All posts tagged "Civil service"
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UK government aims to tackle admin burden across public servicesChancellor Jeremy Hunt will this week set out plans to reduce public servants’ administration workload after a Treasury review found that some frontline staff spend a whole day a week
- Posted November 20, 2023
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Canadian government plans C$500m of in-year budget cutsThe Canadian government has announced a C$500m (US$362m) in-year cut to government spending in the first step of efforts to save up to C$15.4bn (US$11.5bn) over five years. The focus
- Posted November 15, 2023
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Why are civil services so hard to reform?Many countries in the global south have run into difficulty when trying to reform their bureaucracies. So, how can countries become more successful at implementing change? By looking beyond the
- Posted November 1, 2023
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Third edition of Civil Service Data Challenge opens for entriesThe UK Civil Service Data Challenge, which aims to identify ways that government can improve how it uses data to deliver public services, has opened for entries for 2023-24. Cabinet
- Posted October 12, 2023
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UK chancellor caps size of civil serviceUK chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced he will cap the size of the UK civil service at its current headcount as part of a renewed government effort to reduce the
- Posted October 3, 2023
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Public Service Data Live 2023 as it happenedHosted by Simon Case, cabinet secretary and head of the civil service, Public Service Data Live brought together UK civil servants on 14 September 2023 to share insight and provide
- Posted September 15, 2023
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UK cabinet secretary salutes COVID data heroes and discusses potential of AI at Public Service Data Live
“There were many public service heroes in COVID, but I always make sure that statisticians and our data experts get a shout out,” Simon Case, the UK’s cabinet secretary has
- Posted September 14, 2023
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Labour tasks former department chief with devising UK government revampThe UK’s opposition Labour party is to develop plans to rewire how government works to deliver on its priorities if it takes power following an election that is expected to
- Posted August 28, 2023
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Integrity under threat: civil service ethics in the era of populismPopulism left an indelible mark on the 2010s, and its hold in democracies remains strong. During a Global Government Forum webinar, experts discussed how civil servants can maintain legitimacy at
- Posted July 27, 2023
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Republicans could politicise 50,000 civil service jobs, US academic warnsA Republican president would revive Trump’s bid to take powers to dismiss any civil servant involved in policy work, a leading American academic has said at an event on civil
- Posted July 12, 2023
