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

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes said the policy will apply to all Scottish Government employees, including contractors, senior civil servants, special advisers and ministers.

This strategy was communicated to special advisers at a recent away day. According to Ofcom research in November, Reddit has overtaken X to become the UK's fifth most popular social platform.

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 ...

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 ...