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Dominic Cummings and Civil Service Reform

Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of Civil Service reform comparing Dominic Cummings with Charles Trevelyan, the ‘stormy reformer’ of the 1850s, who reshaped the Civil Service.

Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of Civil Service reform. With the PM’s Chief Advisor Dominic Cummings promising a ‘hard rain’ on the Service, Jonathan follows the story of Charles Trevelyan, the ‘stormy reformer’ of the 1850’s, who reshaped the Civil Service and made many enemies along the way.

Featuring Lord Butler, former head of the Civil Service and Dead Ringers star, Jon Culshaw. Historian Catherine Haddon from the Institute for Government and Sebastian Payne Whitehall journalist at the Financial Times.

Producer Neil McCarthy

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28 minutes

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  • Thu 30 Jul 2020 09:00
  • Thu 30 Jul 2020 21:30

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