Sentences with phrase «civil servants changed»

Have average civil servants changed their attitude towards corrupt practices?

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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.

Having a Dream Crusher as a gatekeeper is like giving a bitter civil servant having the power of a brilliant, possibly society changing emigrant standing hopeful in front of him.

During a long period of research and drafting by civil servants, the proposals were strongly opposed by a lobby of children's and women's organisations on the grounds that any change would be an invitation to violent men to abuse their partners.

Civil servants from: Department of Work & Pensions, Department of Business, Innovation & Skills, Department of Culture, Media & Sport, Department of Energy & Climate Change, Cabinet Office.

But what comes through the pages of Hearts and Minds is Oliver's ability to carry out substantial research to get at the truth of how to implement or change policy, and impartiality to motivate able people — politicians, civil servants and business types to enthusiastically help him.

With recent staff changes in the DfT, the BMF also warn that it also means that there is now no one senior from the DfT, either civil servant or minister, who was involved at the outset of the review, a review set up to address a revised testing regime that had seen new tests introduced by the DSA and hundreds of test centres close.

This article is based on conversations with Catherine Barnard, professor of EU Law at the University of Cambridge, Anand Menon, professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King's College London and director of UK in a Changing Europe, Steve Peers, professor of EU, Human Rights and World Trade Law at the University of Essex, Amy Porges, adviser and government representative on WTO negotiations and litigation and free trade agreements, John Springford, director of Research at the Centre for European Reform and other politicians, trade negotiators, civil servants and officials in London, Washington and Brussels who asked not to be named.

It came from a civil servant in the Department of Energy and Climate Change (Labour had a knack of creating government departments with ugly, stilted names and this was one of them).

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.

These changes meant that, for the first time, staff who were not civil servants were included in administration costs.

A powerful preliminary step would be a change in the law to ensure that ministers, civil servants and special advisers are lifelong servants of the Crown, and require its permission for any subsequent occupation other than Crown service.

«What has changed is that over the past decade, certainly on the economic agenda, we've built a very robust evidence base which civil servants in the Treasury, for example, have accepted.

Ironically, the civil servants in Franco's economic advisory proposed modern and liberal economic policies that brought intense growth and development during the 1960s, but when it came to political reform, however, they resisted change.

(Peter Hoskin has described the enthusiasm of younger civil servants for change on this site.)

For all the changes the area has gone through, it's held on to a large part of its middle class core: white and blue collar civil servants, private sector professionals, union workers and small entrepreneurs.

In subsequent written correspondence with civil servants, the BHA stated that «Our concern is for the government to make absolutely clear that there is no chance it will ever accept [creationist Free School] bids, or allow any state - funded school to teach creationism as science, anywhere in the curriculum, and this is only possible through a change in the law... we would support any adjustment to the model funding agreement to add a statement [to this effect]... Could we request that the next time the [Free School] model funding agreement is reviewed, our desire for this point's inclusion is considered?»

«But he will have his work cut out in convincing ministers of this new approach, who are going to have to change their attitude towards civil servants, public bodies and unions if they want this strategy to succeed.»

Civil servants said it was «taking longer than expected» to make the change because of delays in assessing people's eligibility for the benefit.

The changes came after labor unions raised issues with the initial version of the amendment, which they said was far too broad in its scope and could impact lower level civil servants.

Their one - year - on report on the civil service reform plan has been unusually honest about the areas where change is not taking place - in a bid to embarrass civil servants into getting on with the reforms.

These changes will send out a clear message to the army of civil servants who govern our lives: you might just be able to get away with it.

The committee called for immediate changes to maximise departments» ability to implement the # 80 billion of spending review cuts, including penalties for civil servants who do not deliver on their value for money commitments.

He urged civil servants, politicians and those in positions of authority to become born - again and begin to act positively towards ameliorating the mistakes of the past so that the impact of the change mantra can be felt by the people.

In the meantime, PCS in conjunction with other unions representing civil servants, will be mounting a legal challenge and seeking a judicial review over the changes.

He further said they (civil servants) are the cause, Nigerians are yet to feel the impact of change promised by the ruling All Progressives Congress.

Mr. McFadden: The changes that we propose to the pension scheme will mean that the deficit is handled on the same basis as the pension schemes serving teachers, nurses and civil servants.

The Minister who made the disclosure at an interactive session with newsmen on Tuesday shortly after he met with the Association of Civil Servants of Nigeria in Abuja said the programme would enlighten Nigerians on the need to positively change their attitude and ensure they do the right things.

It reminds me of that Yes, Minister sketch when Sir Humphrey Appleby says that it is much better that civil servants and teacher unions decide education policy because ministers are always changing.

Sir Hayden, a former civil servant, was asked by the prime minister to examine whether agreement could be reached over changes to party funding.

After years of promoting economic growth at almost any cost, Beijing is now struggling to change official attitudes, despite a raft of new policies, including tying civil servants» career prospects to their energy - saving achievements.

Since Schools Week started we've tracked the eight regional schools commissioners, civil servants who control all decisions on school and academy trust openings, closures and significant changes.

In «The Museum of Final Journeys,» the narrator remembers his early years as a civil servant in a changing country and a private museum filled to the brim with fine art and sculpture moldering away in the middle of the woods.

I am a Civil Servant and work for the US DOE, and I am as «skeptical» about man - made climate change as they come.

I can easily believe that there are senior politicians, civil servants and other thinkers who would be happy to see a mass movement develop around climate change.

Members of the Parliament's environment and industry committees voted to approve Mr Cañete's appointment as the EU's top civil servant for climate change in a secret ballot.

Waste and abuse of federal resources is a shared concern: CSPW is worried that the broad self - censorship occurring now across the board among civil servants working on climate change, from one aspect or another, is beginning to prevent the transfer of important climate change science research results to the American people.

Much has yet to be done and civil servants are muttering about the changes coming into play in early 2013.

In this case, the primary legal issue Mr. Petrie identified was a change to the Public Service Labour Relations Act in New Brunswick which he thought provided an opportunity for non-unionized civil servants.

A report has called for major change in the way corporate legal work is regulated.The independent report, Review of the Regulation of Corporate Legal Work, by former senior civil servant Nick Smedley, was commissioned by the Law Society and published last week.

Richard Arthur, head of trade union law at Thompsons Solicitors, says: «The law says that the government can't change redundancy rights which have already accrued for civil servants unless the unions agree... PCS did not agree to the new scheme and so it was found to be unlawful.»

It is perhaps curious that the only reported case on this is the old one of Cresswell v Board of Inland Revenue [1984] 2 All ER 713, [1984] IRLR 190, but the facts of that case make the point well — the civil servants in dispute were obliged to accept reasonable adaptations to change from quill pen clerks to computerised clerks, in order to keep up with new technology.

Few ministers (or civil servants) understand IT or have a gut feeling about the risks of a big project, and this is not likely to change (David Gauke, the Work and Pensions minister responsible for Universal Credit, is a solicitor and Ian Duncan Smith started life in the Scots Guards).

Areas of special interest include: Anxiety in school aged children, parenting anxious or traumatized children, Helping professionals (therapists, civil servants, medical professionals) in therapy, expressive arts therapy and those working through transitional life issues such as divorce, becoming a parent or career changes.»