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 Gus O’Donnell | Jun 10, 2024 | Articles, Delivery, Leadership and Reflections, Other featured articles, UK Election Series
Gus O’Donnell on some key issues likely to face Civil Servants before and after July 4th Listen to this article (AI generated audio) Civil Servants are working frantically to prepare for all possible outcomes of the General Election on 4th July. Here are some...
by Edward Young | Jun 10, 2024 | Articles, Leadership and Reflections, Other featured articles, UK Election Series
Edward Young, the Sovereign’s Principal Private Secretary from 2017 to 2023, describes the Monarch’s role in a general election… and how advisers resolved a constitutional ‘pickle’ in 2015 Listen to this article (AI generated audio) Midway through the General...
by Ciaran Martin | Jun 10, 2024 | Articles, Data, Tech and Innovation, Leadership and Reflections, Other featured articles, UK Election Series
Ciaran Martin has led the Civil Service teams which run and protect the UK’s electoral process. Here he reflects on what’s been learned about digital interference Listen to this article (AI generated audio) In the period between the calling of a UK...