well, they passed a civil service test.ll digress a bit here because this goes back to one of the earlier figures i looked at. james michael curley, the mayor and one-time governor in boston and massachusetts. his first elected position he learned when he was in jail. he was in jail because he took -- he and this other friend of his took civil service exams for a poor irish catholic who needed a city job but couldn't pass the civil service exam. and think of the civil service exam as like an s.a.t. test. it's really, you know, whatever skills it might assess or judge, it is primarily a way of weeding people out or even, dare i say, the college degree, right, you go to apply for a job. you must have a four-year degree. really, to do this job, do i need a four-year degree? yes, you do. probably don't need a four-year degree to do many jobs, but it's required. it's a way of weeding people out. and that certainly was the purpose of the civil service at the local level. and so curley's response, he was breaking the law, he was t

and so we need a civil service. that is, you're going to get a job in government not because you know somebody, but because you're qualified. so there will be a civil service test you will take. this is something that will be played out at the national level. there's a pendleton act. it's a civil service reform act that mandated that a greater percentage of federal government jobs would be acquired only through passing a civil service exam. this is, in terms of the plunkett readings, it's a big issue as well. i chose not to focus on it for reasons that we'll see here. but this is also being played out at the local level. so civil service reform is something that connects national government politics and local politics. the whole tweed scandal, just the general operation of local politics, convinced many reformers -- largely protestant reformers, people from that first political culture -- that the way to get good government was to have civil service reform, to have ideally every position in government being staffed

irish catholic who needed a city job but couldn't pass the civil service exam, and the thing is a civil service exam as like an s.a.t. test. it's really, you know, whatever skills it might assess or judge, it is primarily a way of weeding people out or even, dare i say, the college degree, right, you go to apply for a job. you must have a four-year degree. really, to do this job, do i need a four-year degree? yes, you do. probably don't need a four year degree to do many jobs but it's required. it's a way of weeding people out. and that certainly was the purpose of the civil service at the local level. and so curly's response, he was breaking the law. he was taking a test for somebody else, misrepresenting himself, but he turned that to his advantages in his campaign. his campaign slogan was he did it for a friend, and he got elected. you know, again, you do it for a friend. that's the kind of guy, i want a friend like that who can help me out. so, again, this does, the local and the national political conversation, if you will, dueling up on civil service. but it's interest how, even t

wiping the civil service crisis is completely - civil service crisis is completely filled in this, whatook like? we successively evacuated. this is about . look like? we successively evacuated. this is about a | look like? we successively - evacuated. this is about a system, the bureaucratic _ evacuated. this is about a system, the bureaucratic civil _ evacuated. this is about a system, the bureaucratic civil service - the bureaucratic civil service system that should be running a proper crisis centre fully staffed. we went through the gears and putting — we went through the gears and putting more people in. what both government and whistle blower agree is that not must have people were evacuated in the summer and there are many afghans with links to britain who have yet to leave and still face danger. you�*re watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. the prime minster on the front line of climate change —— we meet samoa�*s fee—ya may naomi mata�*fa as part of the bbc 100 women series. john lennon was shot at the entrance of the dakota building in the centre of new yo

what doesn't the civil service change? stuff. so, ban shakespeare, ban latin band, really complicated maths, because what we're doing is we're accepting that children who come from poorer families can't access that. come on! you don't think i suggested that you should ban any of those things! what are you suggesting? there are certain things that are assumed amongst people of a particular background who go to a particular type of school — usually private schools — that if they're a barrier to people reaching the top — particularly as it's not necessarily evident that all civil service is any more the best in the world — that it would be sensible to change. i think that's what the body you now head argued just a few months ago change. the point is that you're suggesting we need to pull everybody down in order to make sure that we're all down here. so we're not going to learn shakespeare because it's hard for children in the inner city to access shakespeare. i think that's what's called �*an aunt sally�* that you're talking

