It is a year ago next week that Labour won the general election. ‘The adults are back in the room!’ proclaimed Treasury minister Darren Jones, shortly after the result. Yet, 12 months on, it seems governing is proving somewhat more difficult than many first thought. Luckily, a group of wonks, hacks and thinkers are on hand to offer the Labour lot a useful dollop of advice…
For tonight sees the launch of a new cross-party group of figures concerned about the state of the country. The ‘Fix Britain’ campaign is the brainchild of Munira Mirza, onetime head of Boris Johnson’s No. 10 Policy Unit. She and a group of likeminded politicos are aiming to overhaul Whitehall practices with accountable methods similar to those deployed in the governments of Denmark and Singapore. Detailed policy options will be drawn up with other staff drafting legislation and designing implementation plans. Watch out Whitehall…
The non-partisan initiative boasts various bigwigs on its board. Among them are Labour peer Maurice Glasman, the founder of Blue Labour, and The Spectator’s own Douglas Murray. Other members include biotech entrepreneur Annalisa Jenkins, journalist Liam Halligan, pollster James Johnson and Jon Benjamin, the UK’s former man in Mexico City. Fix Britain intends to act as a conduit for serving officials to provide insights, with several current civil servants already believed to be involved.
Talk about not a moment too soon, eh…
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