DoggedWalker
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But ultimately you'll never get good people if you don't pay market rate.
If it encouraged successful people to move from the private sector where efficiency and smooth operations are more prevalent, I’d agree. What you get far more frequently is lifers moving across councils.
The best recent example of bringing an outsider in to anything near the civil service to deliver is Kate Bingham at the Vaccine Taskforce.