At the Centre of Whitehall

J.M.LEE G.W.JONES JUNE BURNHAM

• List of Figures and Tables - Preface - Introduction - Shaping the Centre - PART 1: SUPPORTING THE PRIME MINISTER - The Prime Minister's Office: The Overall Picture - The Private Office - The Press Office - The Political Office - The Policy Unit and Other Policy Advisers - PART 2: MANAGING GOVERNMENT BUSINESS - The Administrative Setting of Cabinet Responsibilities - Servicing Cabinet and Its Committees - Inquiry and Analysis - The 'Sinecure' Ministers - Organizing and Managing the Civil Service - Conclusion

'...This is a rigorous piece of research and writing which is likely to become the staple source on the central executive's inner core, at least as far as the mid-1990s.' - Robert Pyper, Parliamentary Affairs