[Tealeaf]

Originally Posted by [email protected]

I was employed in MInistry of Pensions & National Insurance, National Assistance Board, Ministry of Social Security, Dept of Health & Social Security, Benefits Agency, Dept of Work and Pensions.

The frequent name changes are indicative of the frequency with which successive governments meddle with the administration for political reasons, and how civil servants have needed to absorb changes to working practices frequently.

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Nowt changes, does it? Civil Servants have always whinged just because various politicos have changed the name on the front door. After all, the complaining gives 'em summat do do in an otherwise uneventful day.