All posts tagged "Francis Maude"

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  UK urged to create ‘Department for the Civil Service’ | US government expands apprenticeships | Milestone public service reform in South Africa

  The latest management and workforce developments in government Hello and welcome to a new Global Government Forum newsletter looking at the latest management and workforce developments in governments around the

  • Posted March 13, 2024
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  UK civil service review proposes giving ministers a greater role in some appointments

  Much anticipated review also calls for post of head of civil service to be split from cabinet secretary A major review of the UK civil service’s governance and accountability has

  • Posted November 13, 2023
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  Ministers need to better understand the tension between urgency and realism in government if they want to deliver

  Failures in government policy delivery are often blamed on civil servants. But, in the second of two articles for Global Government Forum, Andrew Kakabadse, professor of governance and leadership at

  • Posted May 29, 2023
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  New salvos fired in the wars of Whitehall

  British ministers have been clashing with civil servants over Brexit and bullying – with some pushing for greater powers to appoint officials. At an Institute for Government debate, however, panellists

  • Posted May 24, 2023
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  Is dealing with aggressive ministers now the reality for UK civil servants?

  Aggressive ‘Raab-like’ behaviour is endemic in the ministerial environment and, if it continues, we cannot expect the civil service to continue displaying unquestionable devotion to duty, says Andrew Kakabadse, professor

  • Posted May 16, 2023
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  UK civil service review to call for more ‘robust culture’ after Raab resignation

  A government-commissioned review of the UK civil service is set to call for greater ministerial involvement in the appointment of top officials, with Singapore and France among the nations that

  • Posted April 24, 2023
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  Row as top UK public servant moves to join opposition as political adviser

  A top UK civil servant has sent shockwaves through the government after it was revealed that she had left her post ahead of likely joining the opposition Labour party as

  • Posted March 6, 2023
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  Former UK Cabinet Office minister launches review into civil service governance and accountability

  Francis Maude has launched a review into the efficiency and effectiveness of the UK civil service, focusing on leadership responsibility and autonomy and models of accountability. Maude oversaw wide-ranging reforms

  • Posted July 31, 2022
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  Minister who oversaw UK civil service job cuts ‘set to lead governance review’

  A former UK Cabinet Office minister who oversaw the development of a plan that led to 90,000 civil service job cuts is being lined up to lead a review into

  • Posted June 7, 2022
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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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