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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....
...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....
...Middlesbrough; Heather Morrey, Sussex Polymath 1,037: Michael Crapper, Whitchurch Crossword 16,254: Richard Heaton, London; Hector Langfeldt, Birmingham; Saira Kamaly, London Polymath 1,036: Eamonn O’...
...Sir Gus O’Donnell, former head of the civil service, said it was vital that officials were able to offer frank advice in private without fear of any kind of retribution....
...“Belfast has been historically a divided city,” says Joseph O’Donnell, director of the Belfast Interface Project, an organisation working to transform the walls....
...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....
...“The growing need to offer scholarships is a major reason why we are trying to increase philanthropy,” says Brennan O’Donnell, Manhattan College president....
...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....
...Lucy O’Carroll, chief economist, Aberdeen Standard Investments Not much of a pay rise, given how low unemployment is....
...Lucy O’Carroll, chief economist, Aberdeen Standard Investments One rate rise from the bank in 2018, if they can. It’s a tricky one for the Monetary Policy Committee....
...Richard Donnell, research and insight director, Hometrack I see the consumer side of the economy as being highly polarised between different segments....
...Tony Yates, Consultant/blogger I would guess about 1-1.5 per cent growth....
...Tony Yates, consultant/blogger Feel about the same as 12 months ago....
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...Lord O’Donnell, the former cabinet secretary, has said FOI has had a “very negative impact” on policymaking....
...Former cabinet secretary Lord O’Donnell has said FoI has had a “very negative impact” on policymaking....
...It is clear that Lord O’Donnell is still happiest advising....
...Lord O’Donnell, former head of the civil service and a cross-bencher, joked at an Institute for Government event that the opposition benches in the upper chamber were beginning to resemble the Spanish resort...
...As politicians, pollsters, academics and bookies argue over the validity of a possible Labour Queen’s Speech supported by SNP votes, Lord O’Donnell, a former cabinet secretary involved in the last round...
...One question remained unanswered: whether the prime minister had been warned by Sir Gus O’Donnell, then the cabinet secretary, or other senior civil servants about bringing Mr Coulson into Number 10....
...“When you think the typical tenancy is six to 12 months, trying to put your kids through school with that kind of insecurity is just abysmal,” said Tony Lloyd, head of policy at Shelter, the housing charity...
...Lord O’Donnell, former civil service head, has accused the PAC of “theatrical exercises in public humiliation” and Chris Grayling, the justice secretary, recently accused Ms Hodge of “political grandstanding...
...The same could be said of Lord Turner, the former chairman of the now defunct Financial Services Authority, and Lord O’Donnell – the ex-head of the civil service and formerly a top BoE official – who was...
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