All posts tagged "Priti Patel"
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UK asylum flights to Rwanda grounded; Singapore to expand elderly care; US Supreme Court shields feds from personal lawsuits: policy & delivery news in brief
Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed UK’s Rwanda deportation scheme stalled after ECHR issues legal challenge The UK government’s plan
- Posted June 16, 2022
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UK prime minister did not misinterpret ministerial code on bullying to back cabinet colleague, court rules
UK prime minister Boris Johnson has successfully fought off a court challenge to his decision to back one of his cabinet ministers over claims that they bullied civil servants. In
- Posted December 6, 2021
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Ministerial code no longer working and needs overhaul, warns UK think tank
The UK’s ministerial code, which establishes the standards that govern ministers’ behaviour, needs to be “overhauled” and underpinned by statute, according to a leading think tank. Multiple incidents – including
- Posted July 8, 2021
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Former ethics chief quits, leaving Patel the last one standing
Helen MacNamara, the UK’s deputy cabinet secretary and the civil service’s former head of propriety and ethics, is to leave government next month for a new job as director of
- Posted January 22, 2021
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Former UK civil service chief says home secretary should resign
The former UK Cabinet secretary Lord O’Donnell today added his voice to those calling for home secretary Priti Patel to resign. This follows an independent report, which found that she
- Posted November 20, 2020
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UK public standards watchdog sounds alarm over politicians’ behaviour
A “perception is taking root” that public leaders are “choosing to disregard the norms of ethics and propriety” that should define their behaviour, the head of the UK’s public standards
- Posted November 17, 2020
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Former UK Home Office chief launches unfair dismissal claim
Sir Philip Rutnam, who resigned as Home Office permanent secretary on 29 February alleging bullying by home secretary Priti Patel, has lodged legal proceedings against her. The FDA – the
- Posted April 20, 2020
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UK Home Office perm sec quits, alleging bullying and smears by home secretary
The Home Office permanent secretary, Sir Philip Rutnam, resigned on Saturday after 33 years in the civil service, issuing a statement in which he accused home secretary Priti Patel of
- Posted March 2, 2020