An exclusive interview with MHCLG perm sec Sarah Healey, a profile of the new cab sec and highlights of our annual perm secs round-up
On the cover of the winter 2025 issue of Civil Service World is Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government permanent secretary Sarah Healey. In her first CSW interview in the role, she shares her thoughts on changes ahead and her tips for keeping worries at bay.
Also in this issue, we give you the highlights of outgoing cabinet secretary Simon Case's last lecture in post and profile his successor, Sir Chris Wormald.
Continuing our series celebrating 20 years of CSW, we look back on the last two decades of machinery of government changes to see what's worked – and what hasn't.
And, of course, we bring you the standout quotes from our annual perm secs' round-up.
Elsewhere in the winter issue:
- What do women in leadership wish they could tell their younger selves?
- We ask the experts whether Keir Starmer can achieve the economic growth he's hoping for
- DBT perm sec Gareth Davies gives us the lowdown on the UK’s industrial strategy – what it is and how to make it a success
- Practical advice for civil servants in the wake of 2023’s Procurement Act
- A special report on the part citizens’ assemblies and other forms of participatory democracy could play in policymaking
...and much more.
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