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The two-tier code, which regulates the employment benefits of new staff recruited by contracted providers of outsourced public services, has been withdrawn by Francis Maude, Minister for the Cabinet Office with immediate effect.
Nick Hurd, Minister for Civil Society, has published the Modernising Commissioning Green Paper which asks for views on how the Government can create a level playing field for charities, voluntary groups and social enterprises that want to bid for public service contracts.
A joint letter from the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister to Frank Field thanking him for his report "The Foundation Years: Preventing Poor Children Becoming Poor Adults" which has been released.
A new approach to supplier relations in Government begins as, Minister for the Cabinet Office, Francis Maude, hosts the first in a series of supplier summits with CEOs and senior representatives of 31 of the Government’s key suppliers. Francis Maude will set out the terms of a new partnership between the Government and its suppliers and describe the reforms Government are put in place to make it easier to do business with the state.
The Deputy Prime Minister, Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP, has made a major speech to members of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe. He told the summit in Astana that the OSCE’s members must remember its original principles of liberty, security and peace, and work towards making any conflict between its members unthinkable.
A competition to create a new city to mark Her Majesty The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012 has been launched. Details of the Civic Honours Competition were unveiled by Mark Harper, Minister for Political and Constitutional Reform, who is inviting local authorities across the United Kingdom to apply.
The £100million Transition Fund to support charities, voluntary groups and social enterprises affected by public spending reductions has been opened for applications by Minister for Civil Society Nick Hurd.
Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude has announced that he has commissioned Matt Tee, Permanent Secretary Government Communications, to undertake a review of the Central Office of Information (COI) and the coordination of cross-department marketing and communications.
The Government wants to reform public services by shifting power away from central government to the local level – to citizens, communities, and independent providers, so that they can play a greater role in shaping services. The Government is therefore inviting experts, public service managers and providers of public services to submit their ideas for public service reform.
The Office for Civil Society and Department for Education are inviting expressions of interest for an evaluation of the 2011 and 2012 National Citizen Service pilots. National Citizen Service (NCS) is the flagship programme for young people within the Government’s vision for building the Big Society. Aimed at 16 year olds, the scheme involves a programme of activity designed to support young people to develop the skills and attitudes they need to engage with their communities and become active and responsible citizens.
The Prime Minister has appointed Lord Alderdice and The Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP as Members of the Committee on Standards in Public Life. Lord Alderdice replaces Baroness Maddock as the Liberal Democrat party nominee. Margaret Beckett replaces The Rt Hon Alun Michael MP as the Labour party nominee.
News release about the how public services should, overtime, be delivered online or by other digital means, as the Government has announced in response to a report published by Martha Lane Fox.
Minister for Cabinet Office, Francis Maude, has released detailed Government spending data, allowing the public to see for the first time how Government spends its money and hold politicians to account. As part of our ongoing drive to make government more accountable, efficient and transparent than ever before, all departments will publish details of their spending over £25,000 for the last six months.
To mark Anti-Bullying Week, the Deputy Prime Minister, Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP, today sent a message to young bullies that their behaviour will not be tolerated, that teachers will be given the authority to crack down on bullying, and that schools will be able to deal with bullying even when it occurs away from their premises.
The Government is set to roll out new ‘Rights to Provide’ across public services so that employers will be expected to accept suitable proposals from front line staff who want to take over and run their services as mutual organisations, Francis Maude, Minister for the Cabinet Office is to announce.
Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, will say there needs to be a “fundamental rewiring of power” when delivering the keynote speech at the Political Studies Association/Hansard Society Annual Lecture. The Deputy Prime Minister will say that our political system is out of step with modern life and will set out how the Government plans to change that by reforming the country’s political institutions, decentralising power and protecting civil liberties.
Further to the Lord Chancellor's statement in the House on 16 November, Chief of SIS, Sir John Sawers and Director General of the Security Service, Jonathan Evans, welcome the conclusion to the mediation which allows the Agencies to Concentrate on protecting national security."
On Monday 8 November the Prime Minister launched all Departments’ Business Plans covering the period 2011-2015. The Cabinet Office Business Plan includes the Department’s vision, priorities, structural reform plan, departmental expenditure and information on how it is going to become more transparent. The Business Plan is intended fundamentally to change the way the Department is held accountable by the public for putting policies into practice.
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