Articles tagged with Nick MacPherson on Civil Service World

27 Apr 2023 Finance

Fallout from Scholar and Lovegrove sackings should be a lesson for ministers, Sedwill says

Truss and Kwarteng's errors are a cautionary tale for future leaders, former cabinet secretary tells peers

27 Sep 2022 Economics

Mini-budget fallout has wrecked spending plans, says ex-Treasury chief

Nick Macpherson says government has ‘broken a cardinal rule’ and flags fears over public sector pay

19 Oct 2020 Civil Service Reform

Policy Exchange recruits heavy-hitters to take on civil service reform

Reform of Government Commission will "go back to first principles and ask: what sort of civil service do we want?"

01 Sep 2017 Brexit

Former Treasury perm sec Nick Macpherson slaps down Liam Fox over Brexit 'blackmail' claim

International trade secretary draws fire for Brexit negotiations complaints

30 Sep 2016 Policy

“History repeats itself” – ex-Treasury boss Nick Macpherson on why institutional memory matters

While most departments closed their historical services many years ago, a few are building new ways to bring past expertise to their policy-making. Suzannah Brecknell speaks to key figures including former Treasury permanent secretary Sir Nicholas Macpherson about Whitehall's renewed drive to learn the lessons of history