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The civil service The makings of civil service are the civil servants. Civil servants are servants to the crown, which therefore means that they are working for the monarchy. Civil servants are employed in a civil capacity. They are paid to do their job from government money from the 'public purse'. The main job criteria of the civil servants are that they are basically working for the people. Mps, local government officers and members of the armed forces are not civil servants; they do not work for civilians. The civil service is built up vastly and contains over 3000 senior policy advisors who are advice ministers for legislation. As there are many civil servants, the best structure is a hierarchy; these are different levels of civil servants within the civil service: * Permanent secretaries * Deputy secretaries * Under secretaries * Assistant secretaries * Principals The permanent secretaries at the top of the list have the most power...

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