She adds that she has led a programme to "reduce unnecessary and inappropriate burdens of police time". She says the perception that some forces are more interested in "protecting the interests of a radical minority" rather than the "law abiding minority" is "corrosive". "The policing in which I believe isn't riven with political correctness, but enshrined in good old fashioned common sense." ![]() Suella Braverman has also taken aim at police forces who she says engage in Twitter fights and are not seen to be politically impartial. Mr Scholar's sacking was followed by the mini-budget, which did not land well with markets and precipitated Kwasi Kwarteng and Ms Truss's downfalls. "It's a tribute to the system, their successors are very capable and strong public servants - but those dismissals were damaging."īoth of these happened within a short period of time of the Truss administration starting - when civil servants and politicians tend to take more than a year to figure out if they work well together, he said. ![]() "I think those dismissals were without merit," Lord Sedwill said. These were the removal of Tom Scholar as permanent secretary to the Treasury by Kwasi Kwarteng, and Liz Truss's removal of Sir Stephen Lovegrove - the PM's national security adviser. ![]() Lord Sedwill highlighted what he described as two sackings that were "equally damaging" in his view. He pointed out to the committee that civil servants tend to have a longer shelf life than their elected counterparts, as they do not face removal by the electorate. He was asked about the turnover - or churn - of the senior civil servants who work closely alongside ministers - and whether the rate had increased in recent years. Lord Sedwill, who was head of the Civil Service under Theresa May and Boris Johnson, has been speaking before the House of Lords constitutional affairs committee.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |