Sentences with phrase «civil servants do»

Assuming that civil servants don't want to be pilloried in the Daily Mail or roasted by the Public Accounts Committee, why these endless failures?

The vast majority of senior civil servants do not receive it.»

No one would dispute the idea that civil servants do need to be accountable for their actions, but equally the last thing we want to see is government ministers evading their responsibilities by blaming others.

Ministers traditionally complain that civil servants don't pay enough attention to parliament; now most will have little choice.

Over the period from 1980 to 2010 numbers of civil servants were cut by over a third — ostensibly to cut costs — but the costs of hiring civil servants did not fall at all in constant - price terms, and overall running costs continued to rise.

He said, «Some months back when regular payment of workers salary by the state government became difficult due to the obnoxious economic policies of the Buhari administration and plundering of the state by the immediate past APC — led government, this particular civil servant did not hang himself then.

The Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg MP told Channel 4 News: «I think many soldiers in the frontline in Afghanistan will be really angered that the bloated Ministry of Defence back home where there are hundreds, thousands of civil servants doing desk jobs aren't doing what they're supposed to do, which is keep the budget in check so that our brave soldiers are properly supported in the frontline.»

Not exact matches

Zambia used revenue from copper to increase the salaries of civil servants but did not invest in potential growth industries, like tourism and agriculture.

The beefed - up mandate gives the Conservatives leeway to slash programs and civil servants, should they choose to do so, without having to worry about justifying the cuts in an election campaign months later.

Those secure in their beliefs do not, as Mr Mnuchin did, seek to de-publish studies by apolitical civil servants.

In 2001, in a decision that side - stepped the religious liberties issue, the Vermont Supreme Court ruled that he did not need to perform the ceremony because there were other civil servants who would.

As you said, once you arrive at your job as a civil servant, you should be there to do work.

The professors enjoy the status of civil servants and in that sense are one step removed from direct ecclesiastical control; but their primary responsibilities are clear, and all theological work is done in a distinct confessional mold.

I am not a pastor or in any position of leadership within the church but as a full time civil servant I would get the sack if I did not do my job competently or I have the option to leave if I become disillusioned with the job.

For peoples subject to, or allied with, the Roman state, this change in the form of government did not make a great deal of difference, except that in the early years of the empire the power struggles which accompanied the decline of the republic seemed to have come to an end, and tax - collection by private companies, often accompanied by extortion, was replaced by tax - collection by civil servants.

these guys are suppose to be civil servants not footballers, why pay so much when less is expected from them, in Africa were I come from, d worst set of workers are d civil servants, they don't set target for them, laxity to work, non challant attitude yet there job is d most secured in Nigeria, arsene Wenger is a civil servant

Largely because my predecessors in office rose through the ranks, they were civil servants and naturally, nemo dat quod non habit that is the latin phrase for saying you can not give what you don't have.

Meanwhile in covering the downfall of Stephen Byers, the author doesn't neglect to mention what senior civil servant Richard Mottram was overheard shouting at a bewildered colleague in the Department for Transport: «We're all fucked.

However my transgression doesn't change my view that for many civil servants — and even for many others with very little relationship to elected government — local or national — purdah is an excuse to close down any public facing or vaguely innovative government activity.

«The procurement of contracts are often done centrally, by civil servants in Whitehall who don't know what's best for a particular prison.

Civil servants, businesses and commentators are now scrambling to work out who these eurosceptics are, what they believe and what they'll do.

He won't do emails — insisting, instead, on working with a fountain pen as he goes through his red box each morning issuing marching orders to civil servants by writing on their papers.

«The trend is internal to the Jewish community... which is to say older, middle - aged and more secular Jewish voters like my parents — two retired teachers and civil servants in Brooklyn — just don't have the numbers anymore.

«They don't understand that they are the state», say civil servants who criticise migrants for complaining about how «the state» has not created conditions for leading a good life at home.

Former civil servants were aghast at the idea that no preparation had been done for the default outcome.

«We are meeting our obligations to the Kogi people and the civil servants and shall continue to do our people proud».

It is totally unacceptable that civil and public servants doing vital jobs, such as coastguard watch assistants, should earn just above the minimum wage and be faced with pay cuts in real terms.

The government has to recognise that this erosion of confidence can only be halted by having enough civil and public servants with the right resources to do the job.

Kerslake: I don't think civil servants seek out or shy away from the limelight, I think they should be comfortable with transparency.

But adds that if civil servants are to be held accountable you need to find out what specific task was delegated to them by the relevant minister «that is not an easy task to do».

Having negotiated the coalition agreement without the help of civil servants, and with no experience in government myself, I simply didn't see the need to surround myself with teams of officials.

Lord Butler says that select committees can and do see civil servants at all levels.

Lord Crickhowell notes that projects are becoming increasingly complicated and that there is some reluctance from civil servants to do jobs and employ consultants from outside to do these jobs.

Government could use parliamentary committees to look at proposals and identify problems in advance — pre-legislative scrutiny in practice doesn't match its current remit, and there is a need to bring back «in - house» a lot of work that was traditionally done by civil servants but has been outsourced, with an unhealthy relationship between the private sector and consultants.

Regardless of the rights and the wrongs of this particular case it does raise very important questions about the relationship between ministers and civil servants.

Even if it's completely the opposite of what they were doing six months ago, civil servants respond wonderfully to strong and effective leadership.»

And no, I'm not bashing civil servants — everyone in my family took tests and sat on lists and didn't get «appointed» based on who they know.

«If people don't know what you're doing, they don't know what you're doing wrong,» Sir Humphrey Appleby once said - but civil servants will soon have fewer places to hide.

I am not a civil servant, I don't belong to any commission or any...»

This is a very apposite book and should be read by ministers, shadow ministers, parliamentarians and civil servants, but I doubt whether more than a few will have the inclination or time to do so.

But it is thought that in several of these files the civil servants have thought it necessary to include options that do go against the grain of what the party leaders have been campaigning on - because they are not convinced the total number of cuts can be achieved unless the politicians eat their words.

All you have to do is pay the salaries of civil servants even if it is the only thing you can do, be in the good books of traditional rulers and patronise as many local politicians as your ego allows.

Next time we do it, all the civil servants will come and stand behind their commissioners to do your presentations,» he said.

The underappreciated, dedicated civil servants who deliver these services do an amazing job.

We might end up discovering that some of these people — I don't care whether they are politicians or civil servants — have interest in ensuring that there is chaos from Maiduguri to Lagos.

Any minister is reliant on their private office to point out what they need to read and what they don't, and on the face of it she was let down by her civil servants and her special advisers.

I had decided to rather work for government but not inside government so as to enjoy my liberty of self - expression and doing what I like rather than being another subservient civil servant.

Noodle had the power of politics behind her, as Duncan and his team (the parliamentary one, I'm assured; civil servants had nothing to do with this party matter) produced a manifesto for her.

There have been some pro-Brexit politicians that claim the Civil Service is against Brexit: Civil servants will «do their best to frustrate» Brexit, Lord Lawson has said in an interview with BBC...

Don't push, cajole or lobby civil servants.