by Alex Thomas | Mar 10, 2025 | Articles, Leadership and Reflections, Third Edition
Alex Thomas looks back at the venerable series’ effect on our perceptions of the Civil Service Dorothy Wainwright is a minor character in the Yes, Minister universe, but she is one of the sharpest. We meet her in the first series of Yes, Prime Minister where... 
by Peter McDonald | Dec 10, 2024 | Articles, Interviews, Leadership and Reflections, Second Edition
In this summary of an extensive discussion in the autumn, Peter McDonald talks to the former Permanent Secretary to the Treasury about responding to crises, working with Ministers, solving problems and other reflections from a multifaceted career Terry Burns... 
by Simon Case | Aug 12, 2024 | Articles, First Edition Sneak Peek, Leadership and Reflections
Simon Case, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, on what it means to serve I am sure the idea of service, and what it means to serve, resonates with many of my colleagues in the Civil Service. I can think of two instances where this was recently... 
by Suzanne Heywood | Aug 11, 2024 | Articles, First Edition Sneak Peek, Leadership and Reflections
Suzanne Heywood on the qualities valued by her late husband Jeremy, Cabinet Secretary from 2012 to 2018. In late August 2018, Jeremy, Jonny (our eldest son) and I drove down to Whitstable for a long weekend. It was to be our last holiday together – something we... 
by Peter McDonald | Aug 8, 2024 | Articles, First Edition Sneak Peek, Leadership and Reflections, Other featured articles
Peter McDonald explores the opportunities and challenges of a smaller government Standing on an exposed common in rural Carmarthenshire, deep in blanket bog, debating with local farmers and agricultural specialists in the driving rain, was the moment I realised... 
by Tamara Finkelstein | Aug 7, 2024 | Articles, First Edition Sneak Peek, Leadership and Reflections, Policy Insights
Tamara Finkelstein, Head of the Government Policy Profession, asks whether it’s time for Civil Service generalists to become part of a profession Is it time to consider the end of the Civil Service generalist? My own career experience and leadership of the...
