Daily: The man who ran Britain

<p>What does it mean to be indispensable? From Major through New Labour to the Coalition, the late Civil Service giant <strong>Jeremy Heywood</strong> was to a key advisor to four Prime Ministers, and Cabinet Secretary to two. Theresa May described him as “the greatest public servant of our age”. His widow <strong>Suzanne</strong> tells Ros Taylor about her new book <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Civil-Servant-Jeremy-Heywood-Powerful/dp/0008353123/ref=sr_1_1?crid=OGF5YX737YXM&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=what+does+jeremy+think&amp;qid=1613489697&amp;quartzVehicle=3514-1426&amp;replacementKeywords=what+does+jeremy&amp;sprefix=what+does+jerem,aps,217&amp;sr=8-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>What Does Jeremy Think?</em></a>, what it took for Jeremy Heywood to manage crises from Black Wednesday to Brexit, and how he handled the duty of pushing through policies he himself feared were wrong. &nbsp;</p><p><br></p><ul><li>“<em>Jeremy had been in training to get the best result out of Brexit for Britain for almost all his professional life…”</em></li><li><em>“It was only while writing the book that I realised how close the UK came to a total banking collapse during the Financial Crisis.”</em></li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>Presented by Ros Taylor. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers: Jacob Archbold and Jelena Sofronijevic. Logo and branding by Mark Taylor. Music: Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. </em><strong><em>The Bunker is a Podmasters production</em></strong></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>