| 单词 | civil servant |
| 例句 | All Africans over the age of sixteen were compelled to carry “Native passes” issued by the Native Affairs Department and were required to show that pass to any white policeman, civil servant, or employer. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They were drinking beer and talking about the indigenization decree, the civil servants being jobless. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z One book, The Gay Genius, by Lin Yutang, told the story of Su Tung Po, the Chinese poet, artist, philosopher, and civil servant. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z There was no inquiry or investigation; that was reserved for white civil servants. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Probably a thousand goblins, courtiers and diplomats and civil servants, were spread out around the courtyard, and all of them were dancing in strict rhythm in a great spiral. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “Ah, now you cannot see? But you could see enough to write propaganda for Ojukwu? Is that not what all of you civil servants did?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z My father liked to think I was a civil servant. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z We had, for instance, some civil servants, some nurses, clerical workers, salesmen from the department stores. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z At that time, a career as a civil servant was a glittering prize for an African, the highest that a black man could aspire to. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus installed, the newly minted civil servants fanned out to take their places in one of the research facility’s expanding inventory of buildings, each already as full as a pod ripe with peas. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Domestic workers, laborers, small- business owners, and many of the doctor-lawyer-preacher-teacher class moved in alongside the drillers, riggers, and civil servants. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Those who remained were banished to segregated areas or hidden behind curtains so that white civil servants and visitors to the offices wouldn’t have to see them. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z It was deeply ingrained in the culture, and it seemed that everyone—man, woman, and child; farmer, civil servant, or doctor—played chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Father said: “Why, doctor, I am no civil servant. Some of us follow careers and some of us get called out. My work is to bring salvation into the darkness.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Unlike in classical Athens, however, the power of the city’s civil servants was entirely circumscribed by the king’s, preserving only the outward form, not the substance, of self-government. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z “He has a childlike faith in the integrity of civil servants and he seems to think Congress corresponds to their aristocracy. No understanding of American politics a-tall.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Her primary school had been different, full of children like her, whose parents were teachers and civil servants, who took the bus and did not have drivers. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He was born in Wimbledon, south-west London, the second of three children of Frederick Wilson, a civil servant working for the India Office, and his wife, Esther Hunt. John D Wilson obituary 2013-07-01T16:37:50Z As it stands, “A Luminous Republic” reads too often like a middling civil servant’s report: underlined by good intentions and promising themes, but ultimately unenlightening. A Town Is Besieged by Children, Foreign and Violent 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Predictably, Manhattan became harder to afford for small businesses, struggling artists and writers, not to mention civil servants, police officers or firefighters. How Income Inequality Has Erased Your Chance to Drink the Great Wines 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z His father, Oswald, was a minor civil servant, and his mother, the former Frances Weller, was a farmer’s daughter — the youngest of 21 children — and former ladies’ maid. Robert Nye, Novelist Who Imagined Falstaff’s Memoirs, Dies at 77 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z Yet in a telling sign of the complexities of Burmese society, his hard-driving music is popular with civil servants. Burmese Find Release in Music and Art Under Repressive Junta 2010-03-25T22:43:00Z If Trump is impeached or removed from office, it will be because one civil servant made a perilous but patriotic decision — one rooted in an American tradition that predates the presidency itself. Whistleblowers walk among us. Now one has gotten in Trump’s head. 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z I mean, it's not as if he punched a voter or bunged a mobile telephone at a civil servant. Is it unparliamentary to call someone a 'muttering idiot'? 2012-05-26T17:19:01Z He has made good on his embrace of authoritarian rule by jailing his opposition, including journalists, academics and civil servants. Are the politics of “incivility” paving the road to an American fascism? Part 2 of 2 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z I felt my job as a civil servant made me best placed to manage Dad’s estate. My father’s hoarding inspired me to change other people’s lives 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z Parisian civil servants have gone so far as to write a storyline for 007, aimed at luring series producers Eon to the 17th-century palace. James Bond offered starring role in Versailles 2010-04-07T12:30:00Z It will cost £300,000 to move civil servants dealing with media policy and competition, after Vince Cable's comments about Rupert Murdoch. Cable Murdoch gaffe 'cost ?300k' 2011-02-18T17:32:01Z In a 35-minute interview, Krish speaks frankly about his career and the way he reshaped to his own ends the projects offered him by civil servants. Captured 2013-04-27T23:04:07Z He served in these posts for 14 years, playing the role of a civil servant and a diplomat and met the great leaders of the age. 'Tony Blair called back to see if I had blown myself up' 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z Her father was a civil servant who rose to become South Korea’s cultural minister, and her mother was a teacher. She’s Making History in Opera. Can She Help Ensure Its Future? 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Asalache, who took over the house from squatters in the 1980s, had a day job as a civil servant at Her Majesty’s Treasury. Antiques: Antiques - Khadambi Asalache’s London House Restored 2012-05-31T21:21:28Z It is impossible to imagine any politician daring to betray such naked excitement, and I now look at civil servants in a new light – but his thrill makes the series immensely watchable. Christopher Meyer: 'I wasn't nice to everyone' 2012-07-01T18:59:01Z “You had a real cross-section of New York,” said Gay Talese, the author, from teachers and firefighters to lawyers and civil servants, with varying interests and education levels. The Way We Worked Out 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z Confrontation is kept to a minimum; officious civil servants are also polite and nonconfrontational; and when crisis erupts, it helps to be able to blame a convenient foreigner. Review: In ‘The Ruins of Civilization,’ a Bleak Future, Brightly Told 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z The majority of police are good people and dedicated civil servants. After a month of violence, a recommitment to principles 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z We are not afraid to deal with these kinds of materials that maybe a civil servant will be afraid of. Ong Keng Sen on his vision for the Singapore International Festival of Arts 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z Hunter had his only Broadway production in 1955 with this gentle comedy about a civil servant in middle age, Brooks Atkinson described its theme as “the adolescence of adults.” Theater Listings for July 22-28 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Park had a 27-year career at the Central Intelligence Agency, where she rose from junior intelligence analyst to executive director/COO, the agency’s highest civil servant position, before departing in 2017. Smithsonian secretary taps former intelligence officer as deputy 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z I saw music publishers tremble and Italian civil servants blench before her assaults. William Walton obituary 2010-03-24T18:21:00Z A civil servant nearing retirement, V. K. puts his prospective son-in-law through countless arch comic paces, conducting background checks and challenging him to squash matches that Mohit must let him win. Movie Review: Love Faces Money Problems in ‘Bewakoofiyaan’ 2014-03-16T21:26:17Z Zelenskyy knew the value of playing the civil servant his voters imagined him to be. Politics & performance: Why Zelenskyy succeeds where others fail 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z There were a handful of exceptions, including Michael Caine, who knocked the “faceless civil servants” in Brussels. Celebs couldn’t stop Brexit: J.K. Rowling, Eddie Izzard and more urged Remain — to no avail 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z Sully meshes perfectly with a worldview where petty and clueless civil servants obstruct real Americans from being great. Sullied: with Sully, Clint Eastwood is weaponizing a hero 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Should a principled civil servant continue to serve under a morally bad regime? Seneca Could Have Written the Anonymous Times Op-Ed About Trump 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z His father was a civil servant; his mother was a dressmaker. Manu Dibango, Soulful Ambassador of African Music, Dies at 86 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z The finalists said the contest was a good start to motivate civil servants who work hard but are often unrecognized. Nepali TV talent show seeks the civil servant with the X-factor 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z “I know a handful of men and women who have become civil servants or college lecturers,” says Waihong. The kingdom of women: the Tibetan tribe where a man is never the boss 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z There was Güljan, a young woman who aspired to become a civil servant, but lacking other opportunities, kept tabs on residents in Izgil’s apartment complex for meager pay. A Poet Captures the Terror of Life in an Authoritarian State 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z The rating couldn’t go above 65% in this case, because he is a civil servant with centrist foreign policy views. My search for Mr Woke: a dating diary 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z Adams' dreamed up the elements of the novel while working as a civil servant and telling his daughters Juliet and Rosamond bedtime stories about rabbits. 'Watership Down' author Richard Adams dies at 96 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z And, "Henry Goodman shines in the Nigel Hawthorne role," says Paul Callan of the Express, "bringing his own touch of satin hypocrisy to the part of Whitehall's most conniving civil servant." What to say about ... Yes, Prime Minister 2010-05-25T10:21:00Z In the past, the festival has been led by civil servants from the National Arts Council. Ong Keng Sen on his vision for the Singapore International Festival of Arts 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z Sonntag and the other field directors are not career civil servants; they hold two-year appointments that are renewed at the discretion of the NEA chair, who is appointed by the president. What’s holding up appointment of new theater director at NEA? 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Adams, a self-confessed countryside-loving man, was a civil servant who left government after realizing the city was not for him. Watership Down author Richard Adams dies at 96 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z But even as Syril rushes to offer a defense, the civil servant reassures him, "Probably best for everyone to just edit this a bit before signing you in. I'm sure your uncle would approve." "Andor" reflects our ugly ambivalence, trafficking in antisemitic tropes while calling out fascism 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z Born in east London to a middle-class family – her father was a civil servant – Blackman credited the elocution lessons she received as a birthday gift as allowing her to progress in her acting career. Honor Blackman, James Bond's Pussy Galore, dies aged 94 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z Not Stephen Selby, a Hong Kong civil servant who came to the city from his native Britain three decades ago with a yen for ancient Chinese culture. Next Time You're in ... Hong Kong 2010-04-29T14:25:00Z Mr. De Lestrade doesn’t present them as Hollywood-style saints, but as conscientious civil servants who are extraordinary primarily in their doggedness. Review: From a True-Crime Pioneer, a Different Sort of Truth 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z But such was the dichotomy between Machiavelli the writer and civil servant, and Machiavelli the lover and farmer exiled in the countryside. In Tuscany, Following the Rise and Fall of Machiavelli 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Those people — civil servants, scientists, military personnel and government officials — would have worked from the bunker’s middle floor, which still contains work stations with yellowing desktop computers and analog rotary telephones. Across Britain, Silent Relics of the Cold War 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z No one signs up to be a civil servant in hopes of trending on Twitter, after all. Local campaign officials are becoming election-week celebrities. They’re too busy to notice. 