All posts by Tamsin Rutter

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  Who is Emmanuel Macron? We profile the rising French presidential candidate

  Emmanuel Macron, a late bloomer in France’s volatile presidential election, has unveiled a manifesto that combines elements of fiscal restraint and stimulus, deregulation and tighter rules on corruption, a clean-up

  • Posted March 12, 2017
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  Singapore appoints civil service innovation champion

  Singapore’s government is to train 10,000 public servants to use data analytics, the deputy prime minister has announced, while education minister Ong Ye Kung will spearhead a drive for public

  • Posted March 9, 2017
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  Australian commissioner hits out at partisan public servants

  The Australian public service commissioner, John Lloyd, has attacked Labor-run state governments for allowing union members among their public sector employees to engage in overtly political activities. Lloyd, who has

  • Posted March 7, 2017
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  Queen celebrates diversity with female civil service leaders

  Female permanent secretaries, past and present, gathered at Buckingham Palace to celebrate diversity in the UK civil service with the Queen last month. A reception was held in the Queen’s

  • Posted March 5, 2017
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  Contractors outnumber civil servants in Australia’s defence department

  Consultants and contractors now outnumber permanent staff in Australia’s Department of Defence, its exasperated chief revealed last week during a webinar with 2,000 public servants from the ministry’s Science and

  • Posted February 23, 2017
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  Report: ‘Deluded’ UK cannot afford to be smug on Brexit

  Britain is in a weak negotiating position and will have to win the goodwill of leaders in Europe if it is to avoid economic chaos following Brexit, according to a

  • Posted February 23, 2017
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  Kerslake review: Treasury ‘disempowers’ rest of Whitehall

  The role of the UK Treasury has expanded to the point where it is “disempowering” other Whitehall departments, according to a review released this month by former Whitehall chief Bob

  • Posted February 22, 2017
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  US agency forges ahead with reforms to criminal record checks

  US federal agencies are to be prohibited from enquiring about job applicants’ criminal records in the early stages of recruitment processes, according to guidance released this month by the Office

  • Posted February 20, 2017
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  Women gain ground in Northern Ireland’s senior civil service

  Males and Protestants outnumber females and Catholics at the most senior civil service grades in Northern Ireland, while the opposite is true for more junior positions, according to the latest

  • Posted February 3, 2017
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  Women prioritised in dead heat contests for top Irish jobs

  Women are to be favoured in selection processes that find two candidates to be of equal merit, under new rules applying to senior jobs in Ireland’s civil service. On 16

  • Posted January 31, 2017
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