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    More security spending unveiled by George Osborne in wake of Paris attacks
    17 Nov 2015 Foreign Affairs
    More security spending unveiled by George Osborne in wake of Paris attacks

    National Cyber Centre to open in Cheltenham, George Osborne announces, amid flurry of security spending announcements in the wake of the Paris terror attacks


    Dame Julie Mellor: Home Office complaints 'staggering', but all departments can do more
    10 Nov 2015 Foreign Affairs
    Dame Julie Mellor: Home Office complaints "staggering", but all departments can do more

    Ombudsman’s report has harsh words for Home Office and lessons for all government departments about how to use complaints to improve services


    Strategic Defence and Security Review: Treasury names the date
    09 Nov 2015 Foreign Affairs
    Strategic Defence and Security Review: Treasury names the date

    Cross-government SDSR to be unveiled two days before the Spending Review


    Former diplomats urge better coordination of UK foreign policy – and more flexibility for staff
    09 Nov 2015 Foreign Affairs
    Former diplomats urge better coordination of UK foreign policy – and more flexibility for staff

    LSE Diplomacy Commission warns over lack of joined-up foreign policy strategy – and says Foreign Office must do more to promote "family-friendly" career paths


    Foreign Office budget should rise, experts say, to reduce “diplomatic deficit”
    03 Nov 2015 Foreign Affairs
    Foreign Office budget should rise, experts say, to reduce “diplomatic deficit”

    Chatham House urges protection of FCO – while officials reportedly say they are "confident" of a good outcome at the Spending Review


    Dominic Grieve: former attorney general says ministerial code change 'sends out a very bad signal'
    28 Oct 2015 Foreign Affairs
    Dominic Grieve: former attorney general says ministerial code change "sends out a very bad signal"

    Senior Tory backbencher joins former Treasury solicitor Sir Paul Jenkins in questioning removal of reference to international law


    Former Treasury solicitor Paul Jenkins hits out at ministerial code changes
    26 Oct 2015 Foreign Affairs
    Former Treasury solicitor Paul Jenkins hits out at ministerial code changes

    Cabinet Office says amended ministerial code continues to account for international conduct – but Sir Paul Jenkins warns of "contempt for the rule of international law"


    Spending Review 2015: Shield the Foreign Office from George Osborne’s cuts call, say MPs
    23 Oct 2015 Foreign Affairs
    Spending Review 2015: Shield the Foreign Office from George Osborne’s cuts call, say MPs

    Foreign Affairs Committee says FCO failing to prioritise human rights as resources are squeezed


    Spending Review: George Osborne tells ministers to get “more for less”
    20 Oct 2015 Foreign Affairs
    Spending Review: George Osborne tells ministers to get “more for less”

    Chancellor chairs first meeting of the public expenditure committee (PEX) — with DWP and DfID spending said to be under scrutiny


    Intelligence agencies can monitor MPs, tribunal rules
    14 Oct 2015 Foreign Affairs
    Intelligence agencies can monitor MPs, tribunal rules

    Investigatory Powers Tribunal says Wilson Doctrine has 'no legal effect'


    Michael Gove scraps Ministry of Justice's commercial deal with Saudi Arabia
    13 Oct 2015 Foreign Affairs
    Michael Gove scraps Ministry of Justice's commercial deal with Saudi Arabia

    Justice secretary Michael Gove tells MPs that Just Solutions International – the commercial arm of the National Offender Management Service – will abandon deal to advise Saudi Arabia on running of prisons


    'On the outside you think government is slow' – What's it like being seconded to Whitehall from the private sector?
    01 Oct 2015 Foreign Affairs
    "On the outside you think government is slow" – What's it like being seconded to Whitehall from the private sector?