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z The question has special urgency when the civil servant is helping to run the suspect regime, keeping its leader from going deeper into error. Seneca Could Have Written the Anonymous Times Op-Ed About Trump 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z Her mother was a civil servant and her father a painter. Turkey’s Psychedelic Rock Star Speaks Her Mind, Ambiguously 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z And, perhaps most aptly of all, babu means both cherub and civil servant. Summer readings: Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell 2011-08-06T08:00:02Z By the end of the first 100 days, civil servants and other professionals were busy proving that they had no Jews in their families. How Hitler Transformed a Democracy Into a Tyranny 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z They also want civil servants, teachers, students at schools and universities, judges and witnesses in court to be banned from wearing the full veil. German conservatives call for partial ban on face veil 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z Out on the street with legions of office workers and civil servants rushing past us keen to get home we didn't know which way to turn, what to do. What I cooked for dinner when the doctors told me my husband was going to die 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z Our guide through this fiercely seen fantasy Albion is David Fitzgerald, a civil servant who has disguised an aspect of his family history in order to flourish under the regime. Dominion by CJ Sansom – review 2012-12-06T06:30:01Z In November 1974 he returned to Ghana to work as a civil servant, but faced with "a debilitating combination of stultifying corruption and bureaucratic inefficiency" he resigned. Interventions: : A Life in War and Peace by Kofi Annan – review 2012-11-15T08:00:04Z “Polisse,” though less rigorous, is similarly procedural, focusing on the daily routines of a group of dedicated, stressed-out civil servants doing their best in challenging circumstances. Movie Review: ?Polisse,? Directed by and Starring Ma?wenn 2012-05-17T22:54:42Z Most of the honors go to people who are not in the limelight - from soldiers and civil servants to academics and entrepreneurs - but there is always a sprinkling of famous names. Angelina Jolie honored by Queen Elizabeth II 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z His father was a civil servant, his mother a schoolteacher. Pierre Bergé, Transformative Fashion Executive, Dies at 86 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z His parents worked in the Irish education system, his mother as a French teacher, his father a civil servant. Cillian Murphy: ‘It is getting absurd with the dumbing down' 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z Britain is to witness the biggest round of industrial action for three years as teachers and firefighters join care workers, refuse collectors, librarians and other civil servants at picket lines and rallies across the country. Strikes by public sector workers largest in three years 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z His father was a civil servant, who by dint of hard work had pulled himself out of poverty and risen to marry the daughter of the village schoolteacher. Curfewed Night 2010-06-19T23:10:00Z I was terrible at applying for funding – I hated having to explain my artistic practice to a civil servant. Portrait of the artist: Robert Lepage, director 2010-12-06T22:29:00Z She grew into womanhood on that irradiated land, and married her American sweetheart—a civil servant with the Department of Defense—after a nine-year courtship. What a Japanese-American Artist Inherited from the Atomic Bomb 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z The Louvre workers were joined by other striking civil servants from the culture sector, who were booed by some of the frustrated tourists queuing in the hope of getting in. Art lovers face Louvre lock-out as staff join pension strike 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Their father, a civil servant and skilled watercolor painter, died when Mr. Walcott was 1. Derek Walcott, Nobel laureate whose poetry celebrated the Caribbean, dies at 87 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z Given Aadhaar’s relatively smooth implementation, civil servants across the world would do well to seek inspiration from it. Domesday 2.0 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z In the years leading up to this, we’ve seen a reduction in the status of civil servants and a downgrading of health workers. Patterns of pain: what Covid-19 can teach us about how to be human 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z Daniel Thomson, a professor of endocrinology, undertook a famous study of English civil servants in 1968, at the request of Harold Wilson. Is there too much stress on stress? 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z The business world benefits from the politicians' and civil servants' contacts, as well as an understanding of government structures and experience, allowing private firms to navigate their way to the very heart of power. The establishment uncovered: how power works in Britain 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z Recipients are selected by committees of civil servants from nominations made by the government and the public, with the awards bestowed by the queen and other senior royals during Buckingham Palace ceremonies. Olivia Colman gets royal honor ahead of debut in ‘The Crown’ 2019-06-08T04:00:00Z In his study are satirical 18th-century prints, including one depicting a Jack-in-Office "a typical civil servant, with a dog urinating on his leg". Denis Healey: the artist within 2011-01-05T20:30:01Z It took months for Congress to approve much of his team, and many Trump officials came into their jobs suspicious of civil servants and Obama administration holdovers. Ben Carson, or the tale of the disappearing Cabinet secretary 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z Sansom drops a minor civil servant, David Fitzgerald, into this volatile situation. Cure for the post-holiday blues: captivating crime fiction 2014-01-08T23:06:28Z The Big Fear is thinking about all the poor stiff civil servants who have been sorting letters at the post office ever since the last Depression and all the great plays they could have produced. Riff: ‘Be Wrong as Fast as You Can’ 2013-01-06T08:07:03Z Some senior civil servants must have been weaned on MSG. Fast food: the reason behind our national incompetence 2012-10-06T23:06:03Z And good Lord, there’s Constable Bob’s hero moment–hero Bob!–in which the comic-relief civil servant finally shows his badassery in the form of wordplay, as he claims ignorance of Drew’s whereabouts. Justified Watch: All Talk, All Action 2013-03-20T12:00:29Z “As a civil servant, I have no opinion,” the ranger says without breaking stride on his tour. The National Mall’s immortal reflection 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z There were no theatre director role models when Kelly was a child, growing up in Liverpool, one of four daughters of a civil servant and a teacher. Jude Kelly: the ideal host for the first Women of the World festival 2011-03-04T07:00:03Z I don't completely understand what the civil servants got wrong – but then I ate a lot of fish and chips in the late 70s. Fast food: the reason behind our national incompetence 2012-10-06T23:06:03Z Later, he became a civil servant, but he was fired after being accused of picking up a shipment of drugs at an airport in the mid-90s; the charges were later dropped. The Zamrock Band Witch Lost All but One Member. Its Singer Carries On. 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z One, about a civil servant who lost a daughter and three sisters, has the sort of unexpected twist that’s a documentarian’s dream. ‘Fallen City’ Examines the Consequences of an Earthquake 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z Now Russell has taken on an opposing role: In the “The Diplomat,” a Netflix series debuting on Thursday, she stars as Kate Wyler, a savvy U.S. civil servant tasked with upholding America’s reputation abroad. In ‘The Diplomat,’ Keri Russell Shows Her Good Side 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Now ruling the world from their nouveau Versailles, this army of civil servants jockeys tirelessly for position, for the teeny-tiniest anecdotes about People in Power. ‘The Hopefuls’ captures everything we love to hate about Washington 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z Now, in a play set 19 years later, we get to see how this legendary hero has settled into middle age as a civil servant in London, working at the Ministry of Magic. Review: ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ Explores the Power of Time 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z There are some jobs – like a civil servant – where your life is not in danger every minute. Jean-Jacques Annaud: 'People who make films are in danger every day' 2013-05-30T19:00:01Z A successful civil servant, he's left in career purgatory in a swanky Newcastle office after a change in the government's approach to children's services. Light Shining in the Forest by Paul Torday – review 2013-02-02T14:59:01Z At which point a morose civil servant will ask, “Don’t I know you from somewhere?” Crib Sheet: The 10 Things to Talk About This Weekend 2010-04-28T18:41:00Z Margaret Thatcher had her own distinctive, and dismissive, approach to civil servants, we heard: "She thought they were mainly soft lefties." SlapDash Britain 2010-06-15T07:00:00Z “I am appalled to see how much of modern history was set in motion by two civil servants called Sykes and Picot.” Joseph Fiennes: the sequel 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z He tracks his missing nose down to a cathedral, where it is dressed as a civil servant, in a uniform that suggests it now outranks him. The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol – review 2012-06-16T23:05:29Z “I suppose you could say that the fun of the series comes from showing civil servants as politicians see them and politicians as civil servants see them,” Mr. Jay told The Guardian in 1986. Antony Jay, a Machiavelli Scholar and a Creator of ‘Yes Minister,’ Dies at 86 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z But he also recounts how young Communist zealots systematically rounded up and executed hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Hue’s civil servants, from professors to policemen, during the occupation. Mark Bowden's searing 'Hue 1968' look finds miscalculations in the bloodiest battle of the Vietnam War 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z He was an Ottawa civil servant then who had just finished a master’s in political philosophy and was making music on the weekends from his basement home. Tim Hecker Helped Popularize Ambient Music. He’s (Sort of) Sorry. 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z The enumerators went out again in 1870 and 1880, but the task of processing census data was increasingly becoming a headache for civil servants. How the Census Changed America 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z A Canadian civil servant in Whitehorse, she organizes additional fundraising. Young Canadian reunites Haitian 'orphans' with parents 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z Her mother was a homemaker, and her father was a civil servant whose jobs included a stint as an assistant superintendent at the St. Louis jail. Patricia McKissack, children’s author who brought black history to life, dies at 72 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z In Nigeria, where a Liberian civil servant died of ebola after flying to the commercial hub of Lagos, airport authorities began screening passengers arriving from places at risk for high temperatures. Ebola outbreak sparks states of emergency in Liberia and Sierra Leone 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z China produced a highly competent state, staffed by first-rate civil servants chosen by written examinations and capable of monitoring the affairs of a vast empire. The end of harmony 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z She went to become a high-ranking civil servant, overseeing more than 700 employees in the province’s health commission. When assisted dying means you have to go before you're ready 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z They were civil servants, after all, working for enormous state bureaus. Swansongs of a superpower: Russia's secret architecture 2011-02-07T21:31:01Z Like most provincial writers of his generation, he moved to Rio, then the country's capital, and made a living as a civil servant in the ministry of education. What now for Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Brazil's national poet? 2012-11-13T12:45:27Z Rush plays a lowly civil servant driven mad in the darkly comic play, adapted from an 1853 short story by novelist Nikolai Gogol. Geoffrey Rush to go mad on stage again in 'Diary' 2011-01-10T21:50:30Z Permission was also granted to former and existing civil servants to speak freely about the Thatcher years. Thatcher biography due out after funeral 2013-04-08T17:31:09Z He molded himself into a diligent civil servant, found ways to stroke the czar and funnel current events into his work, and only late in life attained greatness. Camels, monkeys and lions at the ballet: Marius Petipa was just getting started 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z I was a proud civil servant for over 30 years, so I’m not a default federal government basher. Readers react to stories about a doctor treating Ebola and the murder of a climber 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z After the war, Alfred moved to Barbados, became a civil servant, wrote socialist novels and died in 1991, aged 94. 'The stupidest thing humanity ever did to itself': Sam Mendes and Colin Firth on 1917 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z At a dance in Worcester, he met Iris Leaworthy, a young, white Welsh woman who worked as a civil servant in the Air Ministry, and the two bonded over the surprising similarities of their upbringings. An Intimate History of the British Empire 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z Ministers, members of Parliament and civil servants laughed or squirmed, depending on the joke. Antony Jay, a Machiavelli Scholar and a Creator of ‘Yes Minister,’ Dies at 86 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Her father was a civil servant and her mother a secretary; she frets repeatedly during our interview about how they'll respond to reading it. Julia Davis: laughing in the dark 2012-08-10T22:00:36Z It begins with the central character, a 40 year-old civil servant in Saint Petersburg, querying at length the point of human existence. Dostoyevsky comes to Notting Hill 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z He is the prophetic scourge of our “regulation-crazed Great Society” in which deep state “whippersnapper” civil servants have usurped the legislative power that the Constitution gave to Congress alone. How Should We Understand Clarence Thomas? 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z Photograph: PA Photo/VG On Thursday 18 July activists will gather outside the Royal Courts of Justice to protest the enduring secrecy that surrounds the decade-old death of a retiring civil servant. Dr David Kelly: A man of secrets 2013-07-04T15:00:00Z The crowd was a cross section of British society: farmers, civil servants, teachers and engineers, all united by their shared preference for living life in the buff. So naked gardening in the British countryside is a thing 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z “We were very aware from the beginning that women are not very present in the Conan Doyle stories,” said Mr. Gatiss, who also plays Mycroft, Sherlock’s civil servant brother, in the series. ‘Sherlock’ Opens Up the Old Boys’ Club to Women 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z His father, who is retired, was an Irish civil servant. Divya Gopal, Joseph Moroney 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z For much of his life, Mr. Adams was an anonymous civil servant in London who wrote government reports on the environment. Richard Adams, Author of ‘Watership Down,’ Dies at 96 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z Back in LA, DeeDee settled into her career as an actor and dancer, while Bob became a civil servant in the UK. How we met: ‘When my wife was dying, she told me to look up my old friend DeeDee’ 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z Denis, born in Paris but raised in West Africa by civil servant parents, is an auteur’s auteur, uncompromising in her vision and singular in aesthetic styling. Claire Denis Talks to Barry Jenkins About Director Anxiety and Expectations 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z “I can tell you without any doubt that if you showed politicians and civil servants as they see themselves, you would have the most boring series television ever encountered.” Antony Jay, a Machiavelli Scholar and a Creator of ‘Yes Minister,’ Dies at 86 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Three years ago, there was an attempt to prosecute a civil servant under the Obscene Publications Act for publishing a violent sexual fantasy online about Girls Aloud. Why should Amazon be our taste and decency policeman? 