How to be a Minister

By: John Hutton, Leigh Lewis

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Hardcover | 1 January 2014

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388 Pages

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"It's no crime in our system, and not remotely a rarity either, to end up as the Head of a Department that you know almost nothing about, feel almost no natural affinity with and rather wish you were somewhere else." 

All ministerial careers end in failure, though they start in hope. Not everyone thinks they're heading to Number 10 but everyone wants to do something important. Politics has all sorts of downsides but the fortunate few get the opportunity to do something meaningful - prevent or win wars, reduce poverty, create the NHS or, just sometimes, prevent real injustice. 

How to Be A Minister launches you in your fledgling ministerial career and shows you how to proceed. This is a fail-safe guide to how to survive as a Minister in Her Majesty's Government, from dealing with civil servants, cabinet colleagues, the Opposition and the media, to coping with the bad times whilst managing the good (and how to resign with a modicum of dignity intact when it all inevitably falls apart).

Written by former Labour minister John Hutton How to Be A Minister is not only a survival guide for ambitious MPs but a tantalising view into the working lives of the people we elect to run our country. As such it is essential reading for anyone with a passing interest in British politics.

Industry Reviews

A must for ambitious thrusters in the Conservative Parliamentary Party 2010 intake. Keith Simpson MP For anyone who wants to know how government really works, this book is a must. Gus O'Donnell, Former Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service "John Hutton and Leigh Lewis do an excellent job in their new version of How to be a Minister... Part I is a vivid description and a valuable guide to the plethora of factors which help or hinder ministers ... Rookie shadow cabinet ministers are pretty busy at the moment. However, if I were you, I would put this on your Christmas list. It could come in useful for next May." Jacqui Smith, Progress

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