The Assault on Liberty: What Went Wrong with Rights
An urgent and necessary polemic on the government’s assault on our fundamental freedoms and the proliferation of Human Rights.
Central / national / federal government
The Powers Behind the Prime Minister: The Hidden Influence of Number Ten
‘Kavanagh and Seldon’s view of 20th-century British politics from behind the doors of Number10 should be compulsory reading. “The Powers Behind the Prime Minister” rattles along like some great pageant on the theme of “Yes, Minister”.’ Sue Cameron, Sunday Telegraph
The Five Giants: A Biography of the Welfare State: Revised edition
An accessible and entertaining narrative history of the establishment, development and unravelling of the British Welfare State – now fully revised to cover Blair’s first term. Lively writing in the style of Peter Hennessy.