2012-06-26T09:56:24Z “She and all of the civil servants we’ve come into contact with have made a point of saying, ‘It’s still our country.’ Perspective | Trump’s White House doesn’t support the arts. Nancy Pelosi is rallying the cause instead. 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z The slogan was originally Crown copyright but is now in the public domain because more than 50 years have elapsed since an unknown civil servant thought it up. Keep Calm and Carry On trademark battle enters new year 2013-01-02T19:53:35Z Kavanagh’s fascinating history draws on this context to recount the 1882 murders by Irish nationalists of Britain’s chief secretary for Ireland and the top Irish civil servant. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z Bishop was a former British civil servant and businessman. The Mount Everest mystery deepens: Was there an international cover-up of a dead climber's ascent? 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Onstage steps “compulsively ambitious” civil servant Toby Bell. John le Carré’s ‘A Delicate Truth’: a dark mix of motive and opportunity 2013-05-15T22:58:58Z He plays suicidal wreck Dugdale, a frazzled civil servant who is being blackmailed by The Network. Utopia: inside Channel 4's new unsettling thriller 2013-01-12T06:00:00Z Students studied Shakespeare, chemistry and French grammar as they prepared to become teachers, civil servants, musicians, clergy, military leaders, entrepreneurs and scientists. A black college closed in 1955, but its fading alumni fight to pass on a legacy 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z The man I discovered was not a meek civil servant but a deliberate, hard-edged expert who never once departed from the official line he was given. Dr David Kelly: A man of secrets 2013-07-04T15:00:00Z Iraqi civil servant Mohammed Mahdi, 40, said his mother recalls going to the cinema to watch mainly Egyptian romances with their father, leaving the children with their grandmother. After dark years, lights coming back on for Iraqi cinema 2012-11-14T14:04:37Z The change would affect the zone of elegant 1920s and 1930s bungalows built for the few thousand civil servants who governed hundreds of millions of Indians under the British Raj. Land famine threatens Delhi's colonial heritage of Lutyens architecture 2013-04-21T23:00:03Z Grappling with feelings of inadequacy in the lavish “looking-glass world,” he discovers metropolitan gay life through a friendship with Leo, a civil servant. 20 Years of L.G.B.T.Q. Lit: A Timeline 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z She added that the inquiry would investigate high-profile allegations of a child sex abuse ring operating in Westminster, including sitting and former members of parliament, senior civil servants and government advisers. Child sex abuse inquiry to focus on churches and politicians 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z Alan Davey, chief executive of Arts Council England, was a senior civil servant in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Why politicians fight shy of campaigning on the arts 2010-04-28T05:00:00Z A meeting with Her Majesty, therefore, is like a meeting with a well-briefed civil servant. Why I wanted to make The Audience public 2013-01-13T18:30:01Z Mournfully, desperately looking for a corner to hide in, beset by civil servants, spads, his snarling coalition partners, the press. The Thick of It: the agony of tight spaces 2012-08-26T19:00:00Z The winners are chosen by civil servants’ committees based on nominations from the government and the public. Queen Elizabeth honors key women in UK’s rapid vaccine drive 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z "I think I'll have to go into my cellar," says the shy civil servant, echoing the German phrase that people go into their cellars to do things that embarrass them. Berlin is alive with the sound of urban yodelling 2013-02-08T11:38:13Z Scaramanga’s plan, over a luncheon served by his pocket-sized butler, is to needle away at Bond, whom he regards as little better than a civil servant—armed, predictably, with a weapon of lesser metal. Postscript: Christopher Lee 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z A former civil servant, Thomas was knighted in 1998 for his "services to peace in Northern Ireland". BBFC president Sir Quentin Thomas resigns 2012-07-05T14:02:39Z In some bits of Whitehall there has been an almost complete breakdown of trust between ministers and their civil servants. Grayling's rehabilitation speech and Clegg taking DPMQs: Politics live blog 2012-11-20T16:11:00Z Her earnings as a florist “don’t get anywhere near” what she was earning as a civil servant. What would you cut? Durham council asks residents to find £100m savings 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z A colonial civil servant later described the cession of Hong Kong as “a surprise to all concerned.” A Deeply Personal Look at the Past, Present and Future of Hong Kong 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z His father was a civil servant, and his mother managed a bookstore. Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan Voice of Anti-Capitalism, Is Dead at 74 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Salvo's linguistic abilities lead him into a vipers' nest of business men, civil servants and mercenaries apparently intent on freeing his home province of Kivu. Michael Stanley's top 10 African crime novels 2010-06-30T14:27:00Z The flesh was mottled, lumpy and, in the case of his 1990s portraits of the performance artist Leigh Bowery and the phenomenally obese civil servant Sue Tilley, shockingly abundant. Lucian Freud, Adept Portraiture Artist, Dies at 88 2011-07-21T19:28:45Z When British politicians and civil servants bother to justify the abandonment of traditional public service monopolies, they talk of "diversifying providers". Tony Judt: A manifesto for a new politics 2010-03-20T00:07:00Z “Ach! The Brits are so feudal. They don’t listen to a civil servant like Jeremy Corbyn, but they will listen to a windbag Tory like Johnson. And my country has suffered for it,” he says. Succession’s Brian Cox: ‘I was touched up by Princess Margaret’ 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z Wilkins did the work in his spare time, being employed first as a mechanical engineer and then a civil servant at the Ministry of Supply. Picturing science: Mapping the moon 2013-06-11T07:25:01Z Thereafter "investigative journalists", aided by aggrieved civil servants, started queuing up to dish the spooks. Classified: Secrecy and the State in Modern Britain by Christopher Moran – review 2013-01-10T08:00:01Z With her departure, the ministry appointed a seasoned civil servant, Jérôme Bouët as the temporary president of the museum until a replacement is found. President of Picasso Museum Dismissed Over Delays 2014-05-13T14:31:05Z Indeed the rafle depended on the complicity of the French state – not only police but also civil servants, who documented the Jews' whereabouts. France and the Holocaust: A return of the repressed 2011-08-05T18:11:33Z Although the neighborhood was first populated by bank managers and middle-ranking British civil servants, writers and painters eventually moved in as well. Heads Up: In Singapore, a Stylish Update 2012-10-05T15:51:19Z Bill Nighy plays a postwar civil servant in London whose great ambition, after receiving a terminal diagnosis, is to build a playground. 159 Films, for Every Taste, Coming This Fall 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Miquel Ferret, a civil servant from Vilafranca and committed casteller, said the tradition – judged by Unesco to form part of the "intangible cultural heritage of humanity" – lay at the very heart of the Catalan identity. Catalan human tower dazzles crowd in London 2013-04-19T17:44:10Z He attended Trinity College before working as a civil servant in Dublin Castle and as an unpaid theater critic for Dublin newspapers. Dracula creator's relative seeks Dublin memorial 2010-03-24T23:40:00Z Similar protection is afforded to high-ranking civil servants and people in political office in Spain. Spain's Juan Carlos gets protection as paternity suit possibility looms 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Actually, Nick Fruit plays a stage manager and several secondary roles, most notably adding laughs as a civil servant with a hellish demeanor. Review | Irish immigration is played for comedy in ‘How to Keep an Alien’ 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z The globalisation of virtually every international transaction means that Globish has become the default position for hedge fund managers, call-centre employees, international civil servants, writers, journalists and even artists. Everyone's talking Globish | Robert McCrum 2010-04-06T10:21:00Z After earning a doctorate in literature in Moscow, he worked as a civil servant and a diplomat. An Old Master’s Song for the Nation That Broke His Heart 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z In the black community, prominence belonged to the regulars — the doctors, the lawyers and the undertakers, as well as the preachers, the teachers and a small number of mid-level civil servants. The tale of Marion Barry, king of D.C. I served as a civil servant and diplomat for 16 years around the turn of a century and carried out a series of negotiating missions for the British government. 'Tony Blair called back to see if I had blown myself up' 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z Having said that, a civil servant shouldn’t be issuing threats, even rhetorically, to private citizens. Quentin Tarantino on police union's threat: 'I'm not worried' 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z While writing on corporate culture and politics, Mr. Jay became interested in public choice, a branch of political theory that treats voters, politicians and civil servants as self-interested agents and analyzes their behavior accordingly. Antony Jay, a Machiavelli Scholar and a Creator of ‘Yes Minister,’ Dies at 86 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z The country's arts sector has already been up in arms after the local government in Istanbul appointed civil servants – instead of artists – to take charge of programming at the city's theatres. Seven days on stage: Edinburgh festival fringe gets the Hoff 2012-06-01T14:39:26Z And that’s when, after two more years studying civil servants, he discovered the biggest factor. Is everything you think you know about depression wrong? 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z He was a serious civil servant and postal employee, not just some functionary in the post office who also wrote novels. Paul Theroux on travelling 2012-06-25T11:00:00Z Achebe’s second novel, “No Longer At Ease,” would skip a generation and tell the story of Okonkwo’s grandson, Obi, a civil servant in 1950s Lagos. Chinua Achebe: The man who rediscovered Africa 2013-03-22T14:45:00Z At the moment it is run by a "shadowy group of senior civil servants, acting in secret," Mr Jenkin said. Too many celebrity honours - MPs 2012-08-29T11:52:20Z They were a large group of senior civil servants and bankers, in a country well beyond Europe and the US. Why the iPad and its mark a new stage in computing 2011-03-27T00:05:21Z He then worked for several years as a civil servant in his home province. Pema Tseden, Pioneering Tibetan Filmmaker, Is Dead at 53 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z Faulkner knows that police treatment of Blacks is an issue; she’s been pulled over for “driving while Black,” At the same time, she holds deep respect for civil servants like police. Fox’s Harris Faulkner is used to people making presumptions 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z Written in the early years of the conflict, this novel is told from the perspectives of three characters: a militia fighter, a civil servant and an intellectual. This Is the Beirut We Wish You Could See 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z He was a 64-year-old civil servant from Montreal with an athletic build. In Quebec, a Winter Celebration on Skis 2013-01-25T18:23:12Z Widowed in 1964, shortly after she made her debut with Cover Her Face, for many years she combined a writing life with work as a civil servant in the Home Office. PD James: you ask the questions 2012-05-25T16:29:17Z "Governments and civil servants," he writes, "rarely get the credit for anything they do." Men from the Ministry by Simon Thurley – review 2013-06-20T10:01:01Z Phelim O'Neill How did an unlikely bunch of civil servants in sensible shoes spearhead the British documentary movement? TV highlights 19/7/11 2011-07-18T21:59:01Z A one-time settlement for convalescing veterans of the Franco-Prussian War, it developed over the next decades into a prosperous enclave of high-level civil servants, artists, writers and some Jewish families. My Berlin: Reckoning With the Past 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z As part of moves to ease the cost-of-living crisis, the president has asked the finance minister to make provisions for a reasonable wage increase for all civil servants in the next budget review. Malawi's President Chakwera bans himself and his cabinet from foreign travel 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z It has vowed to reach Port Sudan on the eastern coast, where civil servants and some international missions have established a presence. Advances give Sudanese paramilitary force momentum in seven-month war 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z I want to thank all of those civil servants, police, Border Force officers and security professionals with whom I have worked and whose dedication to public safety is exemplary. Suella Braverman's letter to Rishi Sunak in full 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z “Stalemate is not the same as failure,” one young civil servant offered. Opinion: Kyiv's dark moment and America's fateful choice 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z The family then moved from Cayey to Savanna, Illinois, where he got a civil servant job at a military base. This all-Hispanic Army unit fought in the Korean War. Here’s one veteran’s story. 