Bad Government
Caroline Slocock
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From the publisher
Trust in government has hit rock bottom. From Partygate
and the chaos of Covid to the Peter Mandelson affair and open fights between
ministers and civil servants, the hidden wiring has been sparking for all to
see. When tragedies like Grenfell or the Post Office scandal occur, governments
are glacially slow and accountability goes missing. As successive Prime Ministers catastrophically
fall, many say Britain is broken.
Part memoir, part manifesto, Bad Government takes
us behind the famous black door of government to reveal why the ship of state
is so hard to steer.
As the first female private secretary in No.10, the
author was the only other woman in the room when Margaret Thatcher resigned.
Having shaped reforms under both Thatcher and Blair before working to tackle
gender inequalities and deepen government's connection with civil society, she
now offers an unprecedented insider's view of how the system evolved, why it is
breaking and how it can be fixed.
Exploring why successive Prime Ministers have failed in
their promises to reset government and rebuild trust, this arresting book draws
on compelling personal insights, weaving together forty years of history with
the crises of today.
This is a vital look at the urgent need for a different
model of government before the electorate loses faith entirely.