In The United Kingdom is a unitary state and a democratic constitutional monarchy. Its system of government (often known as the Westminster system) has directly inspired the government of other countries, such as Canada, India, Australia and Jamaica. The constitution is uncodified, and some is unwritten, being made up of constitutional... UK politics, the civil service of the United Kingdom is the permanent In sociological theories, bureaucracy is an organizational structure characterized by regularized procedure, division of responsibility, hierarchy, and impersonal relationships. The term can characterize either governmental or nongovernmental organizations. In modern usage, bureaucracy often equates with inefficiency, laziness, and waste. It is oftentimes characterized in the popular imagination as existing solely... bureaucracy that administers the The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and a member of the British Commonwealth and European Union. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, UK or, inaccurately, as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent parts. Three of these parts... United Kingdom. The British practice, of maintaining a permanent, theoretically politically neutral, A civil servant or public servant is a civilian career public-sector employee working for a government department or agency. Further workers in non-departmental public bodies may also be classed as civil servants for the purpose of producing statistics. Examples in this category include some employees of so-called... Civil Service with staff who are not dependent on elected politicians for reappointment, is in contrast with the early 19th century American The Spoils System was a person of appointing officials to the government of the United States of America based on political connections rather than on impersonal measures of merit. The name was derived from the phrase to the victor go the spoils. It was a contentious feature of Andrew Jackson... spoils system in which all public officials were dependent on elected politicians. Aspects of the British model have been copied in other nations such as The Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is one of the worlds leading industrialised countries, located in the heart of Europe. Due to its central location, Germany has more neighbours than any other European country: these are Denmark in the north, Poland and the Czech Republic in the... The Federal Republic of Germany and the The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America¹, the States, or (archaically) Columbia — is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii... United States with modifications. For example, in the United States the top several layers of government departments are political appointees who are dependent and who change with different administrations. By contrast, political appointees within the British ministries consist only of the ministers and a few advisers.

The British Civil Service was heavily influenced by the bureaucracy of the The British East India Company, sometimes referred to as John Company, was a joint-stock company of investors, which was granted a Royal Charter by Elizabeth I on December 31, 1600, with the intent to favor trade privileges in India. The Royal Charter effectively gave the newly created British East... British East India Company which also resulted in the Indian Civil Service.

The British televison series Yes, (prime) minister: Sir Humphrey Appleby, James Jim Hacker, Bernard Woolley Yes, Minister and its sequel Yes, Prime Minister are British sitcoms about the struggle between (Dr) James Jim Hacker (played by Paul Eddington), the government minister of the (fictional) Department of Administrative Affairs (and later as Prime Minister) and... Yes, Minister is a parody of the Civil Service's relationship with government.

The civil service is meant to be politically independent, and is not appointed by ministers. However, ministers can appoint "special advisers" who are not politically independent. This has caused conflict between special advisers and members of the civil service, such as that between Martin Sixsmith (born 1954) is a British journalist and writer. Sixsmith was educated at Oxford, Harvard, the Sorbonne and in St. Petersburg (then Leningrad). He joined the BBC in 1980 where he worked as a foreign correspondent, most notably reporting from Moscow during the end of the Cold War. He... Martin Sixsmith and Jo Moore (born 1963) served as a British political advisor and press officer, and was embroiled in scandal while working as advisor to the Transport, Local Government and Regions Secretary Stephen Byers. Jo Moore appears before the press to apologise, October 17, 2001 Moore began working as a press officer... Jo Moore, who both worked for The Right Honourable Stephen John Byers (born April 13, 1953) is a British Labour Party politician and former cabinet minister. He is now a backbench MP, and represents North Tyneside. Born in Wolverhampton, he gained a law degree at University of Liverpool and became a law lecturer. He was first... Stephen Byers when he was The Secretary of State for Transport is the member of the cabinet responsible for the British Department for Transport. The role has had a high turnover as new appointments are blamed for the failures of decades of their predecessors. The office used to be called the Minister of Transport, and... Transport Secretary.

Grading schemes

The grading schemes used in the civil service have changed many times, and it is common for old and new systems to be used side-by-side. All grades down to SCS Band 1 are part of the "Senior Civil Service", which is managed nationally. Below this, each department can put in place its own grading and pay arrangements.

Related topics

• The agencies responsible for the government of the United Kingdom consist of a number of ministerial departments (usually headed by a Secretary of State) and non-ministerial departments headed by senior civil servants. Departments of the United Kingdom Government Ministerial Departments Cabinet Office (CO) [1] Her Majestys Stationery Office... Departments of the United Kingdom Government

External link

• Civil Service website (http://www.civilservice.gov.uk)
• Directory of Civil Service guidance (http://www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/guidance/one/list.asp)
• A Brief Rundown of the British CS (http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/getwriting/A907689) - The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. The correct title is h2g2. h2g2 is an online community engaged in the construction of a guide to life, the universe, and everything. Much of it is encyclopedic, but the site also covers more idiosyncratic subjects, such as... h2g2

See also

• Shortcut: UK topics This is a list of topics related to the United Kingdom. Geography and the environment Great Britain United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Ireland, consisting of: Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland (not part of the United Kingdom) Isle of Man (not part of the United Kingdom) Channel Islands... UK topics