    Beyond the comfort zone: Andrew Rogoyski, head of cyber security services at global IT supplier CGI, tells Civil Service World about an eye-opening secondment working on cyber security in the Cabinet Office


    Latest defence review will not be driven by cuts, says Michael Fallon
    22 Sep 2015 Foreign Affairs
    Latest defence review will not be driven by cuts, says Michael Fallon

    Defence secretary tells RUSI think tank that the latest cross-government defence strategy will be "positive, assertive and quite properly strategic"


    MI5 chief Andrew Parker steps out of the shadows to make social media plea
    17 Sep 2015 Foreign Affairs
    MI5 chief Andrew Parker steps out of the shadows to make social media plea

    MI5 director general Andrew Parker gives first live interview to "increase understanding" of intelligence agency's work – and suggests social media firms have an "ethical responsibility" to report terror concerns


    Home Office appoints Olly Robbins to new second perm sec role
    16 Sep 2015 Foreign Affairs
    Home Office appoints Olly Robbins to new second perm sec role

    Director general for civil service reform to take up post as Home Office’s second permanent secretary, with responsibility for immigration and free movement


    New Foreign Office perm sec strikes optimistic note ahead of Spending Review
    15 Sep 2015 Foreign Affairs
    New Foreign Office perm sec strikes optimistic note ahead of Spending Review

    Simon McDonald tells MPs it would be "illogical to focus fire on the FCO" in November's Spending Review


    Former development secretary Clare Short on why the civil service needs 'a bonfire of targets'
    11 Sep 2015 Foreign Affairs
    Former development secretary Clare Short on why the civil service needs "a bonfire of targets"

    The official view: Clare Short spent six years as Tony Blair's international development secretary. Here she tells us about motivating officials, how her private secretary snuck her into a global trade conference, and why the civil service must pay "fair wages" to its staff


    Home Office & FCO cuts could undermine UK security strategy, defence thinktank warns
    10 Sep 2015 Foreign Affairs
    Home Office & FCO cuts could undermine UK security strategy, defence thinktank warns

    Royal United Services Institute says protection of Ministry of Defence budget alone may not be enough to safeguard against wider threats


    Government suffers first Commons defeat over EU referendum purdah rules
    08 Sep 2015 Foreign Affairs
    Government suffers first Commons defeat over EU referendum purdah rules

    More than 30 Tories side against government to defeat change to rules on use of official resources in run-up to the European Union vote


    What’s it like being the UK Ambassador in Mongolia?
    28 Aug 2015 Foreign Affairs
    What’s it like being the UK Ambassador in Mongolia?

    Catherine Arnold, Britain's ambassador in Mongolia, on promoting 'Brand GB' in east-central Asia – and why challenging perceptions is so important


    Q&A with Daniel Selman, cyber industry deputy head at the Ministry of Defence
    26 Aug 2015 Foreign Affairs
    Q&A with Daniel Selman, cyber industry deputy head at the Ministry of Defence

    As co-founders of the Defence Cyber Protection Partnership, the Ministry of Defence is at the forefront of efforts to tackle the rising threat of cyber attack. Sarah Aston talks to the MoD’s cyber industry deputy head Daniel Selman


    How the Foreign Office led efforts to prevent sexual violence in conflict
    20 Aug 2015 Foreign Affairs
    How the Foreign Office led efforts to prevent sexual violence in conflict

    Colin Marrs speaks to Tom Woodroffe – former adviser to William Hague – about the Foreign Office’s mission to put tackling sexual violence in conflict at the top of the international agenda


    What’s it like working in a British Embassy?
    14 Aug 2015 Foreign Affairs
    What’s it like working in a British Embassy?

    The UK’s deputy ambassador to Spain, Daniel Pruce, tells us what it’s like looking after Brits abroad – and why working across departments is so important


    FCO names Sir Simon McDonald as new perm sec
    29 Jul 2015 Foreign Affairs
    FCO names Sir Simon McDonald as new perm sec

    Simon McDonald, UK ambassador to Germany since 2010, to take up post as FCO's most senior official from September


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