Ministers Reflect
Interviews with former ministers on the realities of the role and how to be effective in government.
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Baroness Stowell
Baroness Stowell reflects on the important and misunderstood role of parliament, being a Lords minister and how the civil service has changed.
Harriet Harman
Harriet Harman reflects on entering government after 15 years in opposition, how to be a minister and her pride in seeing real change in the law.
Michael Heseltine
Michael Heseltine explains what worked, and what didn’t, over his five decades in government and politics.
Baroness Warsi
Baroness Warsi looks back on her time in the Coalition Government, starting with figuring out what exactly was a Minister without Portfolio.
Lord Freud
Lord Freud was interviewed on 26 January 2017 for the Institute for Government’s Ministers Reflect project.
Lord O’Neill
Lord O'Neill reflects on his time in government for the Institute for Government’s Ministers Reflect project.
Nicky Morgan
Nicky Morgan reflects on her time in government for the Institute for Government’s Ministers Reflect project.
Oliver Letwin
Oliver Letwin was interviewed on 15 December 2016 for the IfG Ministers Reflect project.
Hugo Swire
Hugo Swire reflects on his time in government for the Institute for Government’s Ministers Reflect project.
Ed Vaizey
Ed Vaizey reflects on his time in government for the Institute for Government’s Ministers Reflect project.