All posts tagged "Local Government"

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  Singapore chief on the biggest challenges facing civil servants: learning pace and earning faith

  Many civil servants responded to the pandemic with enormous speed and innovation – and their populations noticed, said Singapore Civil Service Head Leo Yip at the opening session of the

  • Posted April 21, 2021
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  Moving mindsets and offices: how to successfully relocate civil servants

  The UK government has pledged to move 22,000 civil service jobs out of London by 2030 as part of its ‘levelling up’ agenda. At a recent webinar, experts discussed the

  • Posted March 29, 2021
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  Opinion: Ministerial errors have undermined the UK’s pandemic response

  The latest Whitehall Monitor report reveals just how badly ministers have handled the COVID-19 crisis, failing in key areas such as procurement and working with local authorities, argues Richard Vize

  • Posted January 29, 2021
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  ‘An iconoclastic government’: former DEXEU chief Philip Rycroft on threats to the UK and its democracy

  Philip Rycroft ran both the UK’s Brexit department, and Whitehall’s relations with the devolved governments. Now the former permanent secretary is speaking out: the Johnson government, he says, is ‘challenging

  • Posted October 16, 2020
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  Crisis response: an interview with Sir Suma Chakrabarti

  Suma Chakrabarti, the former UK permanent secretary and EBRD chief, sees opportunities as well as risks amidst the COVID crisis; but western governments, he warns, are fumbling their response. Matt

  • Posted August 27, 2020
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  Strength in numbers: combined authorities and the levelling up agenda

  Bringing together local authorities under city-regional mayors, combined authorities can achieve far more than individual councils. At a GGF webinar, public servants and economists considered their role in the government’s

  • Posted July 31, 2020
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  REPORT: How the UK can respond to the COVID-19 crisis

  The Coronavirus pandemic has impacted society in the UK in countless ways beyond the obvious healthcare crisis. The economic, social and psychological impact of the virus is yet to be

  • Posted June 18, 2020
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  The restorative power of tech: an interview with Spain’s digital agency chief, David Cierco

  For years David Cierco, head of the Spanish Red.es digital unit, made steady progress on improving the country’s public services and supporting its businesses. Then came coronavirus, and an emerging

  • Posted June 3, 2020
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  US local government warns of funding crisis as Trump announces $484bn support for businesses

  On Friday, president Trump signed a US$484bn relief bill that aims to alleviate the pressure on small businesses and hospitals under strain as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. However,

  • Posted April 28, 2020
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  Opinion: the ‘power of where’ – realising the potential of geospatial data

  For millennia maps have guided exploration, supported trade and allowed us to defend our nations and maintain the social fabrics of our societies. They tell the story of human endeavour

  • Posted December 6, 2019
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