政府研究所：2024年下任内阁秘书西蒙·凯斯的继任者需要完成的五项任务报告（英文版）

The job advert for the next cabinet secretary hardly did justice to the strangeness and importance of the role. The successful applicant would, it said, be leader of half a million civil servants, adviser to the prime minister and the person responsible for “ensuring the effective implementation of the government’s priorities and delivery of public services”. These are heavy tasks. But no recitation of responsibilities quite captures the true nature of the job. The cabinet secretary must be a