Francis Maude
Former Minister of State for Trade Policy of the United KingdomWikipedia
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Oct 5, 2026
Matthew GillHOST
Which all sounds pretty comprehensive, but do those levers work? Do ministers know about them and how to use them well? And are they properly supported by the civil service to use those levers, uh, when they want to? Beyond those narrower questions, we can also think more broadly, should ministers have more or less or different powers, and how does that ministerial authority interact with the independence of the bodies in question when it's there for a reason? Our aim today is to explore what a distinctly conservative perspective on those questions would look like, and we could not have a better panel to, uh, to do that with.
Matthew GillHOST
To my left, uh, Lord Francis Maude has held a very wide range of shadow cabinet and cabinet positions, from shadow chancellor to the minister for Europe and Hong Kong.
Matthew GillHOST
From 2010 to 2015, he was Cabinet Office minister responsible for public body reform, and he now leads Francis Maude Associates.
Matthew GillHOST
Francis, it's great to have you with us.
Matthew GillHOST
Sarah Woolnough, to my immediate left, is chief executive of the King's Fund and former chief executive of Asthma and Lung UK, having previous worked for fi- previously worked for 15 years at Cancer Research UK.
Simone FinnGUEST
You'd had a clear plan for your first 100 days, what you were going to do, what" ...
Simone FinnGUEST
You know, where I was working for Francis Maude at the time, what we were going to do, um, in terms of cutting civil service numbers, which incidentally we managed to do.
Simone FinnGUEST
Um, so, so, so, so, so we, uh, so it, it, the, the point is that if you, if you can be bothered to do the hard yards before, you will be ready to, to go, and obviously you can't talk about hypotheticals.
Simone FinnGUEST
I, I think we've made our position quite clear on where we, we would prefer to be the major party, um, and the party governing.
Matthew GillHOST
Should ministers have more or less or different powers? And how does that ministerial authority interact with the independence of the bodies in question when it's there for a reason? Our aim today is to explore what a distinctly conservative perspective on those questions would look like, and we could not have a better panel to do that with.
Matthew GillHOST
To my left, Lord Francis Maude has held a very wide range of Shadow Cabinet and Cabinet positions, from Shadow Chancellor to the Minister for Europe and Hong Kong.
Matthew GillHOST
From 2010 to 2015, he was Cabinet Office Minister responsible for public body reform, and he now leads Francis Maude Associates.
Matthew GillHOST
Francis, it's great to have you with us.
Matthew GillHOST
Sarah Woolnuff, to my immediate left, is Chief Executive of the King's Fund and former Chief Executive of Asthma and Lung UK, having previously worked for 15 years at Cancer Research UK.
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Howard NelsonUNKNOWN
I'm chairman of my own company, Howard Nelson.
Howard NelsonUNKNOWN
Three words I believe in are honesty, fairness, and justice.
Howard NelsonUNKNOWN
But what Maude mentioned, accountability, which is another really important word.
Simone FinnPANELIST
You'd had a clear plan for your first 100 days, what you were going to do, what" ...
Simone FinnPANELIST
You know, where I was working for Francis Maude at the time, what we were going to do, um, in terms of cutting civil service numbers, which incidentally we managed to do.
Simone FinnPANELIST
Um, so, so, so, so, so we, uh, so it, it, the, the point is that if you, if you can be bothered to do the hard yards before, you will be ready to, to go, and obviously you can't talk about hypotheticals.
Simone FinnPANELIST
I think we've made our position quite clear on where we, we would prefer to be the major party, um, and the party governing.
Richard FreemanHOST
And Horsham, I don't want to be glib to say probably a safe seat, maybe it was, but in my mind, it was always very true blue.
Richard FreemanHOST
I associate it with, particularly with Francis Maud, who was there for a long time and obviously chairman of the Conservative Party and so on.
Richard FreemanHOST
You said you didn't expect to become an MP.
Richard FreemanHOST
I don't know if anyone expected it to go Lib Dem, did they? No, no, they didn't.