Centre for Government and Leadership: Universal Credit

Friday, 6 December 2013

"War" has broken out, journalists say. Introducing a confrontation between Conservative MP and former police and criminal justice minister, Nick Herbert and former cabinet secretary, Lord (previously Sir Robin) Butler on BBC Radio 4’s “The Week in Westminster” on Saturday 30^th November, the Daily Telegraph’s Peter Oborne positively salivated with enthusiasm in telling us that hostilities between ministers and the senior civil service are at their fiercest for generations. Conservative bloggers such as Peter Hoskin are similarly excited.

About the Centre

The Centre for Government and Leadership is a joint programme, shared between the School of Business and Management; School of Politics and International Relations; and School of History. It brings together researchers and scholars working on topics in executive government, public management, relations between ministers and officials and issues of organisation and leadership in the public services. The centre hosts a seminar series on public management issues, as well as this blog, and is closely linked with the MPA. See also the Mile End Group at Queen Mary University of London.

For more information about the Centre, the seminar series or about the MPA, contact sbm-mpa@qmul.ac.uk

Friday, 6 December 2013

Why can't ministers and senior servants get along? A beginner's guide to bad blood, Universal Credit, blame, briefings and Civil Service Reform - Prof Perri 6, Chair in Public Management, Queen Mary