All posts tagged "Reform"

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  New ‘PropCo’ heralds spiralling Whitehall rents

  The UK government is putting all of its departments’ properties into a new property agency, with the aims of improving estate management and encouraging departments to release expensive central London

  • Posted December 16, 2015
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  It doesn’t have to be this way: Dr. Nasser Siabi’s Vision

  Great Britain, says Nasser Siabi, is a global leader in tackling discrimination against disabled people. “The UK is years ahead of the rest of the world,” he says. “The inclusivity

  • Posted December 15, 2015
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  The civil service wants to reduce sickness absence and the bullying of disabled people. Here’s one solution

  In September, cabinet secretary Jeremy Heywood raised concerns about “the harassment and bullying data we get from our people survey from people with disabilities”, whilst last month’s Spending Review announced

  • Posted December 15, 2015
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  Experts predict consequences of 23% pay hike for India’s civil servants

  A pay rise for India’s civil servants, expected to come into force next year, could spark a consumer boom, financial institutions predict, while economists warn of a looming budget hole.

  • Posted December 14, 2015
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  UK civil service chief exec on learning from overseas

  What have top civil servants learnt from overseas, and what do they have to share? To help our readers get the best out of Global Government Forum, we’ve started asking interviewees

  • Posted December 14, 2015
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  Australian and New Zealand competition watchdogs announce new cross-appointment

  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and the New Zealand Commerce Commission (NZCC) have announced a new cross-appointment. ACCC commissioner Sarah Court of has been appointed as an associate

  • Posted December 11, 2015
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  Obama: ‘I couldn’t be prouder of the work America’s civil servants are doing’

  U.S. president Barack Obama has praised the country’s civil servants who “continue to raise the bar for America at home and overseas.” Writing in an op-ed for the Federal Times

  • Posted December 9, 2015
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  Mongolian parliament votes to abolish death penalty

  Mongolia is to abolish the death penalty next year, Amnesty International reports. Lawmakers on Thursday voted in favour of a new criminal code that abolishes the death penalty for all

  • Posted December 8, 2015
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  Canada’s Treasury Board president Scott Brison promises action plan on mental health by March 2016

  The minister responsible for Canada’s public service has pledged to publish an action plan by March next year setting out how the government will implement the recommendations by a joint

  • Posted December 7, 2015
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  UK Treasury ‘mysterious and fearsome’ – former civil service head

  The former head of the UK civil service Lord Kerslake has described the UK Treasury, which controls government spending, as a “mysterious” and “fearsome” organisation. Kerslake, who retired as head

  • Posted December 4, 2015
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