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    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


    Budget 2015: Four more years of 1% public sector payrises, George Osborne confirms
    08 Jul 2015 Foreign Affairs
    Budget 2015: Four more years of 1% public sector payrises, George Osborne confirms

    Chancellor uses first Conservative-only Budget to announce four more years of public sector pay restraint


    Sir Simon Fraser: “big concern” among Foreign Office staff over pay
    19 Jun 2015 Foreign Affairs
    Sir Simon Fraser: “big concern” among Foreign Office staff over pay

    Permanent secretary Sir Simon Fraser tells CSW the FCO must have “a comparable offer” with other departments


    Eurosceptics hold firm in bid to see EU vote 'purdah' for officials
    16 Jun 2015 Foreign Affairs
    Eurosceptics hold firm in bid to see EU vote "purdah" for officials

    Conservative backbenchers put pressure on Downing Street to ensure machinery of government remains neutral in run-up to the European referendum


    Review calls for overhaul of surveillance laws
    11 Jun 2015 Foreign Affairs
    Review calls for overhaul of surveillance laws

    Security review calls for “comprehensive and comprehensible new law” to govern security agencies’ surveillance powers


    DfID’s results agenda places too much emphasis on ‘quantity of results over quality’ - aid watchdog
    11 Jun 2015 Foreign Affairs
    DfID’s results agenda places too much emphasis on ‘quantity of results over quality’ - aid watchdog

    Independent Commission for Aid Impact says DfID’s aid measurement focuses too much on short term financial results over long term ‘transformative change’


    Labour calls for pre-EU vote purdah period
    10 Jun 2015 Foreign Affairs
    Labour calls for pre-EU vote purdah period

    Acting Labour leader Harriet Harman sides with Tory backbenchers in row over waiving neutrality for machinery of government in the run-up to the EU vote


    Row over civil service neutrality ahead of EU referendum
    08 Jun 2015 Foreign Affairs
    Row over civil service neutrality ahead of EU referendum

    Philip Hammond says campaigning to stay in a reformed Europe is "clear" government position


    Open all hours: How open data is helping some of the world's most impoverished countries
    21 Apr 2015 Foreign Affairs
    Open all hours: How open data is helping some of the world's most impoverished countries

    Policy-makers around the world are using open data to bolster their development programmes, says Liz Carolan of the Open Data Institute


    Simon Fraser to step down as FCO permanent secretary
    16 Apr 2015 Foreign Affairs
    Simon Fraser to step down as FCO permanent secretary

    Foreign Office announces that its permanent secretary Simon Fraser is to leave Whitehall at the end of July


    Lord Kerslake: protecting defence could have 'acute' impact on rest of Whitehall
    14 Apr 2015 Foreign Affairs
    Lord Kerslake: protecting defence could have "acute" impact on rest of Whitehall

    Lord Kerslake tells the Financial Times pressure on other budgets could be made "more acute" by protection of defence spending


    How an award-winning DfID team put evidence at the heart of policy-making
    08 Apr 2015 Foreign Affairs
    How an award-winning DfID team put evidence at the heart of policy-making

    As winners of the Analysis and Use of Evidence Award at the 2014 Civil Service Awards, DfID’s Humanitarian Innovation and Evidence Programme is at the forefront of Whitehall’s shift towards evidence-based policy. Sarah Aston meets team leader Dr Joanna Macrae


    MPs: UK's defence strategy 'no longer adequate'
    24 Mar 2015 Foreign Affairs
    MPs: UK's defence strategy 'no longer adequate'

    Report by MPs on the Defence Committee says UK must be prepared to deal with both 'unconventional and conventional threats'


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