Steve Webb: the revolutionary

Inside Caxton House, two men and a woman are staring intently at the photos on the wall across from the front desk. The faces of the Department for Work and Pension ministers beam down across the reception with Mark Hoban and Esther McVey attracting the most attention. Both appointed in David Cameron’s first major reshuffle the previous day, their smiling headshots have already replaced their predecessors. Luckily for this interview, pensions minister Steve Webb’s picture remains in position. As I’m ushered into his office, Webb is clearly in a hurry to leave for a parliamentary vote ...