All posts tagged "Cabinet Office"

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  Unions slam UK’s 1980s civil service blacklist

  Trade unionists are to write to the UK Cabinet Office to ask whether it continues to keep a blacklist of civil servants, following revelations about a covert 1980s exercise which

  • Posted July 29, 2018
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  UK unions join to condemn paltry pay rises

  All three UK civil service unions have joined forces to call for the government’s latest pay guidance to be scrapped, labelling the consultation process “shambolic and contemptible”. In a show

  • Posted July 1, 2018
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  UK’s culture department takes data policy from embattled GDS

  On Easter Sunday, the UK prime minister gave the culture department control of data policy. The move further weakens the once-pioneering Government Digital Service, whose ‘spend control’ financial levers are

  • Posted April 4, 2018
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  UK civil service chief exec calls for officials to focus on the ‘how’, not the ‘what’

  With civil servants under fire in the policy maelstrom of Brexit, John Manzoni wants officials to step away and concentrate on building delivery skills. Liz Heron hears his take on

  • Posted February 1, 2018
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  UK’s revolving door rules not applied properly, watchdog says

  British government departments are failing to apply rules that are designed to prevent corruption when civil servants move to the private sector, the public spending watchdog has found. A study

  • Posted August 11, 2017
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  Calls for new civil service resources as UK triggers Article 50

  The triggering of Article 50 last week has sparked fresh debate over whether the UK’s civil service has the capabilities to handle the many complexities arising from Britain’s withdrawal from

  • Posted April 3, 2017
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  Social mobility strategy wins official backing in unique UK policymaking awards

  A UK awards scheme supporting innovative thinking and cross-departmental working in the UK government has been won by a team focusing on social mobility in the civil service – securing

  • Posted December 5, 2016
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  UK government urged to strengthen control of arm’s-length bodies

  MPs have called on the UK’s Cabinet Office to tighten up the management and accountability of the hundreds of semi-independent bodies that play a key role in running large swathes

  • Posted October 21, 2016
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  UK launches plan to free up market for government IT contracts

  The UK Cabinet Office has published new guidelines underpinning a drive to open up the market for government technology contracts. Launched last week in conjunction with the Government Digital Service

  • Posted September 14, 2016
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  Olly Robbins appointed head of government’s new Brexit unit

  Home Office second permanent secretary Olly Robbins has been appointed to lead the government’s new Brexit unit tasked with advising the Cabinet Office on options for Britain’s exit from the EU.

  • Posted June 29, 2016
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