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Former UK Treasury solicitor Sir Paul Jenkins joins law firm

Former Treasury solicitor and head of the government legal service (GLS) Sir Paul Jenkins has joined a multi-national law firm as associate member. Jenkins, who left the UK civil service […]

Obama: ‘I couldn’t be prouder of the work America’s civil servants are doing’

U.S. president Barack Obama has praised the country’s civil servants who “continue to raise the bar for America at home and overseas.” Writing in an op-ed for the Federal Times […]

Mongolian parliament votes to abolish death penalty

Mongolia is to abolish the death penalty next year, Amnesty International reports. Lawmakers on Thursday voted in favour of a new criminal code that abolishes the death penalty for all […]

Canada’s Treasury Board president Scott Brison promises action plan on mental health by March 2016

The minister responsible for Canada’s public service has pledged to publish an action plan by March next year setting out how the government will implement the recommendations by a joint […]

UK Treasury ‘mysterious and fearsome’ – former civil service head

The former head of the UK civil service Lord Kerslake has described the UK Treasury, which controls government spending, as a “mysterious” and “fearsome” organisation. Kerslake, who retired as head […]

Report shows gender pay gap up among New Zealand’s senior government leaders

The gender pay gap among senior civil servants in New Zealand has grown, according to a new workforce report which also shows that more women are now holding senior government […]

Survey reveals Australia’s public servants sceptical over government recruitment practices

The majority of Australia’s public servants believe that appointments are not merit-based, while supervisors are doubtful over the performance management tools available to them, according to the annual public service-wide […]

UK digital leader launches global consultancy

The former chief of the UK’s Government Digital Service (GDS), Mike Bracken, is today launching a new international consultancy with his four GDS co-founders. The business, named public.digital, will focus […]

Former UK digital chief offers a welcome and a warning

The former head of the UK’s Government Digital Service (GDS) has welcomed last week’s three-year Spending Review, in which the unit was awarded £450m ($680m) to deliver its plans for […]

New Commonwealth secretary-general pledges to advocate LGBT rights

The new secretary-general of the 53-nation Commonwealth Secretariat Baroness Scotland has pledged to work with member countries to decriminalise homosexuality. Scotland, who was appointed during the 24th biennial Commonwealth Heads […]