All posts tagged "Britain"

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  Doubts over IT system readiness prompts fresh concerns over Brexit border chaos

  UK civil servants are working to avert major border chaos when the post-Brexit transition period ends on 31 December, according to a leaked memo that warns of “critical gaps” in

  • Posted September 7, 2020
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  Learning the lessons of ÉNA’s fall

  France’s École Nationale d’Administration (ÉNA), which has educated generations of civil service leaders, faces an uncertain future under president Macron. Ian Hall considers why public opinion has turned against the

  • Posted September 17, 2019
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  Breaking the deadlock: O’Donnell backs a confirmatory Brexit vote

  Former UK Cabinet secretary Gus O’Donnell has spent nearly three years urging the government to unite behind a clear position on Brexit – but he’s finally concluded that only a

  • Posted April 9, 2019
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  Clock ticking for Theresa May as EU leaders stand firm on Brexit timetable

  As the UK comes to terms with the political chaos prompted by last week’s snap election, one pressing question is what shape Britain will be in to begin the imminent

  • Posted June 12, 2017
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  New Zealand civil service looking to introduce name-blind recruitment

  New Zealand’s civil service is looking to introduce name-blind recruitment in an effort to close the gender pay gap. A report released in December showed the pay gap between male

  • Posted July 8, 2016
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  Iain Rennie, state services commissioner, New Zealand: Exclusive Interview

  Iain Rennie is retiring after 30 years in the New Zealand civil service – eight of them in the top job. He looks back on his time in office, and

  • Posted July 8, 2016
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  Clash over civil service advice in EU referendum

  Civil servants were again dragged into the UK’s bitter EU referendum yesterday, when a former adviser to the prime minister said that officials had warned the prime minister it would

  • Posted June 21, 2016
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  Public sector pay freeze for Jersey announced

  A pay freeze for public sector staff, excluding nurses and midwives, has been announced by the States of Jersey, the BBC has reported. Jersey, one of seven Channel Islands off

  • Posted April 26, 2015
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