All posts tagged "Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee"

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  Who is William Shawcross, the government’s pick for public appointments commissioner?

  In the CVs of senior regulators, it’s not par for the course to see books reporting on the rise of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and biographies of figures including

  • Posted August 6, 2021
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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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  UK civil service heads lay out priorities for reform agenda

  Improved digital skills, a civil service which better represents the country, and more efficient management of large-scale projects are among the priorities for civil service reform, leaders told a select

  • Posted October 23, 2020
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  MPs call for revival of UK’s abolished National School for Government

  A committee of UK MPs has called on the government to reopen the National School for Government (NSG), a civil service leadership college closed in 2012 as part of austerity

  • Posted June 29, 2018
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  UK MPs call for stronger regulation of ‘revolving door’ between government and business

  The UK’s system for regulating the ‘revolving door’ between public office and business is “ineffectual” and its weakness has “damaged” trust in politics and public institutions. That is the main

  • Posted April 26, 2017
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  MPs challenge UK government on weakening of public appointment principles

  The UK parliament’s public administration watchdog has accused the British government of deliberately trying to weaken the rules ensuring transparency and probity in public appointments, giving ministers more power to

  • Posted April 20, 2017
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