Speeches
A collection of speeches and seminars, originally published elsewhere, looking at the machinery of government and civil service reform.
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A collection of speeches and seminars, originally published elsewhere, looking at the machinery of government and civil service reform.
Outgoing Cabinet Secretary Mark Sedwill delivered a public lecture at The University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government to reflect on his time in government and identify challenges for the future.
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Michael Gove, gave the Ditchley Annual Lecture on “The privilege of public service”, in which he mentioned the Commission for Smart Government when speaking about transformative ideas for governance.
Lord Bichard contributed to the House of Lords Queen’s Speech debate on the NHS on 9 January 2020. In his speech he spoke of the need to address civil service capability in order to restore trust in the delivery of public services.
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster The Rt Hon. Michael Gove MP delivered a speech hosted by the Commission for Smart Government and PUBLIC, on the launch of the Declaration on Government Reform and ahead of the Commission’s final recommendations paper, to be launched in July 2021.