All posts tagged "Public services"

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  Think tank has cross-party backing but some of its ideas are ‘incompatible with the law’

  Radical proposals to reshape the British civil service have been deemed unlawful by the independent body overseeing civil service appointments. New think tank GovernUp, which launched a set of wide-ranging

  • Posted March 18, 2015
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  Analysis: ideas for radical reforms to the British government

  For the first time since the Second World War all three major parties in Britain have current or recent experience of government: the present administration is made up of a

  • Posted March 18, 2015
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  New report launched: Disability Management in the UK Civil Service

  Following on from Global Government Forum’s UK Government Leadership Survey, Microlink plc have published a new research report ‘Disability Management in the UK Civil Service’. The report contains exclusive data

  • Posted February 24, 2015
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  Indian officials asked to refrain from booking 5-star hotels

  Senior civil servants in India have been asked to refrain from holding conferences and meetings in five-star hotels and to follow the austerity code, according to media reports. Cabinet Secretary

  • Posted February 23, 2015
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  Global life expectancy goes up, but rich-poor divide remains

  People born in 2012 can expect to live an average six years longer than people born in 1990, according to a new report from the UN World Health Organisation (WHO).

  • Posted May 16, 2014
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  Protecting nations, respecting rights

  Ban Ki Moon has outlined the UN’s priorities in security sector reform. Here’s what he told the Security Council Reforms to national security in UN member states should keep clearly

  • Posted April 30, 2014
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  The health of the health service

  Is the UK’s NHS at breaking point? A new report suggests it might be, as Tim Gibson explains For many, it is the jewel in the crown of the UK

  • Posted April 25, 2014
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  A smart move for streamlined service delivery?

  Graham Scott analyses the potential of smart ID cards to drive efficiency in public services Imagine that every bit of information a government needs about its citizens could be stored

  • Posted April 13, 2014
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  Lebanese public services under pressure from Syrian refugees

  An influx of refugees from war-torn Syria is putting unprecedented pressure on Lebanon’s public services. According to the United Nations, there are officially now one million Syrian refugees in Lebanon.

  • Posted April 10, 2014
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  Germany’s public sector workers win 3% pay rise

  Public sector workers in Germany were awarded a three per cent pay rise in March, following a series of “token” strikes across the country. The pay increase was agreed after

  • Posted April 10, 2014
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