He may move out of Number Ten altogether for work and into the Cabinet Office at 70 Whitehall.
We will take part in this new programme – designed to ensure that infrastructure projects are delivered on time and within their allotted budget.
The Government is poised to reverse the trend to competition rather than collaboration that has marked healthcare policy for 30 years.
The big picture is that Johnson is dashing for growth. We devoutly hope it works but the precedents aren’t promising.
Three cheers for three reforms: of the civil service, of Ministers and of one that this Government tends to avoid – of public services.
“Now we must listen to ideas on transforming government itself…because the machinery of government is no longer equal to the challenges of today.”
“Dom is a decentraliser,” we were told. “But he’s resistant to decentralising to people who he thinks aren’t up to the job.”
Reshaping Whitehall must be sanctioned by the Prime Minister, but he can empower the Government’s proven reformer, Michael Gove, to drive change.
The Treasury has been welded at the top to Number Ten. Now there’s a push to do more of the same to the Office.
With Holyrood elections probably a year away now, Conservatives north of the border need to be prepared for when the campaign starts.
‘Short-time’ working is the Chancellor’s best bet for weaning employers off state support.
The Prime Minister’s hospitalisation accentuates the need for a new strategic structure to support a new strategic plan.
Many of these matters can only be made on the basis of imperfect information. The advantage of the elected official making the ultimate decision is one of accountability.
There were plenty of Yes Minister routines and scripts to live through then as now. Much of the system did not like the privatisation programme.
I know that government needs a cross-Whitehall programme that actively engages with the myriad of departments and agencies.