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    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


    'Nobody joins the civil service to become a resistant official': Lunch with Bernard Jenkin
    29 Jul 2015 Foreign Affairs
    "Nobody joins the civil service to become a resistant official": Lunch with Bernard Jenkin

    Jess Bowie breaks bread with the outspoken chair of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee


    Humour in diplomacy: the story behind the “plan” to move Hong Kong to Northern Ireland
    24 Jul 2015 Foreign Affairs
    Humour in diplomacy: the story behind the “plan” to move Hong Kong to Northern Ireland

    When Foreign Office letters on a plan to move the entire population of  Hong Kong to Northern Ireland turned up at the National Archives, many media outlets failed to spot the hoax. Former FCO official David Snoxell shares the story behind the correspondence, and warns against humour-free diplomacy


    Foreign Secretary says FCO will prioritise embassy network in spending review
    22 Jul 2015 Foreign Affairs
    Foreign Secretary says FCO will prioritise embassy network in spending review

    Philip Hammond tells MPs that while Treasury's 25% and 40% cuts call likely to be "aspirational", FCO must make "strategic" savings


    Jeremy Heywood: EU vote “purdah” change will not affect civil service impartiality
    21 Jul 2015 Foreign Affairs
    Jeremy Heywood: EU vote “purdah” change will not affect civil service impartiality

    Cabinet secretary says proposed purdah rule change is needed to eliminate legal uncertainty for ministers, and says civil service impartiality will not be undermined


    Simon Fraser reveals no women on shortlist for FCO perm sec role
    16 Jul 2015 Foreign Affairs
    Simon Fraser reveals no women on shortlist for FCO perm sec role

    Sir Simon Fraser expresses regret over lack of women on shortlist to succeed him as Foreign Office permanent secretary


    EU referendum row: Lord Owen 'concerned' over Jeremy Heywood's commitment to civil service impartiality
    14 Jul 2015 Foreign Affairs
    EU referendum row: Lord Owen "concerned" over Jeremy Heywood's commitment to civil service impartiality

    Former health secretary says top civil servant's judgement "open to question" as MPs launch inquiry into "purdah" rule change ahead of EU vote


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