Government “tsars” need to be accountable, too

The use of Government “Tsars” - experts brought in to advise Ministers on particular policy areas – has exploded in recent years, with the current Government appointing over 100 since coming to office in May 2010. Here, Ruth Levitt and William Solesbury show that the role of these “Tsars” is ill-defined and poorly recorded, and conclude that they fail to meet the standards of proper democratic accountability..