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z “The court hopes that the civil servants, who do not receive a salary that allows them to meet the financial demands of the kidnappers, will be quickly released,” it said in a statement. Kenya says it won’t deploy police to fight gangs in Haiti until they receive training and funding 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Mr Gibson said public servants deserve a fair pay award and has previously spoken of his regret at the below inflation pay awards for civil servants this year. Stormont on course for £450m overspend this year 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z This "corporate" submission did not include minister-to-minister conversations and was restricted to conversations of three or more people involving at least one civil servant. FM accused of misleading parliament over WhatsApps 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z “Don’t Americans see,” the civil servant asked, “that this is a bargain? No Americans are fighting or dying. We are, and we’re weakening our common enemy, the Russians.” Opinion: Kyiv's dark moment and America's fateful choice 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z WhatsApp messages heard at the inquiry also laid bare the tensions at the top of government between civil servants and ministers. Boris Johnson urged to remove Matt Hancock by top official 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z "He just literally slumped and sat on the corner of the bed and said: 'I'm really not well," the civil servant told the hearing. Couple died in Egypt after hotel fumigated for bedbugs, inquest hears 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z That discrepancy spurred calls for Troyer’s resignation and led the state Attorney General’s office to prosecute Troyer last year on misdemeanor charges of false reporting and making a false statement to a civil servant. Black newspaper carrier, sheriff reach settlement in 2021 confrontation 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z He said Mr Johnson "suggested to senior civil servants and advisers that he wanted to be injected with Covid-19 on television to demonstrate to the public that it did not pose a threat." Boris Johnson wanted to be injected with Covid on TV - ex-adviser 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z Israel was thought to have bought relative quiet by giving work permits to some 18,000 Gazans and by allowing Qatar to give aid and pay Hamas civil servants' salaries. Israel's pain still raw a month after Hamas attacks 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z Lord Sedwill was the UK's top civil servant until he was replaced in the role by Simon Case in September 2020, amid tensions between him and senior members of Mr Johnson's team. Boris Johnson urged to remove Matt Hancock by top official 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Giving evidence on Monday, senior civil servant Stuart Glassborow said he did not remember hearing the term. Covid Inquiry: Boris Johnson referred to Treasury as 'pro-death squad' 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z He was the second most senior minister in the government that struggled so badly, described by one of its most senior civil servants as a "terrible, tragic, joke". Laura Kuenssberg: Why the PM could be drowned out at the King's Speech 2023-11-04T04:00:00Z In October 2020, just before he was voted out of office, Mr Trump issued an executive order creating a new category of civil servant. What a Donald Trump second term would look like 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z It's suggested that the macho culture led to overconfidence in the early stages of the pandemic - which senior civil servant Helen MacNamara describes as a "de facto" assumption that "we were going to be great". What we learned from a shocking week of Covid testimony 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Though Hamas seized control of Gaza from the Palestinian Authority in 2007, the PA has continued to pay tens of thousands of civil servants in the strip. Live updates | Israeli troops tighten encirclement of Gaza City as top US diplomat arrives in Israel 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Together with aid from foreign donors, the tax funds make up the bulk of the cash-strapped PA's public revenues and also help pay for civil servant salaries and other services in the West Bank. Israel cuts Gaza funds from Palestinian tax transfer 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z After several strikes this year, civil servants got the government to raise their minimum wage to $67 a month, or four cents an hour. Nigeria’s government budgets for SUVs and president’s wife while millions struggle to make ends meet 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z He said the budget for vehicles was for hundreds of civil servants and political aides working at State House. Nigeria's House of Representatives reject plan to buy presidential yacht 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z It's not a surprise that Mr Cummings didn't rate senior ministers and civil servants - he isn't shy about saying so. What we learned from a shocking week of Covid testimony 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z She also said she repeatedly requested but failed to receive "psychological support" for civil servants working on on the Covid response, adding "I don't really understand why we couldn't do that". 'Macho' culture at No 10 harmed Covid response, Helen MacNamara says 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z The PA still has thousands of Gaza civil servants on its payroll. Israel cuts Gaza funds from Palestinian tax transfer 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z What more will she say about the impact of the departure of her boss, the country's then most senior civil servant, Mark Sedwill, at the height of the pandemic? 'Stiletto row' official to appear at Covid inquiry 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z The civil servant who headed Boris Johnson's private office during the pandemic has apologised for sending an email inviting fellow staff to a "Bring Your Own Booze" party in the Downing Street garden during lockdown. Ex Johnson aide 'deeply sorry' for BYOB Partygate email 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z Partly in response, senior civil servants were concerned that the environment was "macho" and "sexist". What we learned from a shocking week of Covid testimony 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z WhatsApp messages published by the UK inquiry on Monday showed that the UK's top civil servant was privately telling colleagues in 2020 that the then prime minister, Boris Johnson "cannot lead". Covid inquiry: Why would the Scottish government delete WhatsApps? 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z The UK's top civil servant told colleagues in private that Boris Johnson "cannot lead" at the height of the Covid pandemic. Simon Case: Top official thought Johnson couldn't lead on Covid 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z The Health Ministry is part of the Hamas-run government but includes doctors and veteran civil servants who are not affiliated with the group. Live updates | Israel intensifies strikes on Gaza, and a hospital is damaged by nearby bombardment 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z It left hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civil servants and members of the armed forces out of work, sowing the seeds for a devastating insurgency. Israel has no plan for Gaza after war ends, experts warn 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z The ministry is a mix of recent Hamas hires and older civil servants affiliated with the secular nationalist Fatah party, officials say. EXPLAINER: What is Gaza’s Ministry of Health and how does it calculate the war’s death toll? 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z At the Reform event, Lord Maude made a point of praising former senior civil servant Sue Gray, with whom he worked at the Cabinet Office in the early years of the coalition government. Tory civil service reformer Lord Maude open to Labour talks 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z Given his relative lack of experience, his appointment surprised senior civil servants and was seen by critics as a political move by Mr Johnson, the then-prime minister. UK's top civil servant takes medical leave 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z Northern Ireland's top civil servant Jayne Brady said in the summer that Stormont departments had "reached the limit" of what they could do to manage budget pressures. Northern Ireland Civil Service to fill 900 posts as job freeze ends 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z Apathetic civil servants often do not seem to care. Why Nigeria’s lax attitude to names is causing a fuss 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z He added another 55 Turkish civil servants, including state media and health ministry personnel, were among those waiting. Turkey says it has some 700 people awaiting evacuation from Gaza 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z He echoed those comments at the Reform event, calling Ms Gray "a brilliant and impeccably impartial civil servant". Tory civil service reformer Lord Maude open to Labour talks 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z Mr Case's brief absence was first reported by Politico, which said a number of other top officials would cover for him, instead of one civil servant taking on all of his duties. UK's top civil servant takes medical leave 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z A budget was set by Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris in the absence of local ministers, with civil servants left to make decisions to balance the books. Northern Ireland Civil Service to fill 900 posts as job freeze ends 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z His report, with the Cabinet Office, will also recommend giving ministers more say in the appointment of civil servants, the Times reports. Civil service review 'to urge Treasury break-up' 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z Reuters found these limits are now filtering down the ranks of China's civil servants - who numbered 7 million, according to the most recent data from 2015 - and 70 million state-enterprise workers. China tightens curbs on foreign travel by bankers, state workers 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z "There's absolutely no reason why people with a political background shouldn't become civil servants," Lord Maude said. Tory civil service reformer Lord Maude open to Labour talks 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z Mr Case was a senior civil servant in No 10 until September 2020 when he was promoted to be head of the civil service. Covid inquiry texts show No 10 staff complaining about Carrie Johnson 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z He said civil servants responsible for the minutes would have "completely understood" the views of scientists on Sage. February warning Covid could swamp NHS, inquiry told 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z And the newspaper says he will recommend ministers get more of a say in the appointment of civil servants, but that they should undergo "360 assessments" - where a range of colleagues review their performance. Civil service review 'to urge Treasury break-up' 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z The people, who worked across the country as civil servants, in state-owned enterprises or the public sector more broadly, spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the issue's sensitivity. China tightens curbs on foreign travel by bankers, state workers 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z Lord Maude will also suggested giving ministers more of a say in the appointment of civil servants, and introducing "360 reviews" to assess their performance. Tory civil service reformer Lord Maude open to Labour talks 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z The witness, former senior civil servant Alex Thomas, said that in the early period of the pandemic there "was an anxious and chaotic and sometimes divided situation between the Cabinet Office and Number 10". Covid inquiry texts show No 10 staff complaining about Carrie Johnson 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Prof Graham Medley said that civil servants would have been aware of those concerns at the time. February warning Covid could swamp NHS, inquiry told 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z The 24-year-old civil servant was the brains of her family, the only student at her school to get a government job, a doting sister to her three brothers. Inside the deadly instant loan app scam that blackmails with nudes 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z Some Tory MPs have angered civil servants by referring to them as the blob. 'Eye rolling' civil service leaders block reform, report says 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z His review will propose scrapping the post of the UK's top civil servant and breaking up the Treasury. Tory civil service reformer Lord Maude open to Labour talks 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z In a letter to the education select committee, the Department for Education's top civil servant Susan Acland-Hood stressed the total schools budget would not be reduced. Inquiry ordered over England schools funding blunder 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z They include low-level civil servants, but also important officials or backers of the military government. Myanmar guerrilla group claims it killed a businessman who helped supply arms to the military 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z The rights to the lough were given a price tag of £6m 10 years ago, but civil servants at the time advised the government not to go ahead with the sale. Lough Neagh: Earl of Shaftesbury open to sale but won't give it away 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z Mr Johnson will give evidence in person to the inquiry later this year, along with other ministers, advisers, civil servants and health officials. Sir Patrick Vallance criticises Boris Johnson's 'impossible flip-flopping' 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z Another two weeks is set aside to hear from advisers and civil servants, expected to include Dominic Cummings and former cabinet secretary Sir Mark Sedwill. Covid Inquiry focuses on government as stakes rise 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z The results, which were to be compared with summaries produced by civil servants, would test how Civil Service "productivity" might be improved. AI chatbots do work of civil servants in productivity trial 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z The movie paints a future in which robots are sentient, emotional and even spiritual beings who’ve been integrated into human society as co-workers, assistants, civil servants and romantic partners. An AI nukes Hollywood in 'The Creator.' The movie's director has thoughts about that 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z The outbreak of protests came as the Hamas militant group that rules Gaza, cash-strapped as its financial crisis worsens, slashed the salaries of its civil servants by nearly half this month. Israel reopens the main Gaza crossing for Palestinian laborers and tensions ease 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Just before the unrest by the fence restarted, Hamas announced that it was slashing the wages of its civil servants by half. Gaza-Israel tensions spiral amid closures and clashes 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Members of the military and civil servants, many of whom live hand-to-mouth, will lose their paychecks. James Comer brings the MAGA circus to town: What the House GOP witness list says about impeachment 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z But he added civil servants would be required to take decisions, whilst people with "technical discernment" would also be required to identify when AI tools get things wrong. AI chatbots do work of civil servants in productivity trial 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z “We should get equal pay, status and other facilities and benefits like civil servants,” he said. Thousands of teachers protest in Nepal against education bill, shutting schools across the country 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Crippling economic sanctions over Iran's nuclear programme have left the government struggling to pay civil servants, including the police. 'I was in Iran's police - then joined protesters' 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z He also reveals that it was seen as such a significant change that officials considered seeking a ministerial direction - which is a rarely used formal instruction to act - despite an objection from civil servants. 