All posts tagged "public sector reform"

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  UK chancellor allocates funds to deploy AI in government in Spring Statement

  The UK chancellor Rachel Reeves has earmarked a chunk of the £3.25bn (US$4.2bn) “transformation fund” announced in her first Spring Statement to the deployment of AI in government. In the

  • Posted March 28, 2025
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  Brazil’s public sector reform bill advances through congress

  A bill that aims to shrink the state by cutting public sector pay and benefits has passed the committee stage in Brazil’s lower chamber of congress. The constitutional amendment –

  • Posted September 27, 2021
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  Hope springs for a new wave of public sector transformation: a letter from Ottawa

  Opinion: There is a chance to apply the lessons learned from the immediate response to COVID-19 to tackle a wide range of reforms in Canada. Michael Wernick, former clerk of

  • Posted March 24, 2021
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  Trust in public services soars in New Zealand due to handling of COVID-19

  Trust in New Zealand’s public sector surged between December 2019 and December 2020 following the government’s successful response to COVID-19, according to results from an online survey. More than two-thirds

  • Posted February 23, 2021
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  Grown-up government: an interview with Iain Rennie, New Zealand’s former state services commissioner

  Over four years working as a consultant to governments around the world, former New Zealand civil service chief Iain Rennie has witnessed the global slide towards populism. But in his

  • Posted September 18, 2020
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  Brazil introduces public sector reform bill

  The Brazil government has presented a constitutional reform bill to congress that would make it easier to fire civil servants and cut their benefits, and would give the president powers

  • Posted September 9, 2020
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  New Zealand enshrines civil service principles in law

  New Zealand has passed a new “citizen focused” public service legislation bill which aims to encourage collaborative working to help tackle the country’s most pressing challenges. Minister of state services

  • Posted July 27, 2020
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  New Zealand on the verge of major public service reform

  A new bill brought to New Zealand’s parliament is to pave the way for the “most significant change in the public service in 30 years”, enabling government to more effectively

  • Posted November 27, 2019
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  French Cabinet approves civil service working hours reforms

  French president Emmanuel Macron has set out plans to reform civil service working hours and annual leave, creating the potential for substantial staff cuts. The draft legislation was approved by

  • Posted March 31, 2019
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  UK cabinet secretary defends civil service against ‘wholly inaccurate’ attack by former minister

  The head of the UK’s civil service has defended its progress on implementing key reforms following a critical speech by former Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude. Sir Jeremy Heywood spoke

  • Posted September 19, 2017
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