All posts tagged "lockdown restrictions"

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  Lack of ‘female perspective’ in No.10 led to women’s deaths during Covid, says former top UK civil servant

  A lack of gender diversity among decisionmakers in the UK prime minister’s office meant that women were not adequately considered in pandemic-related policymaking, likely leading to preventable deaths, a former

  • Posted November 2, 2023
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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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  Restarting the economy: why trade shows matter – and how to make them safe

  As governments begin to look towards life after lockdown, they have two key priorities: managing the public health crisis, and getting economies up and running again. Events industry stalwart Douglas

  • Posted May 19, 2020
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  US government agencies to begin “phased transition” to normal working operations

  The US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has published a notice stating that the federal government will begin a “phased transition” to normal working operations, in line with guidelines unveiled

  • Posted May 12, 2020
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  Canada expands online health services and launches COVID-19 supply council

  Canada’s prime minister Justin Trudeau has announced a CAN$240m (US$170m) investment in online health services to boost mental health and primary care platforms during the coronavirus pandemic. The PM has

  • Posted May 6, 2020
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  Indian PM instructs nation’s workforce to download COVID-19 app

  The Indian government has instructed all public and private sector employees to use its contact-tracing app, in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19 as it begins easing lockdown

  • Posted May 4, 2020
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  Lord O’Donnell challenges lockdown decision-making and reversion to unilateralism

  On purely medical grounds, lockdowns are effective in suppressing COVID-19. But Gus O’Donnell, the UK’s former Cabinet secretary, tells Matt Ross that national decision-makers should take a wider view of

  • Posted April 29, 2020
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  Remote control: how to make a success of home-working

  In advance of a free webinar on the topic, three experts discuss how civil servants at every level can adjust to home-working – forging new skills, relationships and reputations in

  • Posted April 27, 2020
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