"G&M" wrote in message
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"IMM" wrote in message
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When is this government going to decentralise, starting with the thing
it can influence - the civil service.

Great idea. Get all the departments out of London. They started in the
1970s
but Thatcher stopped it: Social Security at Newcastle, DVLA in Swansea,
etc.

I think it was more down to that episode of Yes Prime Minister when the
head
of the armed forces refused to move out of London "because how could the
wife get to Harrods"

Most of that series was based on fact. The main MOD and government research
sites are never more than 1 hour out of London. It is disgusting how
centralised the country is.



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