'Litany of avoidable failures' in Edinburgh tram project 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z The report on the investigation will be submitted to Justice Secretary Alex Chalk and the head civil servant at the MoJ. Eighty prison staff absent on day Daniel Khalife escaped 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Retired civil servant Ian Angell, who has been an India Club regular for nearly a decade, said its closure was very sad news. London's India Club to serve its last curry after more than 70 years 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Korir Sing'Oei, the top civil servant in Kenya's foreign affairs ministry, said any increase in global food supplies caused by the move "disproportionately impacts countries in the Horn of Africa already impacted by drought". Russia targeted civilian cargo ship with cruise missile - UK 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z The civil servants confirmed that nine of the 156 schools initially announced as having Raac were actually found not to contain the material. Hundreds of schools in England checked for Raac, say education chiefs 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z The government took forward the legislation following a year of unprecedented industrial action by hundreds of thousands of workers, including nurses, teachers, civil servants and railway staff. UK government to be reported to UN over strike law by TUC 2023-09-10T04:00:00Z Her clients are the rich politicians and top civil servants in the city who send their children to posh private schools recognisable from the British and American flags pinned outside the school gate. The Nigerians learning to speak with British accents 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z On Monday, Jonathan Slater, a former senior civil servant in the education department, said that analysis from 2019 had found that between 300 and 400 schools needed replacing each year. Labour seeks vote on schools RAAC repairs funding 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z He presided over the traditional group photograph in front of Government House in Bangkok with his Cabinet members wearing their white civil servant uniforms. Thailand’s new government takes office as Cabinet members take oath in front of king 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z On Monday, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak defended his actions while serving as chancellor in 2021, after a former civil servant claimed the Treasury was responsible for scaling back the school rebuild project. Essex school closed by concrete crisis appeals for marquees 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z Enter next, Jonathan Slater, the former permanent secretary at the education department - its most senior civil servant. Why has concrete suddenly become headline news? 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z It comes after a former top civil servant said the government had cut the schools' repair budget despite a warning of a "critical risk to life". School closed over RAAC concrete lost earlier bid for government cash 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z A former senior civil servant accused Mr Sunak of ignoring recommendations up to 400 schools needed rebuilding annually while he was chancellor. School concrete: Utterly wrong to blame me to failing to fix RAAC - Rishi Sunak 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z These inspections were completed in 2019 and Jonathan Slater - the top civil servant in the department at the time - said it led them to conclude that between 300 and 400 schools needed replacing each year. RAAC: How long have we known about unsafe concrete in schools? 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z Adedayo said logging in protected areas “is not possible without the connivance of the civil servants.” Logging is growing in a Nigerian forest home to endangered elephants. Rangers blame lax enforcement 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z However, Stormont civil servants, who are now running departments but with restricted decision-making powers, have been left to find £800m to plug a financial shortfall and impose cuts to some services. Q&A: Why does Northern Ireland need to raise more cash? 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z The average salary of civil servants in Nepal is barely about $300 a month, so the money to be made from fly larvae is clearly a step forward from the village women. Fly larvae breeds success for women in Nepal village 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z Former top civil servant Jonathan Slater explains his frustration at trying to replace schools with RAAC. School concrete: Utterly wrong to blame me to failing to fix RAAC - Rishi Sunak 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z But the subsidies need to come from local governments, many of which are cash-strapped or even drowning in debt and unable to pay their civil servants. Stimulus or bust: Investors staying out of China until the spending starts 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z That record is not publicly declared but held by civil servants. Rishi Sunak inadvertently failed to declare childcare interest, rules MPs watchdog 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z Some 40-plus areas were drawn up by civil servants as a means of raising additional money. Q&A: Why does Northern Ireland need to raise more cash? 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z A few senior UK civil servants have visited China in recent months, but these trips were relatively low-key in comparison. British foreign minister to visit China this month after delay - sources 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z It comes after proposals drawn up by civil servants to raise more public revenue were given to parties. Money raising plans are attempt to pressure DUP, Sinn Féin says 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Presidential decrees issued early on Wednesday ordered a 100% increase in the salaries and pensions of civil servants, military personnel and government contractors - the first such rise since December 2021. Syria doubles public-sector pay and cuts subsidies as economy sinks 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z The government will in September start building housing for about 16,000 civil servants, military and police officers, who are due to move in next year, said public works and housing minister Basuki Hadimuljono. Indonesia to allocate $2.7 bln next year to construction of new capital 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z Former civil servant in the Department of Finance, Dr Andrew McCormick, has said there is a need to be "realistic" about revenue raising. Q&A: Why does Northern Ireland need to raise more cash? 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z The city government is also considering an order for half of its civil servants to work from home. Jakarta: Living with asthma in the world's most polluted city 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z Customers can withdraw more money from individual deposits made before August 2021 and most civil servants are being paid. The Taliban are entrenched in Afghanistan after 2 years of rule. Women and girls pay the price 2023-08-13T04:00:00Z This means no health minister can take up post, with departments being run by civil servants. NI health: Officials invited to NHS waiting list talks 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z Public services have declined as strikes for better pay among teachers, lawyers and other civil servants cripple key sectors. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas fires nearly all governors in West Bank in major upheaval 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z He also announced cash handouts and other aids to lower-income groups and civil servants, amid grumblings that his government is not doing enough to stave off the rising cost of living and a slowing economy. Why state polls this Saturday are pivotal to Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar’s rule 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z Indonesia is set to name Nusantara as the new capital next year and at least 16,000 civil servants, military and police are due to move there. Indonesia's capital named world's most polluted city 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z The vast majority of the 58,000 entries were for everyday purchases needed by civil servants but more than 3,000 entries in the list of purchases have no description against them. Yousaf orders review of civil service bank card spending 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z The vast majority of the entries were for everyday purchases needed by civil servants and the period covering the Covid lockdown showed a large number of homeworking items, such as computer monitors. Civil servants in Scotland made 58,000 bank card transactions 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z Proposals to reform Whitehall have been met with eye rolling, disengagement and aversion tactics by top civil servants, a new report was told. 'Eye rolling' civil service leaders block reform, report says 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z Regardless of its politics, the city is also filled with civil servants who have dedicated their lives to government and to upholding its values. Trump’s Jury Pool for Jan. 6 Trial: A City That Remembers the Attack 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z According to an internal assessment by civil servants, almost 200,000 more women will also face unsafe abortions. UK foreign aid cuts: Thousands will die as a result, says report 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z Hiring part of Edinburgh Zoo in 2019 cost civil servants just over £2,000, while the same year there is a separate £345 payment was made to a craft pottery firm for an event. Yousaf orders review of civil service bank card spending 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z In addition, more than £25,000 of fraudulent transactions occurred on the cards and were flagged up by civil servants for refunds. Civil servants in Scotland made 58,000 bank card transactions 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z Some Tory MPs have angered civil servants by referring to them as the blob . 'Eye rolling' civil service leaders block reform, report says 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z Many are struggling to pay civil servants’ salaries and interest on debts, much less to pay for new consumption subsidies. China Is Trying to Make Its Gloomy Consumers Spend More 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z The conclusions come in an assessment made by Foreign Office civil servants earlier this year, to inform ministers before they decided what to cut. UK foreign aid cuts: Thousands will die as a result, says report 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z One further away day activity in 2019 saw civil servants purchase ping pong balls, chocolate mice, play dough and paper planes. Yousaf orders review of civil service bank card spending 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z The retired civil servant had been living off the harvests of around 700 olive, pomegranate and walnut trees, but all of these were destroyed by the spreading fire. After quake, Syria's northern coast ravaged by wildfires 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z In March, an email sent in Home Secretary Suella Braverman's name suggested civil servants were deliberately trying to stop policies they opposed. 'Eye rolling' civil service leaders block reform, report says 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z Sporadic clashes broke out between the government’s supporters and critics on the day of the vote, and on Friday, the top civil servant in the Education Ministry resigned. ‘The Agreement Is Broken’: Israeli Reservists Resign to Protest New Law 2023-07-29T04:00:00Z And, some indebted local governments have cut civil servants' pay. Analysis: White-collar wage cuts in China fuel deflation risks, hurt consumption 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Bowling, pottery lessons and yoga classes were among the "away days" for civil servants paid for on Scottish government procurement cards. Yousaf orders review of civil service bank card spending 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z Northern Ireland's top civil servant is meeting representatives of NI's political parties at Stormont Castle. Stormont's top civil servant meeting NI parties 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z The Reform report claims that permanent secretaries, the most senior civil servants in government departments, are not interested in reform. 'Eye rolling' civil service leaders block reform, report says 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z The controversy surfaced as the House of Lords discussed possible revisions to the Cabinet Manual, a Whitehall document which codifies the conduct and operation of government and civil servants. Humza Yousaf to reveal Scottish citizenship plans 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z "Let me warn all members of parliament, officials and everyone working as a civil servant," he said. Corruption, treason in Ukraine won't be tolerated, Zelenskiy says 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z To soften the blow, Mr. Tinubu’s government said it would increase the supply of grain and fertilizer and raise the salaries of civil servants. Short-Term Pain for Long-term Gain? Nigerians Buckle Under Painful Cuts. 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z Brazil president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva recently announced that civil servants could arrive at work up to two hours after the final whistle of Brazil’s games in the the tournament. Brazilian players at Women’s World Cup urge fans back home to skip work to watch their matches 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Other senior civil servants admitted that they tended to "switch off" when people spoke about the latest government initiative. 'Eye rolling' civil service leaders block reform, report says 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z A former civil servant who won four consecutive regional elections in his native northwest Galicia - a traditional stronghold for the Popular Party - Feijóo was initially portrayed as a moderate. Spain’s election Sunday pits 2 leftist vs. 2 rightist parties. Here’s a look at the leaders 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z “Politicians and civil servants shouldn’t spend their time day-trading and trying to make a profit at the expense of the American public, but that’s exactly what so many are doing,” Mr. Hawley said. Hawley, Gillibrand push for strict stock-trading ban on Washington lawmakers, senior officials 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z The tiny West African country that depends largely on external aid to meet salaries in the education sector, has declared a war on ghost civil servants in order to curb its wage bill. Guinea-Bissau suspends teachers' salaries to root out fake staff 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z Large exit payouts to senior civil servants have proved controversial and Sir Tom's is higher than those handed out to other senior officials in recent years. Treasury boss Tom Scholar received £335k payout after sacking 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z Sir Mark said sometimes he felt he had less power as cabinet secretary - the UK's top civil servant, who oversees all departments, than as permanent secretary at the Home Office. 'Eye rolling' civil service leaders block reform, report says 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z A former civil servant who won four consecutive regional elections in his native northwest Galicia — a traditional stronghold for the Popular Party — Feijóo was initially portrayed as a moderate. Spain’s election Sunday pits 2 leftist vs. 2 rightist parties. Here’s a look at the leaders 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z He noted that the PAP has rejected political practices common in other developed jurisdictions, such as public disclosure of income and assets by political office holders, senior civil servants and their immediate family members. Singapore: City-state rocked by rare political scandals 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z In total, 69 politicians, civil servants, scientists and other experts have been asked about the UK's planning for a pandemic and the state of the healthcare system when Covid struck. Covid Inquiry: What have we learnt so far? 