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The future of India’s Civil Service
Tom Lloyd considers how the rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) could affect India’s Civil...
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Netherlands encouraged to coordinate reforms for economic growthThe economic outlook for the Netherlands looks promising, but work needs to be done...
- Posted April 28, 2014
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The health of the health serviceIs the UK’s NHS at breaking point? A new report suggests it might be,...
- Posted April 25, 2014
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Finland decides not to expand basic income trialThe Finnish government has decided not to extend a pilot programme that provides people...
- Posted May 10, 2018
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Leak reveals Northern Ireland civil service plan for Irish Sea border controlsSenior civil servants in Northern Ireland have drawn up a plan to impose border...
- Posted May 9, 2018
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UK orders overseas territories to publish registers in tax evasion crackdownBritish Overseas Territories will have to reveal the identities of people who place money...
- Posted May 3, 2018
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US Postal Service censured for forcing out disabled staffOfficials at the US Postal Service (USPS) deliberately fostered a hostile working environment as...
- Posted April 30, 2018
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Germany’s public sector wins 7.5% rise over 30 monthsGerman unions and employers agreed last week to boost the pay of more than...
- Posted April 24, 2018
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There was a remarkable moment during the filming of this video when a member of the camera crew felt compelled to thank the man being interviewed – the city of Detroit’s Chief Financial Officer – for the work that had been done to repair his city’s finances after it filed for bankruptcy in 2013. “As […]
A recent online seminar, hosted by Global Government Forum with the support of Mastercard, explored how civil servants can squeeze the shadow economy by encouraging electronic payments. And the benefits for public finances, research suggests, could be enormous Cash is king in the shadow economy, where transactions go unreported and taxes uncollected. But electronic payments […]
This is not fake news, but the UK has opened up a select committee parliamentary inquiry into fake news – its growth and its impact on different age groups and on elections. Damian Collins, the committee’s chair, said the rise of propaganda and fabrications is “a threat to democracy and undermines confidence in the media […]
Thirty years ago Facilities Management (FM) was a largely in-house affair. Organisations directly employed cleaners, security guards, maintenance engineers, handymen and catering staff, only turning to contractors for specialist work such as lift or airconditioning maintenance. But as the market has matured, so have delivery models. Although there remain examples of organisations retaining inhouse services […]
