All posts tagged "Home Office"

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  Clash over civil service advice in EU referendum

  Civil servants were again dragged into the UK’s bitter EU referendum yesterday, when a former adviser to the prime minister said that officials had warned the prime minister it would

  • Posted June 21, 2016
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  Two UK government departments to join forces in global counter-terrorism effort

  Two UK government departments are setting up a joint unit to fight terrorism abroad. The Home Office and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) will create the Joint Unit for

  • Posted March 31, 2016
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  ‘Discrimination against gay people still a problem in UK civil service’ – says top official

  People who are lesbian, gay, bi or transgender still experience discrimination in the British civil service – despite significant progress made over the last three decades, one of its most

  • Posted November 6, 2015
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  UK Border Force chief quizzed over migration crisis

  British border control staff have stopped almost as many attempts by people entering the UK from the French border in three months as it did over the whole previous year,

  • Posted October 15, 2015
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  UK’s DG for civil service reform moves to Home Office

  The UK government’s director-general for civil service reform, Oliver Robbins, has been appointed to the newly-created role of second permanent secretary for the Home Office. At the Home Office, Robbins

  • Posted September 16, 2015
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  Outgoing Home Office HR Chief: Attacks On Civil Servants Damage Recruitment

  A retiring senior official in the UK has warned that public attacks on civil servants are “profoundly unhelpful” as a survey shows that almost two thirds of British civil servants

  • Posted August 13, 2015
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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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  Former UK HR Boss Calls For Civil Service To Recruit Non-graduates

  A retiring senior UK official is calling for the civil service to take a fresh approach to developing talent. Kevin White, who left his post of HR director at the Home

  • Posted August 12, 2015
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