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Working to make government more effective

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Scapegoats or snowflakes? The future of the civil service

The IfG podcast team asks what Dominic Raab's resignation means for the future of the civil service.

Dominic Raab’s exit from government hasn’t drawn a line under the simmering tensions between ministers and civil servants. So have expectations of behaviour changed or has snowflakery broken out in Whitehall? The IfG podcast team asks what this all means for the future of the civil service.

The Foreign Office is trying to manage another tricky evacuation of UK nationals from an increasingly dangerous situation – so how well is it responding to the crisis in Sudan?

And why did the Treasury end up creating a “tug of war” at the heart of government during the Covid pandemic? A major new IfG report reveals all.

What we talked about in this episode

26 APR 2023 Podcast

The Treasury and the Covid crisis

Financial Times economics editor Chris Giles joins the podcast team for a deep dive into how the UK’s finance ministry performed during the pandemic.

People featured in this episode

Topic
Ministers Civil service Public finances Coronavirus
Keywords
Ethical standards Ministerial code Accountability Civil servants Foreign affairs Economy Business Public spending
Political party
Conservative
Position
Prime minister Deputy prime minister Chancellor of the exchequer Foreign secretary
Administration
Johnson government Sunak government
Department
Number 10 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office HM Treasury
Public figures
Rishi Sunak Dominic Raab
Publisher
Institute for Government

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