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z Brazilian civil servants can report to work up to four hours late - two hours after the end of matches - when the national side play in the 2023 Women's World Cup. Brazil's civil servants can start work late to watch games 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z In a letter to civil servants, the Duchy of Cornwall only said the money was for his “maintenance and education.” Rent Increases Helped Make Record Earnings for King Charles III 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z Deteriorating city finances prompted pay cuts for civil servants, feeding a deflationary spiral. Will China ever get rich? A new era of much slower growth dawns 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z He intends to strip employment protections from tens of thousands of career civil servants, making it easier to replace them if they are deemed obstacles to his agenda. Trump and Allies Forge Plans to Increase Presidential Power in 2025 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z A former civil servant born in Galicia in Spain's north-west, he has led the conservatives since 2022. Spain's hot summer election: A simple guide 2023-07-15T04:00:00Z A senior civil servant has apologised for disruption at a secondary school that closed because of asbestos. Rochford: Civil servant apologises to school over asbestos 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z Two of the examples offered are a freeze on civil servant recruitment in the Ministry of Defence and offering fewer traineeships in the civil service. Chris Mason: Will the pay offer stop the strikes? 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z He told the Covid inquiry civil servants "honed and refined" crisis skills as they worked up ways the UK could leave the EU. Covid Inquiry: Brexit helped prepare government for pandemic, says Gove 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z A career civil servant, Ms. Gacki has served in the Bush, Obama, Trump and Biden administrations, working both in the Justice and Treasury Departments. Treasury Taps Sanctions Architect to Lead Financial Crimes Team 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z Nadine Dorries has been referred to the Conservative chief whip by the UK's top civil servant over claims she sent "forceful" messages to officials. Nadine Dorries referred to authorities over messages to officials 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z Mr Case told the committee the Cabinet Office probe had found "no evidence" that she had shown any political bias during her career as a civil servant. Calling us the Blob is insulting, says top civil servant 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z Graft investigations involving ministers are rare in Singapore, where civil servants are paid handsomely to discourage corruption. Singapore anti-graft agency probes transport minister 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z Claims scored as risky are then referred to civil servants to investigate, with payments put on hold until the referral has been dealt with. Universal Credit: Warnings over AI use to risk-score benefit claims 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z Stormont departments have "reached the limit" of what they can do to manage budget pressures this year, Northern Ireland's top civil servant has said. Stormont budget: Top civil servant says departments have reached cuts limit 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z In the absence of Stormont ministers, civil servants have been under pressure to find hundreds of millions of pounds in savings. NI secretary says funding alone will not solve financial challenges 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z But he said attacks on civil servants by "significant political figures" had increased in recent years. Calling us the Blob is insulting, says top civil servant 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z Hundreds of thousands of workers have been taking part in strikes over pay, including teachers, junior doctors, nurses, civil servants and rail workers. Unaffordable public sector pay rises are short-sighted, says PM 2023-07-08T04:00:00Z But lawyers for the inquiry said the idea that civil servants could decide what material was relevant would undermine public confidence in the process. UK government loses legal bid to keep Boris Johnson’s messages from COVID-19 inquiry 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z The director of public health in Northern Ireland is a civil servant working for ministers. Local officials only heard about new Covid rules on TV, inquiry told 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z The absence of a functioning government has left civil servants taking some decisions, with others remaining reserved for Northern Ireland secretary. NI secretary says funding alone will not solve financial challenges 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z They’re staffed and to a large extent led by civil servants who care a lot about their reputations for integrity. Biden vs. the Bad News Bros | Paul Krugman 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z Doing so would also mean that there would be no cash left for other priorities such as projects "specifically targeted at helping women and girls", civil servants write. Memo reveals pressure on climate finance pledge 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z On Sunday the union Nipsa said civil servants in Northern Ireland were considering a general strike over pay in September. NI roads service workers begin two weeks of strike action 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z Their education is funded by parents and guardians who are junior civil servants, private security guards and company drivers. Nigeria offers students loans - they want jobs 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z Ms Gates said cuts have already had a huge impact on services and that workers including teachers, health workers and civil servants are beginning to doubt whether they should remain in the public service. Civil servants consider September strike over 'insulting' pay offer 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z Former senior civil servant Sue Gray has been cleared to start working for the Labour Party from September. Sue Gray can start job with Labour from September 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z In a statement to the court, senior civil servant Ellie Nicholson said the Cabinet Office was reviewing the material "for national security sensitivities and unambiguously irrelevant material, and appropriate redactions are being applied". Challenge to Covid inquiry over Johnson WhatsApps in court 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z The boxy cuts of batik shirts worn by civil servants might have conveniently camouflaged deskbound physiques, but they evoked the fashion of a bygone generation. Ancient Art or Fashion Forward? Both, Says a Top Batik Designer 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z “There are sections of the coalition, which also include some high-ranking civil servants, who hate it when they feel that Brussels is dictating conditions,” said Francesco Galietti, founder of political risk consultancy Policy Sonar. Analysis-Deep distrust of EU leaves Italy's Meloni in a corner over bailout fund 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z She said civil servants felt they needed to "make a bigger noise". Civil servants consider September strike over 'insulting' pay offer 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z He’s too old for many employers, including the Chinese government, which caps the hiring age for most civil servant positions at 35. No Job, No Marriage, No Kid: China’s Workers and the Curse of 35 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z Farida, a retired Egyptian civil servant, saved to go on the Hajj for five years. Hajj: Price rises making pilgrimage increasingly unaffordable 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z It also questions why "senior civil servants have been placed in the inappropriate position of having to make significant cuts to provision with little more than ambiguous advice from the Northern Ireland Office". Dramatic cuts to education in NI must be reversed, say experts 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Emails from 2014 show that ministers and civil servants checked that the Port Glasgow yard would be ready to bid before the process began. New documents spark fresh concerns over Ferguson's ferry contract 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z He increased the minimum wage, hiked civil servant salaries and changed regulations to allow millions of Turks to draw early government pensions. In Turkey, Erdogan Signals Shift to Conventional Economics 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z They are instead civil servants in the Justice Department, though they operate on similar principles of evidence and justice and courtroom arguments as other judges. DOJ fires Black immigration judge in the ongoing purge of Trump hires 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z He added: "Deploying more civil servants, money and time into independence is an insult to everyone waiting for help with the cost-of-living crisis, on lifeline ferries or for critical operations and treatments." Humza Yousaf unveils plan for written constitution for Scotland 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z The recipients are actually chosen by civil servants committees based on nominations from the government and the public. Late British novelist Martin Amis knighted by King Charles in his first birthday honors list 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z The committee also called on the Welsh government to review how ministers and civil servants respond to concerns raised with them regarding inappropriate behaviour in organisations in Wales. Welsh Rugby: Review found sexist treatment of women by WRU 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z One key bit of evidence came from Martin Reynolds, his former principal private secretary, a civil servant. Boris Johnson Partygate report: Key findings at a glance 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Yet Mr. Johnson accepted that he could not recall being given specific reassurances by any of his most senior civil servants that lockdown rules and guidance had been observed at all times in Downing Street. Boris Johnson Misled Parliament Over Covid Lockdown Parties, Report Says 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z The first part of the inquiry - called Resilience and preparedness - will hear from key politicians, civil servants, scientists, unions, health and care organisations, as well as groups representing victims and their relatives. Pandemic akin to war, lawyer tells Covid inquiry 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z The law bars civil servants from politicking during their day jobs, and Jean-Pierre uses it to deflect reporters’ questions involving campaigns. White House press secretary has violated rule against politics on the job, watchdog says 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z This first part of the inquiry will hear from key politicians, civil servants, scientists, unions, health and care organisations, groups representing victims and their relatives and more. Covid inquiry: Failure to consider 'potentially massive impact' of lockdown 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z Mr Mundeyi is quoted by the Daily Monitor as saying that members of the group, mainly made up of teachers and civil servants, were already very fragile after their long journey without any food. Ethiopia repatriates Ugandan cult members who went there to starve 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z Its boycott has also meant that civil servants have been left to run Northern Ireland's public services amid a major budget crisis. DUP: Gavin Robinson elected as DUP deputy leader 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Those included suspending new investments in retirement funds for postal workers and civil servants. A $1 Trillion Borrowing Binge Looms After Debt Limit Standoff 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z In reply, a senior civil servant said there was a precedent that former ministers may receive legal support. Cabinet Office defends Johnson’s £245,000 Partygate legal bill 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z But his proposal to do so has drawn sharp criticism from civil servants and political opponents, who say that the cost of living is already too high. Kenyan police fire teargas at protesters marching against finance bill 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z Former senior civil servant Sue Gray could take up a job as Sir Keir Starmer's chief of staff in the autumn. Sue Gray could start work for Labour in autumn 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z The government said the offer was the highest for civil servants in 20 years. Civil servants to strike despite new pay offer 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z He said the offer was "both fair to the taxpayer and a recognition of the financial pressures civil servants have faced over the last year". Offer made to civil servants in bid to end strikes 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z "I was really tired of it so moved back to my hometown," he said, adding he is now studying for the civil servant exam. Chinese graduates lower their ambitions in moribund jobs market 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z “In a sense, this is our first WhatsApp inquiry,” said Jill Rutter, a former civil servant who is now a senior research fellow at the U.K. in a Changing Europe, a think tank in London. Sunak Still Can’t Put the Johnson and Truss Debacles Behind Him 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z The material includes 24 notebooks with contemporaneous notes, as well as his diaries and WhatsApp messages between Mr Johnson and cabinet ministers, advisors and senior civil servants. Boris Johnson says he has handed over Covid WhatsApps 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z Union bosses said civil servants below senior grades had been offered a lump sum of £1,500 for 2022/23. Civil servants to strike despite new pay offer 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z The government has made a new offer in a bid to end a dispute over pay and jobs with civil servants, union bosses have said. Offer made to civil servants in bid to end strikes 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z The material includes 24 notebooks with contemporaneous notes, as well as WhatsApp messages between Mr Johnson and cabinet ministers, advisors and senior civil servants. Boris Johnson: Deadline approaches to hand over WhatsApps to Covid inquiry 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z And civil servants are being offered salary increases, yearlong maternity leaves and even a babysitter if they expand their families. Overcrowded India? This State Is Desperate for More Babies. 