All posts tagged "General Election"
Grown-up government: an interview with Iain Rennie, New Zealand’s former state services commissionerOver four years working as a consultant to governments around the world, former New Zealand civil service chief Iain Rennie has witnessed the global slide towards populism. But in his
- Posted September 18, 2020
Queen’s speech signals constitutional change as Boris Johnson sets out legislative plansFresh from winning last Thursday’s general election, the UK government has said it is taking steps to overhaul the country’s constitution as the Queen opened parliament with a speech outlining
- Posted December 19, 2019
Boris Johnson plans major civil service shake-up following UK election winFresh from winning Thursday’s general election – securing the best result for the Conservative Party in more than 30 years – UK prime minister Boris Johnson is planning radical changes
- Posted December 16, 2019
Boris Johnson rose to power thanks to Theresa May’s Brexit errors; now he’s replicating themBoris Johnson became the UK’s prime minister by attacking Theresa May’s approach to Brexit. But Johnson has already made exactly the same mistakes as his predecessor – so if he
- Posted November 29, 2019
UK civil service chief blocks opposition policy costings as election loomsThe UK’s Cabinet secretary and head of the civil service, Mark Sedwill, has intervened to block the release of a government document estimating the costs of the opposition Labour Party’s
- Posted November 7, 2019
Zimbabwe reshuffle sees Mugabe loyalists purgedZimbabwe president Emmerson Mnangagwa has pushed out many long-serving senior civil servants, and appointed 18 new permanent secretaries in a wide-ranging reshuffle. Ousted officials include Willard Manungo, the most senior
- Posted September 21, 2018
Burundi officials told to pay for electionsBurundi’s civil servants have been told to contribute a proportion of their salaries to a fund established to pay for the country’s 2020 general elections, after international donors halted aid
- Posted January 25, 2018
Populist holds trump card in NZ coalition talksNew Zealanders are set to wait at least two weeks to find out who will form their next government, after Saturday’s general election delivered a hung parliament. Populist Winston Peters
- Posted October 2, 2017
Parliamentary maths looks set to change UK’s Brexit courseBritish prime minister Theresa May’s failure to secure an overall parliamentary majority in last week’s general election has left her in the middle of what looks set to become a
- Posted June 14, 2017
UK union chief warns that civil servants lack resources to tackle BrexitThe head of Britain’s union for senior public sector managers called last week for the UK’s next government to urgently hold a new spending round, giving civil servants the resources
- Posted May 14, 2017
