Senior clinician appointed next chief scientific adviser - Professor Calum Semple will take up the position on August 5 on an ...

A group of pro-growth Labour MPs is urging the UK government to raise the pay and number of political advisers, in a bid to attract more experts to Whitehall who can help ministers overhaul the ...

The UK government has published more details about a working group set up to advise it on a possible definition of Islamophobia which would also protect the right to "insult" religious beliefs and ...

The JCNSS chair also criticised the government for refusing to continue sharing agendas for National Security Council meetings. Such agendas have been shared with committees by governments since 2013.

Civil service rules prevent special advisers from directly lobbying the government for one or two years after they’ve left, depending on their exact role, but even industry figures accept that ...

Dozens of special advisers to the last Conservative government now work as lobbyists and consultants for oil giants, banks, pharmaceutical firms and other private companies. openDemocracy’s ...

The construction industry in the UK can expect tougher regulation and a wide range of further reforms, as the UK government plans to adopt all 58 recommendations stemming from the public inquiry into ...

Special Advisers Special advisers are temporary civil servants, employed for the duration of an administration to provide a political dimension to the non-partisan work of the general civil service.

According to the statement, the total cost of the Welsh Government's special advisers to the taxpayer stood at £1.77m for the fiscal year 2023/24, including £479,714 in severance payments a 112% ...

ANDREW PIERCE: Sue Gray's new battlefront: the special advisers By ANDREW PIERCE FOR THE DAILY MAIL Published: 18:49 EDT, 1 September 2024 | Updated: 19:30 EDT, 1 September 2024 ...

A senior UK government official seconded to the Metropolitan Police faces a complaint of racism over alleged remarks made during a visit to the force’s special operations room by a Muslim ...