Articles tagged with: Robin Butler
Why the civil service should do more to protect its institutional memory
27 Jan 2025 HR
Why the civil service should do more to protect its institutional memory
As churn rates fuel a new era of amnesia, Susan Allott asks if we can ever escape from Groundhog Day
Civil service being marginalised and over-politicised, former cab secs warn
29 Nov 2024 Civil Service Reform
Civil service being marginalised and over-politicised, former cab secs warn
Political staff in No.10 "have almost completely taken over", former top civil servants say
Book review: Robin Butler - At the Heart of Power From Heath to Blair
07 Jul 2017 Leadership
Book review: Robin Butler - At the Heart of Power From Heath to Blair

Robin Butler was at the heart of some of No. 10’s greatest crises. But Sue Cameron says a new biography doesn’t always capture the drama
Treasury must not 'micromanage' departments, say former civil service heads Kerslake and Butler
22 Nov 2016 Economics
Treasury must not "micromanage" departments, say former civil service heads Kerslake and Butler

Former top officials warn against centralisation of power with the finance ministry on eve of chancellor Philip Hammond's first Autumn Statement