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Overcautious and flabby state? Jesus wept, is this what passes for political vision these days?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx29lrl826rt
Keir Starmer making speech on tackling 'overcautious, flabby' state - live updates
Problem is Starmer isn't a manager (or rather is a disastrous manager). He's proud of his time at the CPS but his managerial track record there is disastrous. A not released (but leaked) survey of CPS staff at the time highlighted his failings in this regard. I saw the survey on a "look but no copies" basis (I confess I ignored elements of that constraint) when I was involved with my local political party. It was leaked and I seem to remember the Evening Standard(?) reported some details.
Given the CPS staff are generally well educated and likely believe in the organisation, the survey identified that only 1 in 5 CPS staff believed that Starmer and management's actions were "consistent with the CPS's values". Just 12% believed "the organisation as a whole is managed well". Only 1 in 12 staff believed "change is managed well". And when senior management got the report instead of looking at their management or engaging with staff they initiated a program of staff "retraining".
I don't believe Starmer has thge skills to identify these issues and certainly not the solutions. But it does all depend on how involved Starmer is in this and how much he is just the mouthpeice for hopefully more capable people.
Ian