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Sharon White appointed as HMT Second Permanent Secretary

IfG's Jill Rutter speaks to BBC Radio 4's The World This Weekend about Sharon White's appointment as Second Permanent Secretary to the Treasury.

Jill Rutter talks to BBC Radio 4's The World This Weekend about her own experiences at the Treasury in relation to Sharon White's appointment as Permanent Secretary with responsibility for the Treasury's finance ministry functions. IfG Senior Fellow Gus O'Donnell also appeared on the programme. Jill wrote in 2011 that Sharon's appointment as the first HMT Director General (for Public Services) was a notable breakthrough.

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BBC R4 The World This Weekend

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