{"product_id":"bad-government","title":"Bad Government","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrust in government has hit rock bottom. From Partygate\nand the chaos of Covid to the Peter Mandelson affair and open fights between\nministers and civil servants, the hidden wiring has been sparking for all to\nsee. When tragedies like Grenfell or the Post Office scandal occur, governments\nare glacially slow and accountability goes missing. As successive Prime Ministers catastrophically\nfall, many say Britain is broken.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePart memoir, part manifesto, \u003ci\u003eBad Government\u003c\/i\u003e takes\nus behind the famous black door of government to reveal why the ship of state\nis so hard to steer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs the first female private secretary in No.10, the\nauthor was the only other woman in the room when Margaret Thatcher resigned.\nHaving shaped reforms under both Thatcher and Blair before working to tackle\ngender inequalities and deepen government's connection with civil society, she\nnow offers an unprecedented insider's view of how the system evolved, why it is\nbreaking and how it can be fixed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExploring why successive Prime Ministers have failed in\ntheir promises to reset government and rebuild trust, this arresting book draws\non compelling personal insights, weaving together forty years of history with\nthe crises of today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a vital look at the urgent need for a different\nmodel of government before the electorate loses faith entirely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Biteback Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57258398777688,"sku":"9781837360505","price":27.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781837360505.jpg?v=1781086529","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/bad-government","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}