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Trump demands 5% cuts across government – bar defence

US President Donald Trump this week asked all government departments to plan for budget cuts of 5%, though he said a recent boost to spending at the Department of Defense […]

New Zealand plans to build wellbeing into budget decisions

The public sector needs to focus more strongly on improving the current and future health of people and the environment, the government of New Zealand has said. The country’s Treasury […]

Trump wavers over civil service pay freeze plan

US president Donald Trump has signalled he may back down on proposals – announced just last week – to freeze pay for civilian federal employees. In a letter to Congressional […]

Third of civil servants struggling to justify wealth in corruption probe

Around 30% of Kenyan civil servants have been unable to explain the source of their wealth in an audit ordered by the government. The figure was revealed by head of […]

US senator warns of government watchdog cuts

Proposed funding cuts to the budgets of US watchdogs overseeing federal agencies could harm efforts to tackle waste, fraud and abuse, according to a report produced by a senator. Claire […]

UK unions launch legal challenge over pay offer

Unions representing civil servants have launched a legal challenge to the government’s proposed pay settlement, which offered an average rise of no more than 1.5%. In June, the government announced […]

Auditor brands Canada’s Phoenix pay system an ‘incomprehensible failure’

Canada’s auditor general has branded the Phoenix pay system an “incomprehensible failure” that is a symptom of a “much deeper cultural issue” within the federal government. Michael Ferguson called on […]

Scotland’s civil servants offered 4% pay rise

The Scottish Government has offered its civil servants an inflation-busting pay rise for 2018-19 that is worth at least 4% for the vast majority of staff. Scotland’s civil service unions, […]

Canada launches new drive to clear Phoenix pay back-log

A pilot programme that has hastened clearance of the civil service pay back-logs caused by the ill-fated Phoenix system is to be rolled out across all Canadian federal government departments. […]

UK orders overseas territories to publish registers in tax evasion crackdown

British Overseas Territories will have to reveal the identities of people who place money in companies within their borders, under a UK Parliament legislative amendment designed to crack down on […]