Cabinet and its Committees

The list of Cabinet Committees shows Pat McFadden is helping run the show. But it also reveals that the architecture driving the Government's five missions seems deficient.

Yesterday, just before the Government’s 100 day mark, the list of Cabinet Committees was published.

A few things jump out:

1. The importance of Pat McFadden - the de facto Deputy Prime Minister;

2. The downgrading of the Chancellor’s role - she is not chairing the primary domestic policy Committee, and has no economic policy Committee of her own;

3. The fact that t…