and anyone — for the culture of the civil service and anyone who was working on that.d anyone who was working on that. if you were _ and anyone who was working on that. if you were one of those civil servants _ if you were one of those civil servants who is accused of basically not working — servants who is accused of basically not working at weekends, because of this short _ not working at weekends, because of this short hours policy when you could _ this short hours policy when you could have — this short hours policy when you could have been saving very desperate refugees fleeing afghanistan, there is a bit? over what _ afghanistan, there is a bit? over what on — afghanistan, there is a bit? over what on earth is yourjob in the foreign— what on earth is yourjob in the foreign office if you are not willing — foreign office if you are not willing to put in those hours and then— willing to put in those hours and then it _ willing to put in those hours and then it is — willing to put in those hours and then it is the account of one whistle—blower but it is very devastat

this isn't about the headlines, this is about the system, the bureaucratic civil service system which, fully staffed. we declared a crisis. we went through the gears and putting more people in. what both government and whistle blower agree is that not have people were evacuated in the summer and there are many afghans with links to britain who have yet to leave and still face danger. our correspondent secunder kermani is in kabul and told us what we know about about the fate of people who were trying to leave. about about the fate of people some about about the fate of people of them have recon! themselves some of them have reconciled themselves to the fact of living under the taliban but some are trying to look for ways because of the economic crisis here or fearing retribution from the taliban. amongst those stranded here is a former british army interpreter who i have been in contact with. he is living in hiding and he submitted his application months ago but has yet to receive any response. i understand some other interpreters have been evacuated in recent weeks. this process has

and anyone — for the culture of the civil service and anyone who was working on that.ants who is accused of basically not working — servants who is accused of basically not working at weekends, because of this short _ not working at weekends, because of this short hours policy when you

what are you doing to address the morale crisis and stem the loss of talented foreign service and civil service officers? as the administration continues to de-emphasize our military around the world, where is the necessary diplomatic counterweight? there are a number of specific issues i hope you'll address today. first, i hope you'll address the state's role in the afghanistan evacuation. there's no doubt the department personnel performed heroically, but arguably, had the department been better positioned and structured to get ahead of some of the issues, particularly processing afghan s.i.v.'s, p-1's and p-2, the heroism wouldn't be necessary. like during the covid-19, many were stranded around the world while state department personnel ultimately performed herculean task to launch a successful repatriation effort, it took weeks of heavy lifting and congressional pressure and suggested the department needs to fundamentally alter institutional structures to deal with emergency contingencies, planning and operations. i'd like to hear your plans to address a long standing priority of mine, sig

part, all of our staff members serve this country in uniform civil services and appointees across our government. jeffrey clark swore that he was an assistant to the attorney general to support and defend the constitution. the year ago right now, there was an all-out attack when the constitution was underway. the former president was waging a campaign to overturn the results of the election. his allies were looking for ways to get around the constitution and keep him in power. it appears mr. clark was central to that effort. the campaign of political pressure and maneuvering failed but the assault on the rule of law did not end. it escalated. it resulted in a violent attack on the seat of our democracy. what the inner circle could not achieve was a mob of writers. to do our duty as members of this committee, as members of this body and legislators charged with finding truth about an attack on our democracy and swearing to support and defend the constitution, we put miss clark on our witness list. as someone who wasn't direct contact with the former president in the days leading up to

on recruitment, we've established a volunteer recruiter corps with 500 foreign and civil service employees who will assist our efforts to recruit a diverse workforce. we've also requested funds and authorization for a paid student internship program. on retention, we've broadened access to child care. we're enhancing telework opportunities. we're expanding eligibility for the student loan repayment program. and we are reviewing our performance management systems. on advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, we launched the department's first deia leadership counsel, and as noted, the first chief diversity officer. we've also sought to advance diversity in our senior appointments. there's a lot of other work going on that i can speak to during the q&a. we've made considerable progress, but there's a lot of work ahead. we have reduced the lengthy hiring timeline and made security clearance processing more efficient, but we need to do better. our passport processing during the peak summer travel season was inadequate. i'm not going to try to gloss over it. we've surged resour

