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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

Train government ministers properly and leave them in post, says ex-cabinet secretary

Mark Sedwill
Mark Sedwill ran the civil service for Boris Johnson and Theresa May. Photograph: PA

Prime ministers should send their cabinet members to a school of government and stop the constant rotation of ministers to improve strategic thinking in Whitehall, a former cabinet secretary has said.

Mark Sedwill, who ran the civil service for Boris Johnson and Theresa May, said effective government needed “longevity of personnel”, rather than a stream of new ministers without expertise in their portfolios.

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