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Civil Service Reform The Conservative governments after 1979 set out to radically reform the organisation of the state as part of an agenda to revolutionise the nature and priorities of British government. In 1979, a Prime Minister was elected who was determined to reform the civil service as part of a broader scheme to transform the nature of British government. Mrs Thatcher came to power in 1979 with the conviction that certain policies, and certain reforms in the structure of government, were necessary if Britain's economic and social decline was to be halted. Thatcherism brought an ideological approach to politics, determined to drive through widesweeping changes. The power given to a government with a parliamentary majority in Britain enabled the Conservatives to achieve these reforms, especially since they won four consecutive elections (1979, 1983, 1987 and 1992) and were in power for 18 years. the personal importance of Mrs Thatcher to...

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