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Is something wrong with the way Whitehall does policy?
In a new paper for the Policy Institute, Jonathan Slater, former Permanent Secretary at the Department for Education, argues civil service policy advice is too often disconnected from reality, because officials are not expected to engage with the public and are too remote from frontline results.
The result, he says, is policymaking that is fundamentally inadequate to address the challenges society faces.
Join our panel to discuss what needs to change – from civil service leadership and culture, to transparency, accountability and more.
Panel
- Jonathan Slater, former Permanent Secretary at the Department for Education and Visiting Professor at the Policy Institute
- Gus O'Donnell, former Cabinet Secretary
- Justine Greening, former Secretary of State for Education
- Professor Bobby Duffy, Director of the Policy Institute at King's College London (chair)