All posts tagged "financial"

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  Commonwealth secretary-general: ‘We will turbo-charge Commonwealth trade advantage’

  The Commonwealth will “turbo-charge” efforts to increase trade advantages for its 53 member countries, following the UK’s decision to leave the European Union, Commonwealth secretary-general Patricia Scotland has told parliamentarians.

  • Posted July 21, 2016
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  Frances Adamson appointed first woman to lead Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

  Frances Adamson has today been appointed the first female civil servant to lead Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Her appointment brings the number of female department secretaries to

  • Posted July 20, 2016
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  Thousands of Canadian civil servants report problems with federal pay

  Almost 2,000 civil servants employed by the government of Canada reported issues regarding their pay within less than a week, as the federal payroll crisis deepens. Public Services and Procurement

  • Posted July 12, 2016
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  Public service unions seek court order to force government to pay its workers

  Public service unions representing thousands of Canadian government officials have gone to court over federal payroll problems. Public Services and Procurement Canada, formerly referred to as Public Works and Government

  • Posted July 7, 2016
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  Britain turns to private sector, foreign governments and retired officials for help with Brexit talks

  Britain is turning to foreign governments, the private sector and former civil servants to help it ramp up its capacity to conduct complex trade negotiations following Britain’s decision to leave

  • Posted July 5, 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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  The United Kingdom is choosing between two very different futures in today’s EU referendum: Opinion

  As voters go to the polls in the UK’s EU referendum, Matt Ross argues that much of the campaign has missed the bigger picture – and that Europe’s security could

  • Posted June 23, 2016
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  Indian prime minister Narendra Modi persuades 10m households to give up gas subsidies

  The Indian government has convinced 10 million well-off households to voluntarily give up the subsidies available for their cooking fuel, freeing up funds to extend assistance to more of the

  • Posted June 23, 2016
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  Latvia to join OECD ‘rich nations’ club’

  Latvia is to join the OECD, after the organisation’s council agreed unanimously to invite the small nation to become its 35th member. The country with a population of 2m people will

  • Posted May 13, 2016
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  German government agrees to 4.75% wage increase for public sector workers

  More than 2m public sector workers in Germany will see their wages rise by 4.75% over two years after unions staged several public sector strikes which last week grounded hundreds

  • Posted April 30, 2016
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