Devolution is genuinely fascinating (even without the offer of cake)

Do you know which was the first legislative body to have equal numbers of male and female members? Find out this and other fascinating facts thrown up by Devolution Learning Week.
Do you know which was the first legislative body to have equal numbers of male and female members? Find out this and other fascinating facts thrown up by Devolution Learning Week.
...to clear the draft letter from the Foreign Secretary to the Chief Secretary modelling a 25% cut to the FCO’s budget over the next four years. The Spending Review was...
Karen Pierce CMG, British Ambassador to Afghanistan We had to delay the start of this year’s residence carol service. The Taliban attack on the Spanish Embassy guesthouse took place only...
You might not associate foreign policy with devolution, but as FCO's Tim Hemmings shows, devolution is part of the context in which all government departments operate.
https://youtu.be/bmm2AUcokvQ Transcript I’m Jon Davies and I’m director of the Diplomatic Academy. We’re really excited that the Academy has been shortlisted for one of the Civil Service Awards this year...
Ashley Prime, who has been working on the GREAT campaign at the FCO, remembers inspirational mentor Professor Aidan Halligan, a former Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England, and what he learned from him about leadership.
FCO staff do more than support our Ambassadors, they're there to help all British citizens abroad. Joanna Roper lifts the lid on their frontline role.
Civil Service Diversity Champion Sir Simon Fraser looks at three new reports into barriers faced by civil servants from under-represented groups, and introduces a refreshed Talent Action Plan to ensure that talented civil servants can progress regardless of who they are or their background.
...such as our efforts on Ebola in Sierra Leone. The National Security Council, though not perfect, also shows how this can be done. It has brought together leading officials from...
...1000 diplomatic, development and military personnel in Sierra Leone, delivering our joined-up effort to contain and eradicate the outbreak. The environment in which some of our posts operate is particularly...