We like the summer theatre. Wells is a really great example in Southwold of a place where you can go and buy music and great books. You can’t find anywhere else in the country that’s like it (Suffolk). You still get those individual shops. Like everyone else, I was waiting for this latest series of The Crown with anticipation. I had started watching the drama when it first came out, but I hadn’t been entirely convinced by its merit. It was the sheer vulnerability of this woman, surrounded by men and round this coffin-shaped table – telling them the end had come. And, basically, the reason she had to face this decision was they’d told her so. Second, it’s not just about money, it’s also about recognising the rich resources that may already exist, many of which may be non-financial, and also giving communities a real say over what happens in their community and about where any new investment goes. She also makes the mistake of making her too old. The real Mrs Thatcher on her first visit to Balmoral is, like Anderson, in her 50s, but Anderson seems more like the Mrs Thatcher of a decade later. Worse still, in her last days as Prime Minister, Anderson makes her look 75 or even older. This is certainly not the youthful, colourful looking 65-year-old I knew.

She has received a number of national awards and honours for her work in social care, in bringing health and social care together and for her innovative approach to building partnerships between the different sectors. She is a frequent broadcaster, speaker and writer on the voluntary and community sector. I love the wildness,” she says. “There aren’t many places within easy reach of London where you can walk for miles without having to go on a road.The new private secretary thus “by chance happened to walk into this extraordinary story – a very human drama of betrayal, anger and determination”. This biographical article is written like a résumé. Please help improve it by revising it to be neutral and encyclopedic. ( July 2022) We talk about poverty and income inequalities but some places are very much richer in social infrastructure than others and this also makes a real difference to personal health and well-being, equality and opportunity.

She speaks on many different platforms on civil society matters, including abroad, and is a regular commentator in the media.After leaving Number 10, she strove to change the culture and working practices of the Treasury, and reformed the public expenditure system and public services The couple now split their time between Suffolk and the capital. “We live in the middle of Dunwich Forest. We used to visit friends for many years, so we know the area very well. One wet and miserable February day we saw this empty, forlorn-looking house hidden by overgrown pine trees that was up for sale. We had no intention of buying it but thought it might be interesting to find out the price… anyway, we found we owned it a couple of months later.”

The Better Way is a network of people working together to improve services, build strong communities and bring about a fairer society. It’s also true to say that even if she didn’t devote her career to helping other women, she did do something. She introduced independent taxation for women who were married. And I know, because I wrote with her a speech to The 300 Group (which campaigned for more females in Parliament, the European parliament, local government and public life) that she very sincerely did want to see more women in powerful positions, and thought that would be important. We welcome anyone who is attracted by our thinking, people at the frontline of practice as well as thought leaders from across public, private and voluntary spheres. Small state, enterprise Britain, individualism, home-owning democracy – all these things have become norms.

A remarkable political and personal memoir, People Like Us charts the dying days of Thatcher’s No. 10 and reflects on women and power, then and now. These episodes made an enormous impression and I try to capture something of this spirit of extraordinary characters and situations in my books.” John was born in Bedford. “We were sort of nouveau poor. My father’s family had owned Nightingale’s fertilisers but the only trace left in Bedford when I was born was a large car park where the main factory had once stood. Also, the whole term ‘feminism’ is very problematic for conservative women, and not even just for conservative women. (Actress) Meryl Streep, who played Margaret Thatcher and is known to be outspoken on gender-equality issues, has said she doesn’t see herself as a feminist. At the Department for Education and Skills, she oversaw expansion of childcare and nursery education

However, series four was always going to hold a certain fascination for me personally. Covering the period from 1979 to 1990, it spans the time Margaret Thatcher entered No 10 to the tearful day she left. As someone who worked closely with Mrs Thatcher in the last 18 months of her premiership, I was intrigued at how she would be portrayed. I was the first female private secretary at No 10 – one of five in her private office inner circle – and she let me slip through, despite her alleged ban on giving that role to a woman. Lynne Berry has more than 30 years experience in the voluntary, public and not for profit sectors. She has worked in central and local government, been Chief Executive of two national charities (recently WRVS and earlier the Family Welfare Association), Chief Executive of the Equal Opportunities Commission and the General Social Care Council and Executive Director of the Charity Commission. In addition she has been Chair and Trustee of many national charities. Caroline has over thirty years experience, including working at the highest levels in Government and the wider public and voluntary sectors.

I remember seeing him just before he died. He was very thin and in a dressing gown, but that didn’t stop him drinking champagne and moaning about the Government. Daniel has led numerous initiatives helping government and the public sector to transform policy and bring their services closer to the public. On equalities, international development, democracy, human rights, the arts, the role of civil society, family policy – and in many other areas – Daniel has helped organisations create strategies and communications that deliver real change – winning new resources, improving legislation and shaping the public discourse. The guidance to the PM was not to make an immediate decision, but she said “yes” to Caroline there and then… despite her gender. Places rich in social infrastructure are naturally preventative, helping to create well-being, generating resourcefulness and resilience and providing social networks that provide support when things get tough.