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The prime minister wants to reduce staffing levels, introduce performance-related pay and sack civil servants who do not meet their standards.

This means getting full independence could take "about 10 to 15 years," says Kaj Kleist, a veteran Greenlandic politician and civil servant who prepared the Self-Rule Act.

The prime minister wants to reduce staff levels, introduce performance-related pay and sack civil servants who do not meet their standards.

Under-performing civil servants could be incentivised to leave their jobs under new government plans, while top staff will have their pay linked to their performance.

First up - perhaps not a box-office hit - they'll be looking at making the Whitehall machine work better, including making it easier to get rid of civil servants.