About This Event

The FT 's Whitehall Editor Lucy Fisher is joined by campaigning MP Jess Phillips , historian and author Anthony Seldon and the Institute for Government ’s Hannah White to reflect on a decade of unprecedented political upheaval. Our politicians come to power promising sweeping reform and change, but government seems to be getting harder and voters more frustrated. Who or what is to blame? Recalcitrant civil servants, sacred cows like the pensions triple lock or the NHS, or simply a refusal to acknowledge the scale of our problems? A fascinating and thought-provoking discussion that gets to the heart of the challenges of government. There will be a book signing after this event. Get ahead of your Festival reading and visit the Waterstones Cheltenham Literature Festival bookshop and support Cheltenham Festivals with every purchase.

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