Keir Starmer has argued that UK government needs to be ‘rewired’, but in an increasingly polarised and fragmented political context, and with public trust in government at an alarming low, what should be the priorities for state reform? And is our democracy equipped to understand what the public want to see?
The event will open will open with a conversation chaired by the master of Selwyn College Suzanne Raine, followed by an audience Q&A.
About the speaker
Dr Hannah White OBE (SE 1997) leads one of the UK’s most high profile think tanks, the Institute for Government. The non-partisan IfG works with politicians and officials in Westminster and across the UK to help the people, processes and institutions of government improve delivery.
About the master
Suzanne Raine served for 24 years in the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office on foreign policy and national security issues, including postings in Poland, Iraq and Pakistan. She was Head of the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre from 2015-2017 and Director of Counter-Terrorism from 2017-19. Since leaving the civil service in 2019 she has engaged with academia through the Centre for Geopolitics in Cambridge and as a Visiting Professor at Kings College London, where she lectures on risk anticipation and warning.
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Location
The event takes place at the Quarry Whitehouse Auditorium, Selwyn College, Grange Road, CB3 9DQ. It is pictured above, as seen from above from Grange Road.
The Quarry Whitehouse Auditorium is located on the corner of West Road and Grange Road and can be accessed via the gate to Ann’s Court on Grange Road. The Auditorium will be signposted — but the Selwyn College Porters, located in the Lodge by the main entrance, will be more than happy to help direct you if you have trouble finding the auditorium.
Doors will open at 5:45pm. Please be seated by 5:55pm as the event will start promptly at 6:00pm. We expect to finish by 7:00pm at the latest.
If you are arriving by bike, you may lock your bicycles on the railings by the Quarry Whitehouse Auditorium.
Please note that photographs will be taken during this event and the audience may be visible at certain points on the livestream.
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