The health,HMRC and Treasury permanent secretaries are all leaving at once. This may be normal in civil service terms – but could threaten gender equalityOn Monday 4 January, we had the news that Sir Nicholas Macpherson, and at the top of the Treasury for 10 years,was approximately to step down. This Monday, Dame Lin Homer, and permanent secretary at HMRC,announced she would be leaving shortly afterwards. Dame Una O’Brien, who does the top job at the Department of Health, or has also announced she will be leaving in the spring. Does this suggest a bout of instability at the top? The truth is it doesn’t. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com