All posts by Richard Johnstone

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  ‘We have a responsibility to the public purse’: exclusive insight into the future of UK civil service offices

  In the wake of the pandemic, many professionals want flexible working arrangements – and unless public bodies can offer them, they’ll find it difficult to attract the most talented and

  • Posted October 30, 2022
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  UK government bids to halt financial turmoil after botched tax cuts

  The UK government has abandoned a host of tax cuts that were announced less than a month ago after replacing the country’s finance minister due to a negative response from

  • Posted October 17, 2022
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  ‘It’s night and day’: how public and civil service offices are going to change post-COVID

  In the second of a series of exclusive interviews, Stéphan Déry, a senior official in the Canadian government who is also president of The Workplace Network, tells Global Government Forum

  • Posted October 14, 2022
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  Biden sets out AI Bill of Rights to protect citizens from threats from automated systems

  US president Joe Biden has set out plans to create an AI Bill of Rights that is intended to protect citizens from automated systems “that threaten the rights of the

  • Posted October 11, 2022
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  Former cabinet secretary Ian Shugart named to Canada’s Senate

  Ian Shugart, Canada’s former clerk of the Privy Council and secretary to the cabinet, has been named a senator by prime minister Justin Trudeau. Trudeau made the announcement last week,

  • Posted October 3, 2022
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  From tackling COVID-19 fraud to helping detect modern slavery: longlist for 2022 Civil Service Data Challenge revealed

  Eight groundbreaking ideas to improve the use of data across the UK government have been selected for further development as part of the 2022 Civil Service Data Challenge. Following a

  • Posted October 3, 2022
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  Indian government must address ethics of artificial intelligence in education ‘as utmost priority’

  The United Nations education agency has called on the Indian government to take a host of actions to boost public trust and understanding in the use of artificial intelligence in

  • Posted September 28, 2022
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  Office space (to think): inside the international network looking to the future of the public sector workplace

  Post-pandemic, governments around the world are using their offices differently as workforces adapt to remote and flexible working. In the first of a series of exclusive interviews, Global Government Forum

  • Posted September 27, 2022
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  ‘They call it public service for a reason; you are serving something that is bigger than yourself’: five minutes with Stephen Burt, chief data officer of Canada

  In this sister series to our ‘Five minutes with’ interviews, we share insights from the civil and public service leaders that will be speaking at our free AccelerateGov conference on

  • Posted September 13, 2022
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  ‘The ultimate public servant’: Lord Gus O’Donnell’s memories of Queen Elizabeth II from his time at the heart of government

  Queen Elizabeth II “embodied public service”, former UK cabinet secretary Lord Gus O’Donnell has said, as tributes to the UK’s longest-serving monarch, who has died aged 96, continue to pour

  • Posted September 11, 2022
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