In general, every country the costs and quality of civil servants it deserves.
For example, tax payers too shortsighted to pay for the public services they request? Simple, decrease wages for civil servants, and increase their pensions. This means the true costs of employment are for future generations.
This is why in many countries wages in the public sector are lower, and pensions are higher, than in the private sector.
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As to the UK in particular.
I think the public sector is much too small. Privatisation in the past two decades has ruined services. Trains, electricity, waste management - upon privatization, costs increased and service decreased.
http://www.tni.org/article/privatisation-failures-uk
The UK currently employs 25% less civil servants than it did under Thatcher.
There are also less CS's now than there were when Labour took over form the Cons in 1997.
This despite the means to cut employment by the Conservatives having consisted mainly of privatization. (Or, of selling off the crown jewels). Whereas Labour incorporated HMCS into the crown - which added a whopping 17% extra CS's, but still managed to decrease the total number of CS's through increased efficiency.
http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/about...ics/index.aspx#
Cursed Labour and their expansive government.

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