Civil servants work in a toxic environment where precious little gets done

Every criticism is a crisis, constant political reshuffles mean we have to start work on policies all over again - and fear is everywhere.
There is no finer feeling as a civil servant working in policy than making changes that have a positive impact on people’s lives. But it’s safe to assume I’ll not be doing any of that in the foreseeable future. The job of the civil service is to support the government of the day. Part of that responsibility is to have difficult conversations