The prime minister’s spokesman insisted the post was aimed only at seeking “expressions of interest” and that civil servants would still be appointed within the usual tight procedures of the civil service. Cummings, who has said he wants to overhaul civil service recruitment, wrote that he wanted “true wild cards” to email him directly if they believed they were qualified to work as special advisers “and perhaps some as officials”. Dominic Cummings, the civil service and Kafka | Letters Read moreIn one section, Cummings wrote that he wanted to bring in “super-talented weirdos” with “genuine cognitive diversity” and avoid senior civil service applicants with Oxford and Cambridge English degrees. “I am surprised the cabinet secretary allowed this advert to go out,” said John Bowers QC, a leading employment barrister. Philip Landau, a specialist employment lawyer at Landau Law Solicitors, identified potential issues with Cummings’ mentions of the likely age of candidates.

Source: The Guardian January 06, 2020 14:13 UTC