from tony blair to rishi sunak, ifelt like humming the tune of ghostbusters! who are you going to call? louise casey! why you? how did this happen? i don t really know, actually. i don t know. i started offjust working in charities with homeless people and then all our dreams came true when somebody said, we want to reduce the number of people sleeping on the streets by two thirds, we will set a target, we are serious and i got thatjob. and i suppose i am pretty fearless. and pretty determined, if i believe in the cause. and i always say to people, success then breeds success. we are a nation that loves our failures, aren t we? god love henman, who never won wimbledon but we made the name of that hill after him. we celebrate the underdog which is one of our most endearing and wonderful qualities. drifting is a fearless, we talk to a few people you worked with and one former cabinet minister said louise is like, a live grenade thrown into the civil service. and added, in cas
champions league final in istanbul, leaving i o champions league final in istanbul, leaving 1 0 with 20 minutes left, rodri was the scorer. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking. draw up a list of some of the toughest policy of nuts that any government needs to crack and you probably put pretty near the top rough sleeping. you might add anti social behaviour, troubled families, maybe child sexual exploitation. victims rights and last but certainly not least, the culture and standards of the police. that list is a short summary of the job is done by my guest this week on political thinking. job is done by my guest this week on politicalthinking. she job is done by my guest this week on political thinking. she has done those jobs political thinking. she has done thosejobs for political thinking. she has done those jobs for five different prime ministers, both main political parties over the last quarter of a century or
says he would like to deal with rough sleepers, taking you into government. did you discover straightaway, a kind of no minister mentality? without a doubt. i applied for thejob so i actually went in as a civil servant and it took them, good old mauro wallace and mavis mcdonnell, two formidable women in the civil service, it took them about six to nine months to persuade the rest of the civil service it should be direct level and within my first 2a director level and within my first 2a hours, they really lovely people who had been given to me god love them, to help deal with this, had written something we called a submission which is you submit this note to ministers and they basically said, hello, minister, i am your director of rough sleeping, this is a very stretching target, it would be terribly difficult to achieve, we are not sure what that is going to happen but we will do a lot of good work
solve the problem and i think you therefore have to bring in different thinking and different people and, frankly, different class in terms of social economic class to help you look at things differently. did you discover that look at things differently. did you discover that in look at things differently. did you discover that in that look at things differently. did you discover that in that very - look at things differently. did you discover that in that very first - discover that in that very first job? deputy director of shelter, homeless charity, and tony blair says he would like to deal with rough sleepers, taking into government. did you discover straightaway, a kind of note minister mentality? straightaway, a kind of note minister mentali ? ~ ., ., ., , minister mentality? without a doubt. i a- lied for minister mentality? without a doubt. i applied for the minister mentality? without a doubt. i applied for the job minister mentality? without a doubt. i applied for th