Goals & Policy Detail - Bureaucracy

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This is what you say:

We want more front-line public sector workers and fewer bureaucrats

What's wrong with things as they are?

Too many back-line bureaucrats, managers and administrators are employed in the public sector and in some government funded organisations
Bureaucracy slows and complicates services rather than simplifying and speeding them up
Too many basic front-line services are outsourced for profit

UKpopdems will make sure that front-line delivery makes up at least 80% of public sector services, so we'll:

Gradually reduce administration, management and bureaucracy to no more than 20% of the total public sector
Define what back-line jobs are, review today's public sector numbers and make this public
Ensure there is no need for public sector redundancies. Retrain and transfer excess jobs to the front-line or private sector
Gradually ensure public sector employment benefits match the private sector
Increase respect and recognition for public servants by paying more to those wearing uniform and adopting tougher job regulations
Of those in uniform, pay more again to those public servants willingly putting themselves in harm's way in the execution of their duties
As far as possible, make sure public servants are directly state-employed or managed by non-profit trusts

What will this do for the British People?

By the end of our first term you will know that 80% of public sector jobs will be front-line delivery.
If you are a public servant, you will be re-assured there will be no redundancies
Apart from a no redundancy guarantee, public sector pay and benefits will gradually mirror those in the private sector
Those in uniform with matching tougher job regulations will be paid more
Those willingly putting themselves in harm's way for the benefit and protection of others will also be paid more
Outsourced front-line jobs will increasingly be brought back into main stream public service employment

Companion notes to the policy

Reduction in bureaucracy also includes any company receiving or reliant on public funding
Existing levels of public sector turnover will remove the need for redundancies. Individual public servants should not be held to blame for the mistakes of past governments.
Comparison of total public/private sector earnings to be inclusive - pensions, holidays, bonuses, overtime etc
Tougher regulations would include attendance, hours of work, discipline, grade establishments etc
'Harm's way' recognition would divide into 'active' and 'on-call' basis for front-line staff
Returning outsourced services will start with education and health

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