Sentences with phrase «which civil servants»

Having dealt with the disclosure of MPs» travel expenses, the ICO has had to look at whether the government is correct in its assertion that Gateway Reviews — interim reviews in which civil servants assess the progress of projects, in this case the proposed national identity card scheme — should be exempt from disclosure under FIA 2000.

This is only a rule of construction, though, and is subject to the famous Carltona exception, pursuant to which civil servants can act in the name of a minister named in a statute.

All we have read about the 2016 budget in the last 30 days easily explains the obscene wealth into which civil servants retire into in Nigeria.

There are rules governing the extent to which civil servants can help politicians conduct analysis of policy proposals that could well end up in an election manifesto.

«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.

Not exact matches

They are mostly running on their 2014 budget, which they had an army of civil servants assist in drafting and costing the plan.

The former civil servant also acknowledged the frustration felt among communities following the Grenfell Tower tragedy, as well as the «deprivation and inequality» which divides the capital.

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.

All these data sets are summarized in our final figure, which also shows the number of civil servants since 1961.

In the early 1970s he joined Rothschild's Central Policy Review Staff at No 10 in the Heath government where he learnt to admire Heath and make contacts and friends with a generation of the ablest young civil servants who would rise to power and influence from which he benefitted.

The lawmaker explained that the late senior civil servant was being owed 11 months salary which made it difficult for him to meet his responsibilities.

The one category of civil servants which increased substantially in number and paybill over the past five years was «special advisers,» the political appointees who work closely with ministers (Figure 3).

The other consequence, as we have seen is the multiplication of recurrent costs of governance as resources which should otherwise have been channeled into areas of public need are expended paying and maintaining civil servants and political office holders.

The question of which unknown civil servant released which letter on which website at which time are of huge interest to MPs and journalists, but of almost no interest to anyone else.

«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.

In his day he was a very able civil servant, and it seems to me that if anyone could unravel and reform the tangled bureaucracy which holds up the devoted professionals of the NHS, it ought to be someone with his experience.

Addressing an audience of more than 80 Parliamentarians and 150 construction industry leaders, civil servants and journalists at the House of Commons, Bill Bolsover, the Chairman of the Construction Products Association, identified the construction industry as a key driver of economic growth and suggested ways in which government should kick start the recovery.

The politician and the civil servant are tied at the hip, in a symbiotic relationship ripe with comic potential which Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn have once again harvested.

The announcement comes as pressure grows on ministers to scrap a deal struck with civil servants in October, which allows existing workers to retire on a full pension at the age of 60, although new employees would have to work until 65.

Certainly I hate whichever minister or civil servant in Whitehall came up with the idea of refusing to fund search - and - rescue teams in the Mediterranean — an act which they must have known was equivalent to signing their death sentence.

Lord Butler: I think one of the difficulties is that where there are big projects we move our civil servants and ministers around too often which makes it difficult to hold our ministers and civil servants to account.

The four people challenging the prisoner book ban were vastly outnumbered by the MoJ's legal team, which had solicitors, barristers and plenty of civil servants to back them up.

These illegal and violent acts which took place in a Rambo fashion taking many civil servants by surprise is generating fear and drawing unwanted international attention to the country with speed gaining notoriety and creating the impression that we are a nation of lawless people without any strong and responsible leadership.

This clearly is not good law and it is no wonder that the Hunting Act was cited in 2010 as an example of poor legislation by The Better Government Initiative, which was compiled by former senior civil servants, including Lord Butler, Sir John Chilcot and Sir Thomas Legg.

But at the core of the book is a series of major government failures which damaged the reputation of ministers and civil servants and wasted billions of pounds, and King and Crewe analyse each failure — what was the thinking behind the Child Support Agency or the Millennium Dome?

«Isn't this part of a much bigger issue which is there is growing anger in what she calls the court of public opinion not just about the pension and renumeration of what are now public sector employees but about other public sector fat cats including senior civil servants and dare I say it ministers about their very lavish and generous pension?»

That means police must have access not only to intelligence agents but also to those senior civil servants and ministers who set the policy under which agents operated.

