Angela Croft on the government’s recruitment policy and David Blunkett on civil service reform. Plus letters from Jennifer Henley and Isabella Stone
If No 10 insists that the “correct procedures” were followed in appointing Gina Coladangelo to Matt Hancock’s department (Hancock and Coladangelo: questions that need answers, 27 June) at taxpayers’ expense, I suggest the recruitment policy is in need of a drastic overhaul.
The difference between governing and campaigning seems to have become markedly blurred, but surely it would seem logical for political appointees to work from the Conservative campaign HQ, unlike those working in government departments, who are recruited by the civil service commission without grace or favour.
Angela Croft
London
