To mark 50 years since the creation of the Defence Intelligence Staff, Lord Hennessy chaired a panel including Vice Admiral Alan Richards, Sir David Omand and Mr John Morrison discussed
Lord O'Donnell (Cabinet Secretary 2005-2011) gave the one-hundredth and seventh Mile End Group, the fourth Sir Michael Quinlan Memorial Lecture where he discussed, 'Ethics in the Civil Service'
Baroness Jay of Paddington delivered the one hundredth and sixth Mile End Group where she discussed the 'Constitutional Implications of Coalition Government'
Dame Tessa Jowell gave the one-hundredth and fourth Mile End Group on 'Sure Start: Its Challenge to the Conventional Machinery of Government'
Sir Michael Barber gave the one-hundredth and second Mile End Group on, 'The Science of Delivery'
Sir Nicholas Macpherson gave the one-hundredth and first Mile End Group where he discussed ‘The Treasury View: a Testament of Experience’
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair gave the one-hundredth Mile End Group, where he discussed 'How Government Really Works'
Charles Moore gave the ninety-ninth Mile End Group, and second John Ramsden memorial on the topic off 'Thatcher and Whitehall'
Dave Ramsden the Chief Economic Adviser to HM treasury gave the ninety-eighth Mile End Group where he discussed, 'The Euro: 10th Anniversary of the Assessment of the Five Economic Tests'
The British Ambassador to the Yemen, Sir Nicholas Hopton gave the ninety-seventh Mile End Group where he discussed, 'Foreign Becomes Domestic: The Work of the British Ambassador to Yemen'