On Wednesday, George Osborne released a report by the most senior civil servant at the Treasury, Sir Nicholas Macpherson which «strongly» advised against the union as «currently proposed».

Mr. Emanuel Ezeka, a retired civil servant said it would appear that the judiciary is encouraging PDP to factionalize in the state, which encouraged the party to field multiple candidates during elections because members of the party knew that either way, the party would be declared winner.

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.

Most states have chosen not to follow the federal example with regard to judges and have either imposed a constitutional retirement age, as in the case of Colorado, where Colorado Constitution, Article IV, Section 23 (1) requires judges to retire at age 72, and / or have a commission overseeing judges (and sometimes other civil servants) that can require them to retire due to disabilities which often arise from old age.

Michael Gove has shrugged off allegations that his special advisers bullied civil servants in his department, in a bitterly fought committee session which proved frustrating for both sides.

The main civil servants» union, the Public and Commercial Services union, which took joint strike action on 30 June, has described Labour leader Ed Miliband's refusal to support public sector workers taking action over cuts in their pensions as «a slap in the face».

Jo Johnson has been chosen to fill a role usually reserved for a civil servant, in a move which is intended to make Downing Street more political in its day - to - day operation.

«It is counter-productive for politicians and civil servants to engage in mutual scapegoating based on half - truths and myths which ignore what is really happening,» the IfG, headed by Peter Riddell, said.

Mr Barber suggested coordinated strike action, the possibility of which was also aired by Bob Crow of the RMT and Mark Serwotka at the civil servants» union PCS - the latter of whom said he would be planning joint industrial action across the public sector if his pleas fall on deaf ears.

«So there was need to do an audit to find out how we got to the situation where there were more senior than junior level civil servants; it was lopsided, the issues necessitated the civil service reform which is part of the five cardinal programmes of the government,» He said.

«It is, therefore, unfortunate and ridiculous that the government which has caused monumental pains to the civil servants and their relations could commit the very scarce resources of the state in buying over 143 pages (so far) of the Leadership newspaper of October 19th and 20th 2017 editions to mislead the reading public that his government is not owing salaries of civil servants.

Likewise, those committees which questioned particular senior civil servants and Quango chiefs may also be fishing in a «men - only» pool.

O'Donnell said honesty and objectivity ran through the core of civil servants «like a stick of rock», and the forecasts which came from Whitehall would have been made in good faith.

The protest is just the latest headache for RBS which has been in the media spotlight for nearly two weeks now as the fine print of Sir Fred's pension is pored over by lawyers and civil servants.

Drafting a law costs time and money, as does passing them through the parliament (which will probably include some bikeshedding about it), training civil servants, modifying computer systems, etc..

Tory MPs, civil servants, EU diplomats and White House officials have all run out of patience with Boris Johnson, according to a scathing column by The Times» Rachel Sylvester which has been devoured across Westminster.

That the process by which ministers and civil servants consult on jobs they take after public office should be put on a statutory basis.

On his first day in office, Brown rescinded the Order in Council which gave his predecessor's political advisers Alastair Campbell — who left office in 2003 — and Jonathan Powell, authority to issue instructions to civil servants.

The Act, which enshrines the appointment of impartial civil servants on merit, was only put on the statute book in 2010 and was passed with all - party support — including Mr Maude's.

As with this week's other row, over Michael Gove's political advisers using private email channels to circumvent FoI inquiries about their free schools policy, we can see that civil servants have difficult jobs which both politicians and the media can make much harder.

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.»

However, the FDA union, which represents senior civil servants, has accused the Government of «failing to equip» public servants tasked with delivering a «brighter future» for the UK outside the EU.

«The Special Adviser's Code of Conduct clearly states that Special Advisers «must not:... ask civil servants to do anything which is inconsistent with their obligations under the Civil Service Code» and that they «should avoid anything which might reasonably lead to the criticism that people paid from public funds are being used for party political purpose&racivil servants to do anything which is inconsistent with their obligations under the Civil Service Code» and that they «should avoid anything which might reasonably lead to the criticism that people paid from public funds are being used for party political purpose&raCivil Service Code» and that they «should avoid anything which might reasonably lead to the criticism that people paid from public funds are being used for party political purpose».