that's been the civil service of the schools of all elected officials. so you know, the hong kong, which was never a free democratic society, but was indeed a society where a high degree of liberty prevailed simply just, it's very sad indeed from london that was general. steven finds, thank you so much sport now in the buddhist league adornment closed out a gear with a shock loss. and by lowering their colors, they had to berlin all but dashed, they tie hope's falling a whopping 9 points behind by munich for lynn's olympic stadium was lit up for the last match of the year. with the sparse crowd of hair to fans enjoying the spectacle. and with their side hosting dormant the match was set to be equally flashy. heritage fighting to avoid the relegation battle came out firing the xian melita burst ahead of dornan's defense and tapped home just 15 minutes in but after a v r cheque teammate ye shock built the deal was real to be a hair off side on the play. no gold the visitors didn't squander their good fortune with uli and gaunt summoning a spectacular tidin

there's been a civil service at the schools of all elected officials. so you know, the hong kong, which was never a free democratic society but was indeed a society where a high degree of liberty prevailed. that's simply just, it's very sad indeed from london that was generous steven finds thank you so much. at least 49 people have died after super typhoon bry slammed into the central philippines province of bo official say many people are still unaccounted for. hundreds of thousands fled their homes to escape the typhoon, which is left massive destruction in its way. it was the strongest typhoon to hit the philippines. this year. battering the country with torrential rain and a 175 kilometer per hour winds. the southeastern province of saudi gal done not a bore the brunt of the storm. here, residents are already counting the course of the devastation. it left behind. thousands of been left homeless of the stormed latin buildings. many remained evacuation centers. in some areas, residents had to be rescued by boat of the heavy rain led to flash flooding

service is a wider term for civil servant —— formally. but i put in place senior cover, but then acting premier— senior cover, but then acting premier secretary and a director—general he was going to be the. director—general he was going to be the i_ director—general he was going to be the i made — director—general he was going to be the. i made sure we had the systems in place _ the. i made sure we had the systems in place going back months and nigel has already inferred i was very closely — has already inferred i was very closely involved as the situation of our colleagues in kabul became more dangerous _ our colleagues in kabul became more dangerous. there was weekly reporting, and then he brought it down _ reporting, and then he brought it down to— reporting, and then he brought it down to more frequent reporting. as the situation became more acute. gn the situation became more acute. on that, i struggle. the situation became more acute. on that, istruggle. i the situation became more acute. on that, i struggle. i should disclose i've

marshall that these people were philip boss and who's the head of the foreign office, the highest civil service, civil 7th and in that department, laurie bristow, who's a former ambassador to capital ad nigel, katy of the prime minister, special representative for afghanistan. all of these people were the instrumental in the way that things unfold. aids in that august evacuation. they were dos, different questions because they had different roles. but for the boss and who is that the head of the, the foreign office said that yes, there were things that they could and should have done better. but this is a complex and challenging situation. they did successfully evacuate 15000 people. they wish they could have got out more and they will look at what they could do better in the future. he was all specifically many times about his holiday because as this event was unfolding the series of events, he was in there. he was on holiday and didn't come back until the 26th of all west africa missed on fell to the taliban. on the 15th of august, he says, effective apologizing that, you know, he's reflected

our goal continues to be using civil service nursing and reduce reliance on this contract. >> what is the cost differential between a f.t.e. nurse through the registry service versus a civil service nurse? >> including fringe, depending whether or not we need to pay the covid rate, it is almost equivalent in terms of cost for registry versus civil service. it might be slightly cheaper or less expensive if we were to pay the regular operating rate for the nurses. given the covidvates it is higher than civil service staffing. >> i am sorry. i was looking at the bla report. they had a section on this. according to the bla, they were saying that the cost for f.t.e. is 14% higher than department with fringe for comparable nursing position. it would be more significantly expensive using registry service for other positions. this is just another reason that i think iowa and the board really want to see you continue -- the department continue the efforts to fill the vacant positions. i appreciate the work you have done on it and being creative about it, too. thank you. >> before any amendment

