Geoff Fletcher

If only John Prescott had lived to see it
1997 let slip uncomradely thoughts he harbours Peter Mandelson as he compared him to a crab
the unguarded observation provoked a flurry of "clarifications" from Downing Street and totally overshadowed the Deputy Prime Minister's original errand.

Give Environment Regulators More Funding To Unclog Planning Delays, Government Told Unions and environmental groups have urged the government to boost funding for key environmental regulators in the Budget, warning that chronic und...

Regulators are builders, not blockers.

We have written to the Chancellor calling for proper funding for environmental regulators in the Budget. Under resourcing, not regulation, is slowing planning approvals.

Starmer’s chief secretary reveals plans to bust ‘the sludge’ in Whitehall Under-performing civil servants will be sacked and taskforces brought in to solve problems, says Darren Jones

There are already thousands of ‘doers’ in government, who have specialist in-demand skills in areas like science, data and procurement. These people are frequently underpaid, undervalued and vital to on-the-ground delivery.

Our response to the PM's Chief Secretary's speech on civil service reform.

It's never a good sign when the standard of administration of a pension scheme is debated in Parliament. Our (short!) briefing for MPs ahead of tomorrow's Westminster Hall debate about problems in the civil service pension scheme:

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Surely older people consider their children grandchildern nieces and nephews?
oh hang on
they in larger No's than younger gens vote tory & reform ensuring austerity
wage stagnation housing price rises
rent rises
student loan rises
public services & NHS stripped bare
brexit which added to woes...

Heres me with him in 1996

A bit of a grainy photo. Me and the late great Lord John Prescott at Ruskin College 1996. Me asking him how he had risen from Lumpenproletariat to the middle class ranks of New Labour

Is the fight for a new pay review body doomed to fail? Oh no it isn't! Unions calling for an end to the stale and flawed pay remit guidance for civil servants aren't pantomime villains – the system needs to change

Civil service pay isn't fit for purpose. The process is bloated and the outcomes are poor.
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