All posts tagged "Francis Maude"

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  UK civil servants spurned leadership training, says Francis Maude

  UK civil service leaders resisted the government’s attempts to provide them with intensive leadership training, former Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has said, arguing that the civil service shows “an

  • Posted January 12, 2021
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  The UK government needs a stronger centre, says former Cabinet Office minister

  Former Cabinet Office minister, Francis Maude, has said the UK should strengthen the centre of government and suggested potentially creating a new Department for Prime Minister. Maude, who has been

  • Posted November 12, 2020
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  Civil service transformers: adapting to a changing world

  In a world of ever-quickening change, civil services must constantly transform themselves – adapting their structures and operations to meet the public’s fast-changing needs. At this GGF webinar, the civil

  • Posted October 7, 2020
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  Former UK Cabinet Office minister to review department

  Francis Maude, who as Cabinet Office minister drove the UK civil service reform agenda between 2010 and 2015, has been invited back to conduct a review of the Cabinet Office

  • Posted August 21, 2020
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  FDA union chief slams government’s approach to civil service reform

  The UK civil service reforms being trailed by Tory advisers risk undermining government’s effectiveness while creating “huge destabilisation” at the top of the civil service, the head of the civil

  • Posted January 7, 2020
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  Spend it wisely, part 2: the digital marketplace

  Government procurement systems are being transformed by a new wave of digital marketplaces and buyer-vendor matchmaking platforms. James Johns examines the new channels open to civil servants charged with buying

  • Posted May 23, 2018
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  UK cabinet secretary defends civil service against ‘wholly inaccurate’ attack by former minister

  The head of the UK’s civil service has defended its progress on implementing key reforms following a critical speech by former Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude. Sir Jeremy Heywood spoke

  • Posted September 19, 2017
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  Kevin White, Former Director-General Of HR, UK Home Office: Exclusive Interview

  After 39 years as a UK civil servant, Kevin White has just retired from his post as HR director general. He tells Global Government Forum about his views on performance

  • Posted August 13, 2015
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