Move civil servants out of London: fine. But that won’t curb Whitehall’s grip on Britain | Simon Jenkins

It matters less where civil servants work than who they work for – and that is one of the most centralised governments of any western democracy

The government has announced an army of civil servants, thousands strong, is to head into the darkest provinces. White papers in future will have the tang of JB Priestley and farm subsidies the fizz of Jilly Cooper. Yes Minister’s Sir Humphrey Appleby will be a Master of Foxhounds. Like all Sir Keir Starmer’s actions just now, it should be worth a few vot...