there's been a civil service at the schools of all elected officials. so you know, the whole call, which was never a free democratic society, but was indeed a society where a high degree of liberty prevailed. a simply dis, it's very sad indeed. from london that was general. steven fine, thank you so much. staying in the region at least 49 people have died after super typhoon bry slammed into the central philippines province of bo official say, many people are still unaccounted for. hundreds of thousands fled their homes to escape the typhoon, which is lift, massive destruction and path it was the strongest typhoon to hit the philippines. this year. battering the country with torrential rain and a 175 kilometer per hour winds. the southeastern province of saudi gal done not a bore the brunt of the storm. here, residents are already counting the course of the devastation. it left behind. thousands of been left homeless of the stormed latin buildings. many remain in evacuation centers. in some areas, residents had to be rescued by boat of the heavy rain le

mr girvan told us the company approached him and he directed it to the civil service.e its application and did not even know it had secured a contract. clandeboye agencies told us it did not have a prior relationship with paul girvan and did not rely on political connections to obtain the contracts. in spite of the ongoing court proceedings about these aprons, what ultimately became of them is still a mystery. we don't have anything more than is in the public domain. so we've asked government an awful lot of questions about where the gowns ended up. and government has basically refused to tell us. and that's pretty alarming. but the short answer is no, we still don't know. we know there was confusion about how the aprons the government ended up with could be used. so much so that they sat in a warehouse for months — not being used as anything. but after mid—august, we have no idea what became of those very expensive aprons. we use the nhs id code to find this site — an internal nhs platform run on ebay. we find some of these clandeboye agencies items — the boxes actual

mr girvan told us the company approached him and he directed it to the civil service.ndorse its application and did not even know it had secured a contract. clandeboye agencies told us it did not have a prior relationship with paul girvan and did not rely on political connections to obtain the contracts. in spite of the ongoing court proceedings about these aprons, what ultimately became of them is still a mystery. we don't have anything more than is in the public domain. so we've asked government an awful lot of questions about where the gowns ended up. and government has basically refused to tell us. and that's pretty alarming. but the short answer is no, we still don't know. we know there was confusion about how the aprons the government ended up with could be used. so much so that they sat in a warehouse for months — not being used as anything. but after mid—august, we have no idea what became of those very expensive aprons. we use the nhs id code to find this site — an internal nhs platform run on ebay. we find some of these clandeboye agencies items — the boxes a

we didn't with our civil service in arizona in the government. so it was more or less like the put a tory, a government claiming to put us in the back ah, comparisons with upper types of african, the british chits meant of kenya's mile mile independence fight as may seem far fetched. but the level of violence used by the whites to maintain power in the last half of the 20th century pails into insignificance when compared to the violence used against my community. but the war between kenyans somalis and the kenyan government known disparagingly as the shift to all bundled war has remained one of africa's forgotten conflicts. the british hunt always little. this area which they called the mole frontier district or n f d. with a very light hand. they saw the somalis as good soldiers, but bad subjects. as a somali, if you wanted to cross the tunnel, the vein to kenya, you needed to seek permission. the n f d was to all intents and purposes, a separate country. when kenya's independence was being negotiated in 96 to to the british agree despite strong

how much doo you draw on the figures in the case what the civil service can look like and the people that you write about. it was quite innocent and hopeful and prayerful in the way he talked tol the committee abt how the country matters and felt confident telling him not to worry about him. his parents and grandparents came from not far from where my grandparents came from i thanked him for the service out in the military by the present and to thank him for the service to tell him how much my father reminded him. one of the things i asked about candidates that encourages me some of the very best people decided to run for congress class of 2018 for example. with trump at the top they had at the republican down ballot and the ugliness in fact after 9/11 to defend the country and after trump people thought i have to serve again, a lot of them veterans. >> host: it does seem like there's a lot of thought because you have such a strong hold on the chamber right now and that would queue up the potential for kevin mccarthy, now the republican leader of the house to become the speaker. did

