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Devolution and You - what we learned in Welsh Government Interchange Week

Posted by: UK Governance & Devolution Team, Posted on: 28 July 2016 - Categories: A Brilliant Civil Service
Group of men and women outside the Senedd, Cardiff

Two UK Government civil servants share their experiences of the recent Interchange Job Shadowing Week hosted by the Welsh Government.

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Shaping a better future for our young people

Posted by: Leslie Evans, Posted on: 6 June 2016 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders
Group of 5 young people

Leslie Evans, Scottish Government Permanent Secretary, says governments should do all they can to tap into the challenge and inspiration young people provide.

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Banging the drum for policy-making across the UK

Posted by: Graham Pendlebury, Posted on: 20 May 2016 - Categories: Better policymaking
Banner with legend: Working together in the nations' interests

Graham Pendlebury hails the success of the first four-nation 'policy lab' event in the UK, and looks forward to repeating the experience.

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Devolution and you – the Scotland Act 2016 and the fiscal framework

Posted by: UK Governance & Devolution Team, Posted on: 6 May 2016 - Categories: Our Civil Service
Saltaire and Union Flag flying in Edinburgh

Moving at speed from the Smith Commission recommendations, to a Bill, to an Act has been "a challenge and an historic achievement" for the hundreds of civil servants involved in the devolution of new powers to Scotland.

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The ultimate ‘policy lab’ - how the four UK nations can learn from each other

Posted by: Sir Derek Jones, Posted on: 26 April 2016 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders
Banner with legend: Working together in the nations' interests

Welsh Government Permanent Secretary Sir Derek Jones welcomes the first "Four Nations" policy profession meeting to exchange experience and best practice in policy-making.

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Working across administrations – the shape of things to come

Posted by: Leslie Evans and Robert Devereux, Posted on: 21 March 2016 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders

Scottish Government and DWP Permanent Secretaries Leslie Evans and Robert Devereux look at the future of joint working under devolution.

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

Posted by: Belinda Volans, Posted on: 18 March 2016 - Categories: Our Civil Service
A sponge cake inside a red circle cut by a diagonal red line

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.

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Devolution and You - how to get the most out of ‘interchange shadowing’

Posted by: UK Governance & Devolution Team, Posted on: 9 March 2016 - Categories: Our Civil Service
Three permanent secretaries seated in front of audience.

What's it like working in other administrations? Louise and Rob, from the Scottish and Welsh governments, took part in the first-ever One Civil Service Interchange Shadowing Week and tell us what they learned.

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My visit to Edinburgh - ancient and modern

Posted by: Sir Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, Posted on: 10 December 2015 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders
Jeremy Heywood, right, being shown computing equipment by a blue-overalled technician, while four others, three women and a man, look on.

Jeremy Heywood describes his recent visit to Edinburgh, where he saw how civil servants are adapting to new developments in policy and technology.

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Devolution and You – Unity in Diversity: Working with the Devolved Administrations

Posted by: Tim Hemmings, Posted on: 10 November 2015 - Categories: Better policymaking
Tip of fingers of a hand holding booklet, showing title 'Devolution and You'

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.

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