Fixing Whitehall: Is the Maude review the right plan for government reform?
b'Earlier this month Lord Maude, who served as Minister for the Cabinet Office from 2010-2015, published his Independent Review of Governance and Accountability in the Civil Service. The comprehensive review saw Maude speak to former and present civil service leaders, minister and ex-ministers, former prime ministers, and many civil servants. Maude concludes that \\u201cthe arrangements for governance and accountability of the civil service are unclear, opaque and incomplete\\u201d, and that the centre of government has become "unwieldy, with confusion about where responsibilities lie."\\n\\nSo what is Lord Maude\\u2019s plan to fix these problems and how would his 57 recommendations work? Ministers have reacted coolly to Maude\\u2019s plan to split the Treasury and create\\u202fan Office of Budget and Management, but is he right? What responsibilities should the cabinet secretary hold? And what can be done to ensure this review of the civil service succeeds when so many previous attempts have failed? \\n\\nTo discuss these questions and more, Lord Maude joined us in conversation at the Institute for Government. The event was chaired by Alex Thomas, Programme Director at the Institute for Government.\\n\\nRead the IfG\'s response to the Maude review.'