All posts tagged "centralisation"
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The UK government needs a stronger centre, says former Cabinet Office minister
Former Cabinet Office minister, Francis Maude, has said the UK should strengthen the centre of government and suggested potentially creating a new Department for Prime Minister. Maude, who has been
- Posted November 12, 2020
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‘An iconoclastic government’: former DEXEU chief Philip Rycroft on threats to the UK and its democracy
Philip Rycroft ran both the UK’s Brexit department, and Whitehall’s relations with the devolved governments. Now the former permanent secretary is speaking out: the Johnson government, he says, is ‘challenging
- Posted October 16, 2020
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Former UK diplomatic chief warns of declining influence overseas
The UK’s global influence is in decline, the former head of the country’s foreign office has argued – with Brexit and an over-controlling Number 10 at the heart of the
- Posted September 14, 2020