Common Purpose Blog

Lord Digby Jones, the former Director General of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and Minister of State for Trade and Investment, recently said of Jacqui Smith’s tenure as Home Secretary: “Expecting her to deliver in the post of Home Secretary without a scintilla of experience or training was not only unfair on her but [...]

A recent study of local civic leaders by Common Purpose showed that while less than 1 in 8 respondents held a national board appointment, 9 in 10 would be interested in holding one. According to the survey, some of the main barriers in preventing people making the leap from local to national board postions included [...]