All posts tagged "UK"

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  UK government’s transparency laws could undergo restrictions

  Legislation creating a public right of access to information held by public authorities in the UK could undergo significant restrictions under proposals put forward by a commission reviewing the rules.

  • Posted October 12, 2015
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  Britain to get new Infrastructure Commission

  Britain’s chancellor of the exchequer has today announced the creation of a new independent body to advise the government on new infrastructure projects. Speaking at the Conservative party conference, George Osborne

  • Posted October 5, 2015
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  Britain to get new Infrastructure Commission

  Britain’s chancellor of the exchequer has today announced the creation of a new independent body to advise the government on new infrastructure projects. Speaking at the Conservative party conference, George Osborne

  • Posted October 5, 2015
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  British civil service is world leader, says top civil servant

  The British civil service is world leader in behavioural insights and evidence-based policy, its most senior civil servant has claimed. Speaking at an event in London last week, cabinet secretary

  • Posted September 28, 2015
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  Una O’Brien, permanent secretary, UK Department of Health: Exclusive Interview

  All healthcare is local, says Una O’Brien – but we need international collaboration to realise the potential of digital technologies, and to tackle the growing host of global health challenges

  • Posted September 16, 2015
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  UK’s DG for civil service reform moves to Home Office

  The UK government’s director-general for civil service reform, Oliver Robbins, has been appointed to the newly-created role of second permanent secretary for the Home Office. At the Home Office, Robbins

  • Posted September 16, 2015
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  UK government agency looking for head of communications

  The UK government’s procurement agency is looking for a new head of communications. The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) – an executive agency and Cabinet Office trading fund, which brings together

  • Posted September 16, 2015
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  Update on world economic outlook out tomorrow

  The OECD will publish its projections for the economic outlook of the world’s major economies tomorrow. The OECD’s chief economist Catherine L. Mann is presenting the Interim Global Economic Assessment

  • Posted September 15, 2015
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  ‘Senior civil servants were my biggest frustration’, says former UK civil service training chief

  Departmental senior leaders showed an alarming lack of interest and commitment towards staff training and development, the civil servant who introduced a centralised training system to the UK government has

  • Posted September 8, 2015
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  Jerry Arnott, former chief executive, Civil Service Learning, UK: Exclusive Interview

  Jerry Arnott led the biggest UK government training consolidation programme in modern history. He tells Winnie Agbonlahor how he did it – and what he should have done differently “Be

  • Posted September 8, 2015
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