now the problem with all of that is the very fact with these civil service in government were away leaving junior staff members to deal with a humanitarian crisis that was unfolding. this is way above their page, right? but also way above their skill set to and arguably they couldn't take on the workload of the tool, meaning that thousands of people were just left waiting for their e mails to be responded to in their inbox, i estimate between 75150000 people applied for evacuation. many of these emails were not read. they were usually over 5000 on read emails in the inbox at any given moment, including many unread emails dating from early in august. these emails were desperate an urgent. well, another controversial matter as the fact that cats and dogs were given priority over human beings, and that indeed is allegedly at a highest level as well. the prime minister apparently use considerable capacity. i tried to wangle the situation to get pen farthings animal char to the animals that he was looking off to back here to the united kingdom and arguably ahead of prioritizing a desperate peop

not really political you're seen as the person who defends the integrity and independence of the civil serviceised by the story. i was civen his compromised by the story. i was given his job _ compromised by the story. i was given his job by _ compromised by the story. i was given his job by the _ compromised by the story. i was given his job by the prime - compromised by the story. i —" given hisjob by the prime minister who says i know how to have an independent inquiry, i'm going to get the guideway give the job to to investigate. if we trade that, someone that i've employed, get them to investigate, i would be rightly left out of the building. they don't understand is this case for prince william and coming to downing street with some experience outside of westminster and how it is that when a prime minister sat down and we need to investigate. why he didn't immediately say, i don't think i'll be a good look because you gave me the job. be a good look because you gave me thejob. but then be a good look because you gave me the job. but then when he was asked it as the parties they supposedl

our goal continues to be using civil service nursing and reduce reliance on this contract. >> what is the cost differential between a f.t.e. nurse through the registry service versus a civil service nurse? >> including fringe, depending whether or not we need to pay the covid rate, it is almost equivalent in terms of cost for registry versus civil service. it might be slightly cheaper or less expensive if we were to pay the regular operating rate for the nurses. given the covidvates it is higher than civil service staffing. >> i am sorry. i was looking at the bla report. they had a section on this. according to the bla, they were saying that the cost for f.t.e. is 14% higher than department with fringe for comparable nursing position. it would be more significantly expensive using registry service for other positions. this is just another reason that i think iowa and the board really want to see you continue -- the department continue the efforts to fill the vacant positions. i appreciate the work you have done on it and being creative about it, too. thank you. >> before any amendment

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another regulation is no dancing in hospitality venues but none of that applies to weddings or civil serviceps. there are also recommendations that people should work from home where possible and when mixing in a private household, there should be no more than three households involved. there are changes to the laws around face coverings, some exemptions removed, for example, one where wearing a facemask causes severe stress, that is gone, the onus is on the individual to prove any medical exemption. let's now speak to professor alison leary, chair of healthcare and workforce modelling, london south bank university. thanks much for being with us. i think we saw something like 12% of staff in the nhs absent last week. that is a pretty high figure, presumably, compared to what we might call normal times. are you worried those absences and shortages are just going to get progressively worse? i are just going to get progressively worse? ~ ., �* , are just going to get progressively worse? ~ . �*, ., ., worse? i think that's the ma'or concern, yes. we've i worse? i think that's the ma'or concern,

