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Keir Starmer is right: the “paranoid” civil service does need change

Keir Starmer's former advisor, Peter Hyman, calls for dramatic Whitehall reform.

Former Labour strategist and architect of the Labour missions, Peter Hyman, joins the New Statesman politics podcast to discuss Keir Starmer’s “plan for change” speech on Thursday.

Hyman, who served under both Tony Blair and Keir Starmer, discusses the difficulties Labour will face in implementing their missions and is scathing about Whitehall, saying resistance from staffers is stifling innovation.



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