#FIB-RW-23000765Reading & Writing: Fill in the BlanksCore & AcademicHard

Staffing System Development

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The contemporary ministerial staffing system is large, active and partisan - far larger and further evolved [blank] any Westminster equivalent. Ministers' demands for help to cope with the pressures of an increasingly competitive and professionalized political environment have been key drivers of the staffing system's development. But there has not been a commensurate growth in [blank] supporting and controlling it. The [blank] framework for ministerial staff is [blank] and ad hoc.

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The contemporary ministerial staffing system is large, active and partisan - far larger and further evolved than any Westminster equivalent. Ministers' demands for help to cope with the pressures of an increasingly competitive and professionalized political environment have been key drivers of the staffing system's development. But there has not been a commensurate growth in arrangements supporting and controlling it. The operating framework for ministerial staff is fragmented and ad hoc.
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