The public sector is around 10 % less productive than in 2019. There has been a big expansion of staffing in the civil service and public sector administration despite more spending on computerisation. The Treasury suggest this is a loss of around £24 bn.
I looked at ways of getting this loss back. The government suggests spending more on AI might help. Getting back to 2019 levels of output does not need AI as there was no AI in 2019.
The government needs to introduce an immediate recruitment freeze. As people leave the service posts needs to be amalgamated or abolished. People should be promoted on merit to bigger roles.
The state where it is appointing people to highly paid roles like the Head of the Post Office, HS2 or the Bank of England should earn most of the high pay as bonus, only paid if they deliver. The Head of the Post Office should deliver profits, it losses. HS2 should be on time and to budget. The Bank should deliver 2% inflation.
People in the civil service should stay to see projects through or to undertake a role for long enough to do it well and repay the state for the training and experience.
The public sector should run quality systems, treat complaints seriously and manage out mistakes.