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Anthony Manders, who died yesterday, was remembered by government colleagues as a skilled Financial Secretary in difficult times. His work included helping the Cabinet to steady an economy devastated by the global Covid-19 pandemic. Mr Manders, an ou...

If Kathy Lynn Simmons has her way, the image of civil servants as paper-pushing bureaucrats will be a thing of the past by 2023. The Attorney General said that the Government aimed to be a paperless organisation in three years’ time, with all forms ...

Five civil service permanent secretaries have been reassigned to new posts, the head of the public service announced today. Derrick Binns said: “The swearing in of new Cabinet ministers is an opportunity to revisit the assignments of the senior-most...

Three graduates helped by the Government’s bursary programme were welcomed into the civil service as this year’s recipient was named. Ania Gilbert will benefit from the scheme as she studies for a Bachelor’s of Business Administration-Accounting at M...

The Opposition has asked the Government to clarify its stance on a cost-cutting package for the public sector after its proposals were turned down by the fire and prison services. Ben Smith, the Shadow Minister of National Security, said on Tuesday h...

The public health response team at the health ministry was thanked yesterday by the Head of the Public Service for its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. Derrick Binns said the past five months had been “some of the most difficult and challenging tha...

Public-sector workers were told yesterday that a financial plan to help tackle the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic will save jobs. Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, outlined the problems faced by the Government in an open letter to ...

“There is no greater challenge and there is no greater honour than to be in public service” — Condoleezza Rice, former US Secretary of State I often read online and social-media comments regarding the call for civil servants’ wages and salaries to ...

A former prisons commissioner was unveiled as the new Permanent Secretary to the Cabinet Office yesterday. Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Lamb has been acting in the post since February 2019. Derrick Binns, Head of the Public Service, said: “I am pleased ...

The Minister of Finance is planning to introduce Civil Service payroll numbers to Budget Books so as to provide greater clarity on the size of the public sector. Curtis Dickinson admitted that an understanding of the figures used in recent years need...

A stretch of East End road blocked off for months has sparked complaints from a nearby resident. Barbara Atwood said that a pile of rocks had sat in the turn-off from Lower Gates Road to St David’s Road since October, at least. She asked: “What the ...

A group of Government workers were honoured at a reception last week for their contribution to workplace morale. The Heroes Without a Cape reception offered colleagues a chance to thank 14 public servants that they nominated for their impact on the w...