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...“As far as I can see, it’s changing departmental boundaries but there’s no growth strategy,” Lord Gus O’Donnell, former cabinet secretary, told the Financial Times. “It’s very disruptive....
...Indeed there is a “gaping” hole in rich countries’ efforts to help poor countries tackle the pandemic, as Gordon Brown, former UK prime minister, recently lamented....
...“Their Chardonnays are world class,” says Gus Gluck, founder of Quality Wines in Farringdon and GB Wine Shippers....
...Gus O’Donnell, who was cabinet secretary, the most senior civil service official, under David Cameron, Gordon Brown and Tony Blair, said Covid-19 had created “a clear burning platform” for tax reform....
...Gus Van Sant’s last film, Sea Of Trees (2015), featured the most ludicrous car crash in modern cinema and storyline to suit: its tale of a suicidal man saved by the spirit of his dead wife earned Van Sant...
...That reputation meant that when Gus O’Donnell stood down as cabinet secretary in 2012, Sir Jeremy was the shoo-in replacement....
...On Gus O’Donnell’s retirement as cabinet secretary in 2012, Heywood succeeded, uniting the post with headship of the civil service in 2014....
...Founder and CEO, Mumsnet Charmian Gooch Director and Co-founder, Global Witness Joanna Trollope Author Joanne Harris Author Kathy Lette Author Julie Morris Head of Employment Law, Slater and Gordon...
...Gus Tugendhat, founder of Tussell, said the decline in public sector work for KPMG demonstrated the government had “successfully diversified its business exposure to the Big Four”....
...Lord (Gus) O’Donnell, the former cabinet secretary, was also dismissive of what the UK could get from trade deals with non-EU states: “When you look at the facts, it is hard to see how such deals could offset...
...Charities that receive government funding must produce “hard-nosed, evidence-based” results, said Gus O’Donnell, the former head of the civil service....
...You might expect Gus O’Donnell to look out of place in the ultra-modern offices of Frontier Economics....
...Simultaneously, civil servants playing Gordon Brown and the leaders of smaller parties tried to reach an agreement. After a few hours I halted the exercise: no deals had been struck....
...In 1997 Sir Stuart was parachuted in as chief executive of Argos, to confront a hostile bid made by GUS. Although GUS won, his defence forced the group to pay a much higher price....
...Canadian rocker randomly enough) we’re not too sure you can take these odds too seriously: Next Bank Of England Governor 3/1 Paul Tucker 7/2 John Varley 4/1 Adair Turner 4/1 Gus...
...First John Major – to whom he was press secretary – and then, during his six years as cabinet secretary, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown....
...In the Treasury, Sir Jeremy’s connection with the Blairite reformist agenda should have pitted him directly against Gordon Brown, who opposed much of what Mr Blair was trying to achieve....
...Yet despite his brilliant people skills, the likeable Sir Gus has been viewed with suspicion by some Tories because he managed to get on so well with Labour’s Tony Blair and Gordon Brown....
...However Simon Lewis, Gordon Brown’s former press chief, said: “It’s an extremely good appointment....
...Shades of the notorious spads who served Gordon Brown …When I started writing about Whitehall for the FT my column was full of stories about how civil servants had been sidelined under Labour, their role...
...Sir Gus has repeatedly stated that “good special advisers are essential to the civil service”....
...At Gordon Brown’s first cabinet, he asked everyone their views. After the first four speakers, GB said: “We must be more concise – at this rate we’ll be here ’til midnight.”...
...Gus O’Donnell, the government’s top civil servant, has hit back at claims he stopped Gordon Brown opening an inquiry into phone hacking while the latter was prime minister amid growing disquiet among Labour...
...One was the axing of the National Economic Council, set up by Labour’s Gordon Brown....
...The Guardian yesterday ran a fascinating story on their front page about how Sir Gus O’Donnell, head of the civil service, had “blocked” an attempt by Gordon Brown to hold a judicial review into phone hacking...
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