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What can public servants expect from Canada’s new government?

Canada’s new Liberal government has been careful to praise public servants, striking a much warmer note than its predecessor. But Ian Lee says it may still pursue some challenging reforms On October […]

The UK government’s lobbying register is ineffective – but there are plenty of good examples overseas

Two years ago, the UK government introduced a register of lobbyists. But it doesn’t do the job required, says Steve Goodrich, of Transparency International UK. Why not learn some lessons […]

UK government expects to pay £26.6bn for clinical negligence claims against NHS

A patient safety group has sounded a warning after it emerged that the UK government expects to pay out £26.6bn for clinical negligence claims against the National Health Service (NHS), which […]

Ebola – What We Have Learned?

The Ebola crisis shows no signs of abating. It may have moved off the front pages of most Western news media, but the death toll continues to rise, and so […]

Mexico – Does More Trade Make It A Better Place To Work?

The second United States-Mexico High Level Economic Dialogue (HLED) started on 6 January 2015. President Barack Obama and President Enrique Pena Nieto are meeting to discuss, among other things, how […]

Vaping – How Do Governments Respond?

The English Oxford Dictionaries’ Word of the Year 2014 is ‘Vape’. The popularity of the word mirrors the increasing use of e-cigarettes over the last two years and represents a […]

Australia Updates Its Cybersecurity

The world of cybersecurity is in constant motion, something administrators forget at their peril. Making decisions, reaching agreement about the measures necessary to safeguard installations and populations – in other […]

The World Of Work 2030

The last year has seen a constant stream of data, reports and research on the future of work. The general conclusions have been remarkably similar: the world of work is […]

A World That Counts

A new report by the United Nations Independent Expert Advisory Group Secretariat is on ‘A Data Revolution For Sustainable Development’. As it says: ‘No one should be invisible’. The growth […]

Education – The Future?

Education has been one of the most hotly debated subjects around the world for decades but now there is a new element in the discussion – technology. The debate has […]