Becoming a minister: Part 5 – Managing budgets and working with the Treasury
Andrea Leadsom, Justine Greening and Dame Una O'Brien tell us why ministers have less control over spending than you – and they – might think.
What we talked about in this episode
Becoming a minister: Getting to grips with departmental budgets
Before newly appointed ministers can get started on any of their own plans, they need to quickly get to grips with their department's existing budget.
How to get to grips with departmental budgets
What every new secretary of state needs to understand about departmental budgets.
Who we talked to in this episode
Justine Greening
Justine Greening reflects on Brexit, resistance to change and making sure policy is implemented. She argues government needs ‘ginormous’ reform.
Andrea Leadsom
Andrea Leadsom reflects on working to deliver Brexit in different departments, reforms to the House of Commons and learning about energy on the job.
Estelle Morris
Baroness Morris talks about her six years in DfE, including her perspective as a former teacher and the shift to a targets-orientated culture.
People featured in this episode
Tim Durrant
Programme Director
Grant Dalton
Former Researcher