'Chaotic' – report recommends reform of public appointments
Boris Johnson’s successor must adopt wide-ranging measures to improve trust in public appointments, reforming “chaotic” processes and boosting transparency in the process, Whitehall's leading think tank has said. The Institute for Government has called on the winner of the Conservative Party leadership race – who will become prime minister early next month – to make a raft of changes to boost diversity among appointees and reduce the potential for ministers to appoint cronies to roles. Its scathing Reforming Public Appointments report cites a litany of problems and inconsistenci...