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The Department for International Development's approach to value for money is helping to make UK aid spending go further, but improvements are still needed. All UK government departments are required to achieve value for money in their use of public funds. In recent years, DFID has been working to ...
On the second day of the meeting, the Council was joined by officials from three UK Government departments, including Ben Merrick, Director Overseas Territories at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Dr Gemma Harper, Deputy Director for Marine from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural ...

The Council was joined on the second day by officials from three U.K. Government departments, including Mr Ben Merrick, Director Overseas Territories at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Dr Gemma Harper, Deputy Director for Marine from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ...
On the second day of the meeting, the Council was joined by officials from three UK Government departments, including Ben Merrick, Director Overseas Territories at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Dr Gemma Harper, Deputy Director for Marine from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural ...
While other public sector tenants have yet be to confirmed, the Department for Work & Pensions is also expected to join HMRC staff. The building, which is due for completion in December 2019, will also have space for other UK Government departments and organisations, such as Innovate UK, to use.
Privately, some Tory sources say the slippage is down to “a lot of resistance” within some UK government departments, as ministers consider which EU powers should flow to Holyrood. While that could see Scottish ministers gaining control over key areas such as fisheries and agriculture, the sources say ...

The meetings will cover a full range of issues and are expected to include discussions with different UK Government departments at official and ministerial level. The come as the UK and the EU prepare to commence phase two of the Brexit negotiations. The UK Government is also e meeting with individual ...
A new Institute For Government report, which you can read here, shows that UK government departments either fully or partially withheld over 50% of information in 2016-2017. In 2011, David Cameron promised that the Conservative government would create a "new era of transparency." "Information is ...
And it would appear from the annual report of the group that the Carillion boss is an important figure in Mundell's team: “Keith Cochrane has undertaken a significant programme of engagement with Lead NEDs from across UK Government departments. “This direct engagement has supported and ...
A bid by the Public Services Ombudsman to add complaints about Welsh language provision to his duties has been rejected. Nick Bennett made the offer saying he could investigate matters more quickly than the Welsh Language Commissioner. Eluned Morgan, minister for the Welsh language, said the ...
It claimed that with women currently filling 42% of senior jobs - those paying above £50,000 - it compared "favourably" with "the majority" of UK government departments in Whitehall. A Welsh Government spokesman said: "Whilst the pay arrangements for senior civil servants are not devolved, we do ...
It said Britain's decision to leave the European Union had led to a slowdown in orders, after UK government departments "reassessed their spending priorities" following the June 2016 referendum. Read more: UK business minister meets PSA chief over Vauxhall job losses. The opposition Labour party on ...
A new shared services strategy (16-page / 600KB PDF), published by the department, outlined plans to support greater standardisation and automation in back office functions within government. Under the strategy, technology contracts will be split from the business processes they are designed to support ...
In the letter, which has yet to receive a response, Sime warned against using the cash to fund government departments at the expense of good causes. He said: “We have had some concerns about previous funding schemes run directly by UK government departments and would be keen to ensure such an ...
The committee, whose remit is to consider how far policies and programmes of UK government departments and non-departmental public bodies contribute to environmental protection and sustainable development, is also saying: that producers should be made financially responsible for their plastic ...
Capgemini has been selected by the U.K. cabinet office to establish a center of excellence for robotic process automation over a two-year period. The company said Wednesday the CoE will aim to help accelerate the British government's adoption of RPA technology designed to automate clerical processes ...
The grand challenges set out in the UK government's new industrial strategy are global in scope and closely align with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework. Progress on both will require the UK to build and strengthen the way it works with partners worldwide, to make the most of future ...

SCOTTISH ministers still haven't had any information from the UK Government about the impact of Brexit on Scotland – despite promises made by David Mundell and David Davies last month. Responding to a freedom of information request, the Scottish Government confirmed to The National “that the UK ...
“We are one of the very few countries meeting the 0.7% target at a time when the majority of the UK government departments have been cut.
Steve Elliott, from the Chemical Industries Association (CIA), said UK government departments are making increasing enquiries to chemical ...
City lawyers are quietly warning trade body UK Finance that, if it does not tap their expertise, the underresourced UK government departments ...
“I am shocked to learn that UK government departments have so many private business employees who have been “embedded” with open ...
... for its huge transformation of the gov.uk website, which saw the UK Government's departments and services unified under one web address.
International Development Secretary Priti Patel has called on the other UK government departments, which spend part of the foreign aid budget ...
Apparently the Foreign Office and the various UK government departments that have been liaising with relevant Egyptian authorities on airport ...
For this reason it has established a cross-government forum to bring together relevant UK Government departments and agencies. Businesses ...
... which is widely used by UK government departments and agencies (e.g., Highways England for an August 2016 consultation on managing ...
External Relations Sir Philip Bailhache said the response 'reflects the good relationship' between Jersey and UK government departments.
... response reflects the good relationship that the Government of Jersey has with the Ministry of Justice and other UK Government departments, ...
Despite attempts to force government departments in the UK to work together, the "age-old tension" between Whitehall and the Cabinet Office ...
Government departments have been told to outline potential spending cuts of up to 6% with the aim of saving up to £3.5bn by 2020. Before the ...
... Walker to discuss the interests of the Crown Dependencies and ongoing cooperation between the Islands and UK Government departments.
"We are engaged at all levels with a number of UK Government departments to ensure that the full range of opportunities and risks, as they ...
“The new British High Commission accommodates all of the UK Government Departments working in Abuja. “It provides a single platform for all ...
... grow as creaking old PC systems used across the US and Europe - including many in UK government departments - eventually get upgraded ...
... “develop and run a new mission critical, secure IT-related service of national importance on behalf of multiple UK government departments”.
The UK Government departments and agencies share information and data. Should a person be caught illegally claiming Public Funds, there ...
Central Square is set to become home to more than 4,000 public servants from several UK Government departments. This includes HMRC ...
Awarded a place on the G-Cloud 9 Framework, enabling Asure to offer cloud services to UK government departments, local authorities and the ...
... and funded by Legal & General, is set to become home to more than 4,000 public servants from a number of UK Government departments.
... Cardiff city-centre development, which will accommodate over 4,000 public servants from several different UK Government departments.
... by Rightacres and funded by L&G, is set to become home to more than 4,000 public servants from several UK government departments.
The single building will accommodate staff from several different UK government departments. HMRC will be the main occupier of the building, ...
The UK government's £43 billion plans to replace the Trident nuclear weapons system and build a new fleet of nuclear-powered submarines for ...
The IPA report, which covers 143 projects run by 17 UK Government departments, was posted online last week. Buried in a table and spreadsheet released at ...
... Copernicus will, of course, be subject to negotiation with the remaining EU nations; but key UK government departments - such as Business, ...
“Several UK Government departments in Wales have worked hard to make this happen and it shows what we can achieve when we work ...
Government movers: the International Development Secretary, Priti Patel (right), leaves 10 Downing Street after a Cabinet meeting, on Tuesday ...
Cargo is loaded on to a plane at East Midlands Airport as part of the UK government's humanitarian response to the crisis in Iraq. A report from ...
Several UK government departments will be located there, including HMRC , which will operate one of its 13 regional centres from New ...


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