Les Bonner (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
... absolute guarantee that the Government will not get value for money'” The Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Liam Byrne, revealed a plan to raise £3 billion within the next two financial years, but this seems to contradict the 2007 valuation of the student loan book of £6 billion, which is twice as much as the anticipated value of the assets at existing prices.
Musings from Medway (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... Other moves contained include: • Reducing the "cost" of senior civil servants. The Treasury is concerned that the number of senior civil servants has risen from 3,100 in the 90s to 4,300. • Cutting the number of quangos across Whitehall. The government is keen to reduce the number of skills services such as Lifelong Learning UK by 30 over three years; turn the 15 advisory...
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
... Government", the Guardian reports.The plan, being masterminded by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Liam Byrne, would meet the Government's aims of cutting public spending and boosting localism, enabling civil servants to co-ordinate better with local communities while living and working in less expensive regions.It will be delivered before the next budget, and would be...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
... a year. According to the leaked extracts from the report, which is led by Chief Secretary to the Treasury Liam Byrne, the backroom functions in some government departments could be merged. It is thought Gordon Brown has toyed with the idea of merging the Department for International Development with the Foreign office. Civil servants have also mooted the possibility of allowing...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The government is being urged to reward community groups that can provide services more efficiently than the state with half the value of the savings they make. In a report to the chief secretary to the Treasury, Liam Byrne, the Young Foundation today recommends ways the government could work better with community organisations. The Labour party is attempting to reclaim community...
geo2web.com (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
... Today's announcement will be followed by a speech, due next week by the chief secretary to the Treasury, Liam Byrne, explaining how the freeing up of data, alongside the scaling back of other functions of central government, could lead to a "smarter state". 1:10,000 Raster Maps might be available for all in April 2010.... image source for illustration only. http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/images/userImages/misc/products/10kraster/map-image-10k-lrg.gif...
T3.com News (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
... on important matters by use of available data is both in line with Chief Secretary to the Treasury Liam Byrne’s ethos of making Britain a ‘smarter state’, and a response to the Gaurdian Newspaper’s campaign ‘Free Our Data’. FOD has called for the government to "abandon copyright on essential national data, making it freely available...
TechRadar (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
... helping citizens assess the safety of geographical areas. A 'smarter' state Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Liam Byrne, is set to make a speech next week looking at the other various ways in which freeing up of government data might lead to a "smarter state". Unionised Ordnance Survey staff are seemingly the only ones unhappy about Gordon Brown's latest pledge, claiming...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
... Today's announcement will be followed by a speech, due next week by the chief secretary to the Treasury, Liam Byrne, explaining how the freeing up of data, alongside the scaling back of other functions of central government, could lead to a "smarter state". The government is moving to open up data safter the Tory party first made clear that a key shift in how it would...
T3 (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
... on important matters by use of available data is both in line with Chief Secretary to the Treasury Liam Byrne’s ethos of making Britain a ‘smarter state’, and a response to the Gaurdian Newspaper’s campaign ‘Free Our Data’.FOD has called for the government to "abandon copyright on essential national data, making it freely available to anyone, while keeping the crucial task...
