PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Norman Warner is an independent Peer with over 20 years experience of the House of Lords. He was a Health Minister in the Blair Government involved in NHS reform. He helped New Labour prepare for government before the 1997 Election. He has served as Senior Policy Adviser to the Home Secretary and designed and implemented a major reform of the youth justice system. He worked with Barbara Castle in the 1970s and was a senior civil servant during the Thatcher government. He has worked in local government as Director of Social Services for Kent, helping to reform community care. He has chaired public bodies and a national inquiry into children's homes. In 2010 the Coalition Government appointed him to the Dilnot Commission to reform social care funding. Michael Gove appointed him Children's Commissioner in Birmingham to reform its failing children's services.
The distilled wisdom of 40-plus years trying to make government work. - Nicholas Timmins, former Public Policy Editor, Financial Times; It is a no-holds-barred account that refuses to pull its punches and succeeds brilliantly by combining clear-sighted explanation with closely argued provocation. - Lord Simon Stevens, former Chief Executive of NHS England; His insights are ever more timely and needed as the state is about to take on huge extra responsibilities for social care. - Professor Lord Peter Hennessy
