The Business of Government election edition: public servants as political football and not much more ...

The Business of Government election edition: public servants as political football and not much more ...
It's all a game: suits, scrums and point scoring. (Image: Getty)
Jem Traylen
Backroom bureaucrats – the evidenceWelcome to our special election week edition of this column, where we analyse the public servant’s role as a political football – they may not have been talked about much in this campaign, but where do you think up to $6 billion in savings for National’s proposed tax cuts is coming from?What this proposal implies depends on where you sit, politically and professionally, but one fact is indisputable: the headcount of public servants based in the Wellington region has grown proportionatel...

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