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The Civil Service Reforms of the 1980s

Held: 17 November 2006, Churchill College, Cambridge
Edited by Dr Michael Kandiah & Professor Rodney Lowe. Published 2007, CCBH. ISBN: 1-905165-30-7.

Illustration: Cartoon of Thatcher as Queen Canute holding up a hand to a tide of civil service anger: from Campaign Report 9, 11 June 1981, The Council of Civil Service Unions



This witness seminar was organised by the Cabinet Office Histories, Openness and Records Unit, the Churchill Archive Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, and the Centre for Contemporary British History. It forms part of the official history of the Civil Service being written by Professor Lowe.
 
Session I:
Chair: Brian Gilmore
Witnesses: Lord Armstrong of Ilminster, Sir John Herbecq, Sir John Hoskyns, Dr Campbell Christie, Lord Christopher, Mike Fogden, Sir Alastair Graham

Session II:
Chair: William Plowden
Witnesses: Lord Armstrong of Ilminster, Sir John Herbecq, Sir John Hoskyns, Clive Priestley, Sir Adam Ridley, Sir Clive Whitmore

Session III:
Chair: Peter Riddell
Witnesses: Lord Armstrong of Ilminster, Sir Robin Ibbs, Kate Jenkins, Sir Peter Kemp, Lord Radice, Lord Waldergrave of North Hill, Lord Wilson of Dinton
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