An idea to bring this to life- no civil servant (who is not from the outside) should be able to become a grade six or seven without at least one two year tour of duty in a local authority or local public service on an outcome based project. Plus lots more exchange between levels.
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Anthony Painter
80% of innovations come from the frontline. And this basically means that the centralised UK state is upside down.
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Doing that for 3-4 years across the country teaches you a lot.
But yes, I completely agree.
Ideally you'd want external policy / delivery experience to be a standard expectation for recruitment + promotion at almost all levels.
https://www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/article/move-50000-civil-service-jobs-out-of-london-labour-report-recommends
The Civil Service has not been designed with this mentality. Arguably, quite the opposite.
There would be some very significant effects in terms of where future job opportunities appear. I think a more regionally spread Civil Service would be desirable for a number of reasons.