Union and former Labour Cabinet minister criticise the Prime Minister's comments
has come under fire after he accused civil servants of overseeing the “managed decline” of the country over the last 14 years.to warn that too many within the Whitehall machine were shying away from the hard work necessary to put the country back on track.Speaking from Pinewood Studios, Starmer said that while he didn’t think there is a “swamp to be drained”, he believed “too many people in Whitehall are comfortable in the tepid bath of managed decline.
“I know loads who are frustrated by a lack of resources, burnt out from constantly working excess hours, tired of chaotic political leadership and sick of being scapegoated for the failures of ministers,” Penman said. Chris Curtis MP co-chair of the Labour Growth Group, suggested as much when he said: “Today the Prime Minister identified that, after 14 years of Tory mismanagement and failure, Whitehall needs galvanising to deliver for the British people again.
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