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z The IPA would be made up of a panel of specialists including social workers, former civil servants, retired doctors, members of the emergency services, people with media experience and community leaders. Government support to be offered to disaster witnesses 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z "This is both fair to the taxpayer and a recognition of the financial pressures civil servants have faced over the last year," Mr Quin said. Civil servants to strike despite new pay offer 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z Union officials said civil servants below senior grades had been offered a lump sum of £1,500 for 2022/23. Offer made to civil servants in bid to end strikes 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z After reviewing Mr Johnson's official diary as part of the documents to be submitted to the public inquiry, civil servants passed the material to the police. Boris Johnson: Deadline approaches to hand over WhatsApps to Covid inquiry 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Kilicdaroglu, a former civil servant, has pledged to roll back much of Erdogan’s sweeping changes to Turkish domestic, foreign and economic policies. Erdogan positioned to extend rule in Turkey runoff election 2023-05-27T04:00:00Z A former official familiar with the situation says that during that transitional period, leaders at OMB created an atmosphere of intimidation by demoting high-level civil servants. Meet Russ Vought: Mild-mannered mastermind of the GOP's debt-ceiling power play 2023-05-27T04:00:00Z The Downing Street incident came as many civil servants were leaving work. 'I owned the car which crashed into Downing St gates' 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z The FDA union, which represents senior civil servants, has also suspended a ballot for industrial action which was due to start on Tuesday. Civil servants call off planned strike over pay 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z He later became a civil servant in the defense department. Strangers pay tribute at burial for Jamaican WWII vet who volunteered in Britain’s hour of need 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z The Cabinet Office, the engine room at the heart of government, was informed, and civil servants told the police. Chris Mason: The battle for truth over Covid is only just starting 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z "Each of these four men is a conservative Republican civil servant," Epley said. Investigators detail years of alleged misconduct by Texas AG Ken Paxton in stunning hearing 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z "The civil servants' hands are tied, they can tread water to the status quo but they can't be bold, they can't be innovative," he said. Northern Ireland education cuts 'equivalent to losing 6,600 staff' 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Last month, the government published new plans for an average 4.5% pay increase for civil servants, with an additional 0.5% for lower pay bands. Civil servants call off planned strike over pay 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z She said she had stopped discussing the matter with officials after receiving advice that it was not an appropriate matter for civil servants to look into. UK's Sunak will not investigate interior minister over speeding fine row 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z PET advised it was not an appropriate matter for civil servants to take forward. Speeding row: Letters between Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z This was then passed to civil servants, who in turn referred it to police "without any involvement with ministers", Mr Chalk added. Partygate: Minister defends civil servants over Johnson police referral 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z The Times of London said Tuesday that Johnson was reported by civil servants over alleged visits to Chequers, the prime minister’s official country retreat, as well as potential breaches in the leader’s Downing Street residence. Former U.K. leader Boris Johnson faces new police probe over lockdown visits 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z In April, more than 130,000 civil servants who are members of the PCS union went on strike over pay, pensions and job security. Civil servants call off planned strike over pay 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z School principals, civil servants, parents and young people were among those the report's authors interviewed. NI Education: Early special educational needs support 'almost impossible' 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z The home secretary is facing claims she asked civil servants to arrange a one-to-one speed awareness course for her, after being caught speeding in 2022. Suella Braverman: Rishi Sunak still considering whether to order investigation 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z And, in May 2022, a report by then-senior civil servant Sue Gray set out a series of social events held by staff in Downing Street which broke the rules. Partygate: Minister defends civil servants over Johnson police referral 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z “If today there is a reality in Turkey that does not allow its pensioners, workers and civil servants to be crushed under inflation, we succeeded by standing back to back with you.” For the Winner in Turkey, One Prize Is an Economy at the Edge of Crisis 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z It was first introduced after political blogger Guido Fawkes highlighted the views of an academic who was due to speak to civil servants at the Home Office during Black History Month in 2021. Weapons expert cut from government event due to Twitter posts 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z Giving Northern Ireland health service staff the same pay deal as workers in England could only be funded by making service cuts on an unprecedented scale, a senior civil servant has warned. NI health: 'Unprecedented cuts' needed for staff pay deal, says top official 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z On Monday, Mrs Braverman said she was "confident nothing untoward happened" but has refused to confirm whether she did ask civil servants to arrange a private course for her. Suella Braverman: Rishi Sunak still considering whether to order investigation 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z She asked civil servants about arranging a course for just her, citing security concerns about doing one as part of a group, but was told it was not a matter for the civil service. Rishi Sunak to consult ethics adviser over Suella Braverman speeding claims 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z He repeatedly raised the minimum wage, increased civil servant salaries and changed regulations to allow millions of Turks to receive early government pensions. For the Winner in Turkey, One Prize Is an Economy at the Edge of Crisis 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z Mr Hepburn told BBC Scotland that in the coming weeks another paper on the case for independence, produced by a team of Scottish government civil servants, will be published. De facto referendum is still an option, says indyref minister 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z Ceylan said in a statement that he wanted the film to impart the gradual decline in the personal convictions of civil servants and teachers sent to remote areas at an early age. Soggy Cannes premiere for Turkish director Ceylan's 'About Dry Grasses' 2023-05-19T04:00:00Z She is reported to have asked civil servants about a one-on-one course, citing security concerns about doing one as part of a group. Suella Braverman: Rishi Sunak still considering whether to order investigation 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z His grandfather had acquired over thirty thousand enslaved people employed as civil servants and palace administrators; turning to the Caucasus region again, Abbas decided to also create an enslaved soldier corps like the Ottoman Janissaries. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Many civil servants in the bureaucracy were Buddhist, which threatened Tang control. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Asked if he would continue as minister for London, Mr Scully said he had sought advice from civil servants to ensure there were no conflicts of interest. Paul Scully pauses ministerial role to run as London mayor 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Kilicdaroglu, a former civil servant who ran Turkey’s social security administration before leading Turkey’s largest opposition party, campaigned as the antithesis of Mr. Erdogan. Nail-Biter Turkish Election Goes to Round 2 as Majority Eludes Erdogan 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z An alliance of six opposition parties named the earnest and sometimes feisty former civil servant as its candidate to take on Erdogan in Sunday's elections. Turkey's upbeat Kilicdaroglu says election will bring a new spring 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z Before entering politics, he was a civil servant who ran Turkey’s social security administration. Turkey’s President Amassed Power. He Could Still Lose This Election. 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Former civil servant Mr Kilicdaroglu, who is 74, will represent a coalition of opposition groups at Sunday's election. Turkey election: Kremlin rejects accusations of interference 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Strike action weighed on the economy, as doctors, civil servants, teachers and rail workers walked off the job to protest low pay and other working conditions. Britain’s Economy Continues to Grow Slowly 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Dental services in Northern Ireland face collapse if health service cuts hit the sector, civil servants and politicians have been warned. NI budget: Dentists warn that services face collapse if hit by cuts 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z In recent months, he has raised the minimum wage, increased civil servant salaries, changed regulations to allow millions of Turks to receive government pensions early and expanded assistance programs for the poor. Erdogan’s Election Prospects Take a Hit as a Challenger Drops Out 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z In a separate statement, Norway said that contacts with Russia would remain for now at the level of senior civil servants, not at the level of senior political leadership. Norway takes over Arctic Council leadership from Russia 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z She told the Telegraph that the end-of-year deadline had meant civil servants were concentrating on which laws should be retained "rather than pursuing the meaningful reform government and businesses want to see". Why has the government changed its mind over EU law plans? 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Dave Penman, the head of the FDA Union which represents senior civil servants, hit back at suggestions the civil service were to blame, saying the deadline was "an inevitability". Brexit: Rishi Sunak broke his word over EU laws, says Jacob Rees-Mogg 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Departments are being run by civil servants, who have to take decisions over how to spend their chunk of the overall budget. NI budget: Dentists warn that services face collapse if hit by cuts 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z They are backing a joint candidate, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, a retired civil servant who has vowed to restore Turkish democracy and the independence of state bodies like the central bank while improving ties with the West. Turkey’s Election: What You Need to Know 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z In the four weeks leading up to an election Alberta governments typically enter caretaker mode, with civil servants handling the day-to-day business as the premier and their party focus on campaigning. Alberta wildfires test Premier Smith's crisis management skills ahead of election 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Ministers and civil servants are expected to follow Treasury guidance when making decisions about spending public money. Boris Johnson’s taxpayer-funded legal bill rises to £245,000 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Some cities have reduced pay for civil servants. The Elusive Fix for China’s Budget Crisis 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z As executive president he can declare a state of emergency and can pick or dismiss civil servants. Turkey elections: Erdogan and Kilicdaroglu offer stark choices for presidency 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z He said there was no evidence found that Welsh government civil servants or ministers were complicit. Betsi Cadwaladr: North Wales NHS fraud report 'found accounts falsified' 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z A former civil servant, Kilicdaroglu entered parliament in 2002 with the CHP, which was established by modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and has struggled to reach beyond its secularist grassroots towards conservatives. Factbox: Key players in Turkey's election campaign 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z But former senior civil servants disputed this, telling the BBC that it would not normally apply to parliamentary inquiries, like the one into Mr Johnson. Boris Johnson’s taxpayer-funded legal bill rises to £245,000 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z In a BBC interview, the former civil servant promised to bring freedom and democracy, and to reorient Turkey towards the West. Turkey elections: Aftershocks of anger and grief in the quake-hit nation 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z It pledged to cut government expenditure by reducing the number of planes used by the presidency, the number of vehicles used by civil servants, and selling some state buildings. Factbox: How Turkey's opposition plans to roll back Erdogan's policies 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z Right now in Britain, depending on the day of the week, teachers, nurses, doctors, train conductors, university lecturers and civil servants, among other professionals, are on strike. Opinion: King Charles has waited a very long time for this. But are you 'coronation-ready'? 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z The government published a statement on Monday night - which said the former civil servant Sue Gray had not cooperated with their investigation into her departure to work for Labour. Sue Gray: Inside track on an almighty row 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z "I would have regarded this as novel and contentious," the former senior civil servant said. Boris Johnson’s taxpayer-funded legal bill rises to £245,000 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z But many of the junta's opponents were charged under a law prohibiting incitement, the definition of which has been expanded and used against people urging civil servants to go on strike. Political prisoners among 2,000 pardoned by Myanmar junta 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z Senior civil servant Sue Gray has chosen not to be interviewed as part of a Cabinet Office inquiry over talks with Labour about a senior party role, a minister has said. Sue Gray chose not to engage with Labour job inquiry, minister says 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z We know from civil servant Sue Gray's report into lockdown gatherings that there were two on this date: Did Boris Johnson mislead Parliament over parties? 