We examine how the government can meet the goals of its safer streets mission and catch up with outgoing "taxman" Jim Harra
CSW's spring 2025 issue homes in on the government's safer streets mission. Experts share their views on whether the government can meet its twin goals to halve knife crime and violence against women and girls, and mission lead Richard Clarke shares what it felt like to take on the role, how the mission is working, and what he does to switch off.
Cover star and departing permanent secretary Jim Harra looks back on the highs and lows of his four-decade career at HM Revenue and Customs and how he feels about being known as the "taxman".
Over lunch with CSW, former cabinet secretary Simon Case reflects on the relationship between ministers and officials, dealing with public criticism, and the advice he'd give his freshly appointed 2020 self; and we look at what civil servants can gain from the becoming a trustee.
Also in this issue:
- Dame Una O’Brien asks what reforms are needed to make public inquiries more effective
- Prospect’s Mike Clancy shares his view on why trying to replicate Elon Musk’s Doge in the UK would be disastrous
- Baroness Martha Lane Fox makes the case for a digital update of the public sector to give citizens back their time, at their greatest time of need
...and much more.
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