All posts tagged "Michael Gove"

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  UK’s top civil servant demands end to ‘Blob’ slur; third of Canadian public servants say work suffers due to staff churn: management & workforce news in brief

  Global Government Forum’s digest of the news you need to know but might have missed UK cabinet secretary calls for end to “dehumanising” term to describe officials Simon Case, the

  • Posted July 20, 2023
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  Friends in NED: why the UK government needs independent non-executive directors

  Growing allegations of cronyism have raised questions about non-executive directors’ influence and put pressure on the UK government to be more transparent about their appointment. Jack Aldane hears from current

  • Posted October 13, 2021
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  UK government accused of ‘civil service bashing’ in remote working row

  A UK civil service union accused some government ministers of indulging in “civil service bashing” while another warned of industrial action, after a war of words was sparked this week about civil servants’ return to the office.  The flurry of stories

  • Posted August 12, 2021
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  UK commission report calls for fewer, better-paid civil servants

  Senior UK civil servants should have to show delivery experience outside Whitehall and demonstrate their skills in a set of key fields, according to a new report by an influential

  • Posted July 13, 2021
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  Ministers should set UK departmental leaders’ goals, says reform commission

  The renewal of UK permanent secretaries’ contracts should be based upon their performance against goals set out by ministers, a think tank has advised in a report backed by Cabinet

  • Posted May 25, 2021
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  Doubts over IT system readiness prompts fresh concerns over Brexit border chaos

  UK civil servants are working to avert major border chaos when the post-Brexit transition period ends on 31 December, according to a leaked memo that warns of “critical gaps” in

  • Posted September 7, 2020
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  Simon Case named as new UK Cabinet secretary

  Simon Case is to replace Sir Mark Sedwill as Cabinet secretary and head of the UK civil service, prime minister Boris Johnson confirmed on Tuesday. In May, Case – a

  • Posted September 1, 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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  Former UK Cabinet Office minister to review department

  Francis Maude, who as Cabinet Office minister drove the UK civil service reform agenda between 2010 and 2015, has been invited back to conduct a review of the Cabinet Office

  • Posted August 21, 2020
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  COVID shines spotlight on how UK civil service must change, says Cabinet Office non-exec

  The response to the COVID-19 crisis has shown some of the very best of the UK civil service but has also “highlighted some serious shortcomings and some real problems,” according

  • Posted July 20, 2020
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