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z Cabinet Secretary Simon Case, the most senior civil servant in the country, was involved. Sue Gray: Inside track on an almighty row 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z Labour leader Keir Starmer says he is "confident" that senior civil servant Sue Gray has not broken any rules in talking to Labour about a role. I am confident Sue Gray did not break rules - Keir Starmer 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z Buckingham Palace mailed invitations — featuring a heraldic design on heavy card stock — to guests on a list compiled in coordination with British civil servants. King Charles coronation guest list: Who is coming and who isn’t 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z In the 1840s, he was the senior British civil servant in charge of Irish famine relief. Trevelyan descendant 'would consider' Irish famine compensation 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z Opinion polls give a slight lead to Mr Kilicdaroglu - a softly spoken former civil servant - but the election could well be a photo finish. Turkey's President Erdogan back on campaign trail after illness 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z They also argued she broke the rules for civil servants by not declaring her talks with opposition figures. Sue Gray: Inside track on an almighty row 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z Sharp has said he only put Sam Blyth, a Canadian business executive and a distant cousin of Johnson, in touch with Simon Case, the cabinet secretary and senior civil servant. BBC chairman resigns over million-dollar Boris Johnson loan deal 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z According to the book, a senior UK civil servant, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the location made clear the Prince's feelings. King was 'unhappy' about Prince of Wales Bridge renaming 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z It notes that a suggestion was made to civil servants to call potential candidates and inform them the application process was open. Richard Sharp report: What it tells us at a glance 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z His departure felt inevitable, particularly as it became clear that Simon Case, the Cabinet secretary the UK's top civil servant, was not going to back him in the way Mr Sharp had hoped. Did BBC boss Tim Davie tell chairman Richard Sharp he had to go? 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Three decades later, the gruesome crime is back in the news after Anand Mohan Singh, who had been serving a life sentence for the civil servant's murder, walked out of prison this week. Anand Mohan Singh: Indian official’s wife distraught as his killer is freed 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Wray defended the FBI‘s operations, saying “there are no political appointees in the FBI, everybody in the FBI as a career civil servant, unless you count me and I’ve been nominated nominee.” FBI director: 22% budget cut will hurt agency’s fight against violent crime, espionage 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z "He unveiled a new name for a bridge 25 miles from the bridge, and that says it all," the civil servant said. King was 'unhappy' about Prince of Wales Bridge renaming 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z The statement comes in response to a Guardian report that civil servants "raised concern" about his conduct. No complaints made about Steve Barclay, says health department 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z A union representing senior civil servants previously said politicians, not civil servants, should make any "exceptionally difficult decisions" on Stormont's public finances. Stormont budget due to be set out in House of Commons 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z The association of civil servants has asked the Bihar government to reconsider its decision. Anand Mohan Singh: Indian official’s wife distraught as his killer is freed 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z People working across several industries, such as rail, the NHS and government civil servants, have gone on strike in recent months over various reasons including pay. Bank chief's comments on pay rises 'out of touch' 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z She also said that civil servants were being put in an increasingly difficult position the longer they had to wait to find out how big the cuts would be. Stormont budget crisis 'putting public services at risk' 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Sources told the paper officials had informally complained to the top civil servant in the department about the way Mr Barclay had treated colleagues. No complaints made about Steve Barclay, says health department 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z It was a rare and significant intervention, and one not typically made by senior civil servants. Stormont budget due to be set out in House of Commons 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Another Cobra meeting - an emergency response committee made up of ministers, civil servants and others - is expected later on Tuesday to discuss the situation. Sudan: UK sends military team as it weighs evacuation options 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z On Sunday Mr Cleverly chaired a sixth Cobra session - an emergency response committee made up of ministers, civil servants and others - to discuss Sudan's "escalation" of violence. Sudan violence: UK help for Britons stuck in Sudan 'severely limited' 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z But with none of the nine department ministers in place the powers of civil servants are severely limited. Stormont budget cuts will cause 'irreversible damage' to services 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z The report comes at a difficult time in the relationship between civil servants and ministers. No complaints made about Steve Barclay, says health department 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Permanent secretaries - top civil servants - have been running Northern Ireland's nine departments since October but their powers are severely limited. Stormont budget due to be set out in House of Commons 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Writing in the Observer, Lord Francis Maude, a former Cabinet Office minister, raised the prospect of civil servants being able to have more open political affiliations. Tory peer Lord Maude calls for more robust culture in Whitehall 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z Dominic Raab dismissed repeated warnings about his behaviour, a retired senior civil servant who worked with him in the Foreign Office has said. Dominic Raab dismissed my behaviour warnings - Lord McDonald 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z Raab, 49, who rose to prominence when Boris Johnson was prime minister, resigned after an independent investigation and report concluded that he had bullied his staff and civil servants while serving in high office. British Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab resigns after bullying findings 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z Last week, Dominic Raab - a senior minister and close ally of the prime minister - resigned after a bullying inquiry found he had acted in an "aggressive" way towards civil servants. No complaints made about Steve Barclay, says health department 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Mr Raab's description of some civil servants as "activist" is, in this context, explosive. Losing Dominic Raab is a bad day for Rishi Sunak 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z "In France, permanent civil servants often have overt political affiliations, and it causes few problems," he said. Tory peer Lord Maude calls for more robust culture in Whitehall 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z After he resigned, Mr Raab said a "very small minority of very activist civil servants" were effectively trying to block reforms they did not like, related to areas including Brexit, prisoner parole and human rights. Dominic Raab dismissed my behaviour warnings - Lord McDonald 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z One of Mr Raab's former advisers said civil servants will be breathing a "sigh of relief". Report highlights work culture at heart of UK establishment 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z Dominic Raab hit out at "activist" civil servants in a BBC interview after resigning as deputy PM, after an investigation upheld some bullying allegations against him. In full: Raab's first interview since quitting 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z Sufficiently so, some civil servants see it as a conspiracy concocted to distract attention from the criticisms he's faced. Losing Dominic Raab is a bad day for Rishi Sunak 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z After his resignation, Mr Raab hit out at what he described as some "activist" civil servants, saying such a low bar for bullying would have a chilling effect on government. Tory peer Lord Maude calls for more robust culture in Whitehall 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z Former Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab has accused "activist civil servants" of trying to block the work of government, after his dramatic resignation over bullying claims. Dominic Raab hits out at 'activist civil servants' after resignation 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z He said civil servants had "lost confidence" in the process for resolving complaints and that "ministers are behaving badly with civil servants." Report highlights work culture at heart of UK establishment 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z Asked if the blunt truth was that he was a nightmare to work for, the Mr Raab hit out at a "small minority of very activist civil servants". 'Are you a nightmare to work for?' Raab asked by BBC 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z But there was also anger, with one former senior civil servant telling me, after reading his resignation, that his exit was "entirely consistently with how he led the department". Dominic Raab: Civil servants express relief after resignation 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z One complaint is centred around Mr Raab's response to a work project undertaken by civil servants. Dominic Raab bullying report: Key findings at a glance 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z He said a "very small minority of very activist civil servants" were effectively trying to block reforms they did not like, related to areas including Brexit, prisoner parole and human rights. Dominic Raab hits out at 'activist civil servants' after resignation 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z Mr Malik also said some criticisms of the civil service was also making the relationship between ministers and civil servants more difficult. Report highlights work culture at heart of UK establishment 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab resigned Friday after an independent investigation found he bullied civil servants, though he criticized the report as “flawed.” UK deputy prime minister quits after bullying investigation 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z Another former civil servant who worked closely with Mr Raab says his resignation letter tells you "everything you need to know" about his character. Dominic Raab: Civil servants express relief after resignation 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab resigned Friday after an independent investigation found he bullied civil servants. U.K. deputy prime minister quits after bullying investigation 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z However, the FDA union, which represents civil servants, said bullying "blights people's lives and careers" and "gets in the way of government working effectively and efficiently". Dominic Raab hits out at 'activist civil servants' after resignation 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z A civil servant who worked in his private office, and gave evidence to the inquiry, said they were "very sad" at his resignation, believing he was a good boss. Report highlights work culture at heart of UK establishment 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z The ministerial code of conduct requires ministers to treat people with respect and have proper and appropriate relationships with colleagues, civil servants and staff. UK deputy prime minister quits after bullying investigation 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z One senior civil servant says while some of the behaviour highlighted in the report resonated, they had never had an issue with it. Dominic Raab: Civil servants express relief after resignation 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z He said ministers needed to be able to give direct critical feedback, and exercise direct oversight, over their civil servant officials. Who is Dominic Raab? Karate black-belt who resigned 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z But the investigation, by an independent barrister, laid out a litany of cases in which civil servants accused Mr. Raab, who also serves as justice secretary, of mistreating them. Dominic Raab, U.K. Deputy Prime Minister, Resigns Amid Bullying Scandal 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z Even junior ministers can often command large teams of several civil servants and special advisors, known in Westminster parlance as SpAds. Report highlights work culture at heart of UK establishment 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z "I think so," Dave Penman of the civil servants' union the FDA said. Raab and Sunak both face moment of jeopardy 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z This raises interesting questions about the future relationships between civil servants and ministers and is likely to throw the spotlight on behaviour and conduct in politics. Dominic Raab: Civil servants express relief after resignation 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z The Labour MP added that he was unclear why certain interests that are flagged to civil servants are never made public. Who decides what you know about ministers' financial interests? 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z The volume of work has risen fivefold and has taken its toll on public officials, according to two senior Spanish civil servants. Analysis: Seaplanes and tech gods: Spain's drive to dish out $84 billion of EU cash 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z "When it happens at the top level of government it means the public aren't getting the level of service they need from civil servants or other staff members working for MPs." Report highlights work culture at heart of UK establishment 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z A soft-spoken former civil servant, he is the very antithesis of Turkey's grandstanding, powerful president. Turkey's soft-spoken Kemal Kilicdaroglu takes on powerful Erdogan 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Some will ask what all the fuss was about and wonder if some civil servants are insufficiently thick skinned to deal with a demanding boss. Dominic Raab bullying inquiry nears judgement day 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z This form is then shared with the relevant permanent secretary, the most senior civil servant in that government department, who advises on any action that needs to be taken. Who decides what you know about ministers' financial interests? 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z The FDA union will also ballot senior civil servants for strike action. Heathrow security staff and passport workers announce May strikes 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z |
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