Boris Johnson’s senior aide Dominic Cummings has stated the civil service lacks individuals with “deep experience in particular fields”
The Cupboard Workplace is recruiting a brand new civil servant to supervise HR coverage for presidency ministers’ particular advisers.
The “excessive profile and stretching” £60,000-a-year role has been marketed after experiences of tensions between the federal government and the civil service over recruitment and remedy of workers.
Duties embody revising HR insurance policies for particular advisers, often known as Spads.
It comes after PM Boris Johnson’s senior adviser Dominic Cummings talked of a must “improve” Spads’ expertise.
In a weblog put up in January Mr Cummings called for “weirdos and misfits” to work in Whitehall and stated the civil service lacked individuals with “deep experience in particular fields”.
According to a report by Buzzfeed, the brand new Cupboard Workplace position has been created in response to considerations inside the civil service about No 10’s remedy of workers.
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The Cupboard Workplace has not commented on Buzzfeed’s article.
A Downing Avenue supply stated preparations for Spads “have been present process change for a while”, including: “This isn’t new.”
The BBC’s political correspondent Jonathan Blake stated the position of Spads has been beneath scrutiny since Mr Johnson grew to become prime minister.
Former Chancellor Sajid Javid “voiced his anger” to Mr Johnson when one in all his Spads, Sonia Khan, was escorted from Downing Street by police after being sacked in August final 12 months.
No purpose was given for her dismissal, however the BBC’s Iain Watson stated it was recommended the problem was about whether or not she could possibly be trusted to be clear with No 10.
Mr Javid resigned as chancellor in February after rejecting Mr Johnson’s demand that he hearth his complete group of aides as a part of a authorities reshuffle.