Complete failure of state capacity. 0/10. Decisions about democratic control over public services shouldn’t be based on back office HR policies.
Just pay some people more than others - every private organisation (and plenty of public ones) realise they have to do this. The civil service is behind the curve.
Ministers trying to scrap NHS England have found no alternative to setting up an entirely new quango to employ highly-paid regional staff
Other than delaying abolition yet again
Health chiefs now urging ministers to set up the new quango because delay is harming patient care