Responsibility without privilege

THE Margin notes with interest the new public sector management Bill, launched with much fanfare yesterday, and its rules that…

THE Margin notes with interest the new public sector management Bill, launched with much fanfare yesterday, and its rules that will make civil servants accountable for what they do.

But if they can take the blame, can they also take the credit? Will we see the secretary - or secretary general - of the Department of Enterprise and Employment making big jobs announcements? Will the secretary general of the Department of Finance be able to bask in the glory of budgetary giveaways? We think

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