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...uo;literally providing tea and sympathy sessions”, Lee says. Working behind the scenes, commissioners meet with politicians, officials, special advisers and working groups, offering...
...ront line. Our outside efficiency advisers have recognised the strength...this transition Q. The growth of special advisers, consultants and interim staf...il service has provided access to important specialist skills – but on a short-t...
Blog posts
Decentralisation, but not at the centre
...the Conservatives have – unsurprisingly – adopted a very small-c conservative line on the civil service, bemoaning the upsurge in special advisers; the supposed loss of civil s...
An old-fashioned view of good government
...islation, and the expansion in special advisers’ numbers and influence...ort. When I worked [as a Blair special adviser] in Number 10, my cri...een the politicians, political advisers and the civil service. In par...encouraged by self-interested special advisers to be suspicious rather than...
News
Six new ‘spads’ for Nick Clegg
...s office is to appoint six new special advisers, or ‘spads’.Two have alr...eadquarters, has been appointed special adviser for both the Home Off...aul Burstow, has been appointed special adviser for the departments of...and pensions.Four more special advisers will be appointed by the end...
...ny ministers, entering this alien realm, leant heavily on their special advisers. But Darling quickly came to...servants there. “Gordon had preferred to operate through his special advisers,” he says – so official...
Analysis_opinion
...nd the NHS ‘pause’ – had their roots in the coalition’s first frenetic weeks. Now other key figures have accepted that ministers and special advisers weren’t adequately challeng...
...ffices: the Adam Werritty affair is symptomatic of wider problems concerning unofficial aides, the political selection of civil servants, and special advisers who overstep the mark. Yet if...
Interviews
...y years after he stopped being a special adviser to Tony Blair. But hi...ters across government. A former special adviser himself, Adonis belie...date the convention that special advisers work only for the prime minis...ion to cut the number of special advisers”, have made this impossible...
...ons minister Steve Webb has “wanted for most of his life to create a simplified state pension system”, Begg explains. Even one of the two special advisers, former CSJ chief Philippa St...
Features
Frontline: A workforce development manager explains the impact of policy on working life
...only have to provide advice for looked-after children or children with special educational needs. This has l...It was a short-sighted move, because teachers aren’t expert careers advisers.Youth services generally have...
O'Donnell suggests that Blair breached ministerial code
...ere much more of that debate would have take place around the chancellor’s table, with the permanent officials being present along with the special advisers.”
Special_report
An exclusive club: special adviser analysis
...h Executive, explains that “special advisers who genuinely know the minds...e, become more positive about special advisers. However, while in op...CSW profiled all the special advisers serving the Labour government...worked in business. Out of 65 special advisers, just one has worked...
Special report: special advisers
The coalition's spadsAnalysis of the findingsSee our news storyA plea for wider perspectivesSpecial Advisers 2009
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...ermanent SecretaryPrime Minister's Special AdvisersDeputy Prime Minister's Special Advisers Back ...Work and PensionsMinister's profileSpecial Advisers Back t...profileNon-executive board membersSpecial Advisers Back...
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The Conservatives have confirmed that they will abolish the public service agreement (PSA) system.A third instalment to the party’s manifesto, published yesterday, also promises a ban on departments spending any money on lobbyists and a reduction in the number of special advisers.On performance...
Tags: government communications, government spending, special advisers, civil service, civil service pay, civil service pay
Ex-leaders call for better government
Impartial civil servants have been sidelined and large areas of public business have been politicised, according to former senior civil servants.The findings are included in a report due to be published by the Better Government Initiative on Wednesday.A preview of the report in the Financial Time...
Tags: civil service reform, government communications, special advisers