All posts tagged "head of civil service"
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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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How the Tories’ new direction left government directionless, and other Brexit stories
Brexiteers have long accused civil servants of hampering the UK’s exit from the EU. But new interviews with leading Tory ministers and advisers paint a very different picture – one
- Posted March 8, 2021
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Cummings blog challenged by top Whitehall figures
Top Whitehall figures – including a former cabinet secretary, a former civil service commissioner and a former head of the civil service, plus the head of the senior civil servants’
- Posted January 6, 2020
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Former head of UK civil service, Sir Jeremy Heywood, dies at 56
The death of the former UK Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, Sir Jeremy Heywood, was announced on Sunday. Sir Jeremy was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2017
- Posted November 5, 2018
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Singapore civil service chief Peter Ong set to retire
Former policeman Leo Yip is to take over as head of the Singapore Civil Service on 1 September, when the incumbent Peter Ong retires after seven years in the top
- Posted July 19, 2017
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Janice Charette, Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet, Government of Canada: Exclusive Interview
Janice Charette has held the top civil service post in Canada for more than nine months now. She tells Global Government Forum what she would like to achieve by 2020
- Posted July 21, 2015