But the extraordinary quantity of Kenyan colonial service documents, removed from Nairobi by British civil servants at independence in 1963 because of their extreme sensitivity, will lead to a re-examination of the period.
"The financial projections shown in this report for Medicare do not represent a reasonable expectation for actual program operations" in the short term or the long range, said Mr. Foster, a civil servant whose independence is protected by law.
Jeremy Heywood, the cabinet secretary, wrote to Salmond rejecting any suggestion of improper interference by civil servants in the independence debate, saying the Treasury had merely confirmed that RBS was drawing up contingency plans.
For example, civil servants may lack independence, being heavily swayed by what the Minister wants to hear or they may be short-termist in outlook, focusing more on fighting fires than developing a long-term strategy.
In my experience, they are highly trained public servants who value their independence.
Unlike ministries and government departments that are subdivisions of ministries, statutory boards are not staffed by civil servants and have greater independence and flexibility in their operations.
Unlike ministries and government departments that are subdivisions of ministries, statutory boards may not be staffed by civil servants and have greater independence and flexibility in their operations.
He also called for a "cleaning-up operation" among civil servants suspected of pro-independence sympathies.
The independence of civil servants has been undermined, especially at 10 Downing Street, by political favoritism and the proliferation of American-style "special advisers" on the public payroll, who act as the prime minister's acolytes.