we're talking about a guy who left universally an average civil service, who's got no knowledge of the grandest, our stamp or no knowledge of mine. we rehearsed 15th surgeon. we're going to rehearse over 2030 to the next 5 years, or 33rd napkins. we employed a guardian surgeon, musket, austrian, and anything, yas, counsel was, they asked us to go was a coalition 15 was found to help them fight to come along. we whether we were, if you were by the afghan people, we were here that we were spot on. we had to tamp or taliban get paid to shoot against. we were abused. the afghan courts refused to acknowledge biometrics, municipal dna, not a single taliban went to jill. and it was a corruption after corruption. we do not oh afghans a single thing. despite that, a former african interpreter we spoke to, he says, in comparison with other countries, evacuations, the u. k definitely mishandled the crisis. it was a very complex situation in afghanistan. it was a chaos. however, it could have been managed much, much better way to, to evacuate as many of those partners in interpreters or, or who ha

we're talking about a guy who left university an answer to civil service. who's got no knowledge of the grind, wisconsin or no knowledge of mine. we rehearsed 15th surgeon. we're going to rehearse over 2030 to the next 5 years. us 3030. now because we employed a goody 30 musket that street and anything the afghans who was, they asked us to go as a coalition fifteenish found to help inside the taliban. we went there. we were ignored by the afghan people, we were here that we were spot on. we had the tan, both taliban get paid to shoot against. we were abused. the afghan courts refused to acknowledge biometrics, community on dna, not a single telephone. went to jill, and it was a corruption of the corruption we do not owe afghans a single thing. well, i just my whole that a former afghan interpreter we spoke to says that in comparison with other countries, evacuations or the u. k did a pretty poor job, it was a very current situation in afghanistan. it was a chaos. however, it could have been managed much, much better way to, to evacuate as many of those part

another regulation is no dancing in hospitality venues but none of that applies to weddings or civil servicedations that people should work from home where possible and when mixing in a private household, there should be no more than three households involved. there are changes to the laws around face coverings, some exemptions removed, for example, one where wearing a facemask causes severe stress, that is gone, the onus is on the individual to prove any medical exemption. dr simon clarke is an associate professor of cellular microbiology at the university of reading. thank you for being with us. what is your reading of what the coronavirus has been doing in the last few weeks over the holiday period? clearly a lot of people worried that omicron has been spreading rapidly because so many people have been mixing together? so many people have been mixing touether? ., �*, , together? good morning. it's been curowin together? good morning. it's been growing much _ together? good morning. it's been growing much faster— together? good morning. it's been growing much faster i _ together? good morn

we're talking about a guy who left university an answer to civil service, who's got no knowledge of the grind, wisconsin or no knowledge of mine. what took place this year? it's this year woocommerce book isn't where we all seem to think we were gonna start a lot, and i need to put out the bed right now. we don't go ok gonna as a single thing. we rehearse 15. so we're going to rehearse over 23rd of the next 5 years or 3030 now sounds we employed 3030. let's get that straight. if anything, the afghans was, they asked us to go as a coalition fifteenish found to help them fight the tama. we went there, we lost 457 men and women with its surgeons of people that are on the cheese with over 1030 people of our own veterans waiting on compensation. we do not oh, afghans are single. thank while we were there and i don't hear any will sanest while we were there. we were ignored by the african people. we were here that we were shot on. we had to tampa taliban get paid to shoot against the and a we were working with. were always going on patrol cooktop on heroin, undrugged the a and p shot british

also the civil service particularly the civil servants who were working at the foreign office and thisnto work because officials at the foreign office stayed at home and refused to do over time. which is completely damning of the foreign office. if your several servant who is there to try and help rescue very vulnerable afghans fleeing kabul and you�*re refusing to work on a saturday then, what does that say about your personal responsibility of the culture at the foreign office more broadly? also a in this about mister rob himself in wanting the data to be reformatted on a decision that needed to be made very quickly about. he asked for that information to be presented differently to him so it was easier for him to be presented differently to him so it was easierfor him to read. it seems, this is really damning, dominic raab was obviously moved in relation to the failings of the foreign offices functioning during that time. ., , , that time. david, mentioned briefly on the front— that time. david, mentioned briefly on the front pages _ that time. david, mentioned briefly on the front