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A leading thinktank has said that the increased growth in public sector employment refers to frontline staff, not administrators as some have claimed. The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) said that there has been very little change in the balance of public to private sector employment since 1997 and that public sector employment remains… Read more »
The Secretary of State for International Development has announced that he will be creating a new post of Chief Scientific Advisor within the department. Speaking to the Commons Science and Technology Committee, Hilary Benn said that the committee’s ongoing inquiry into the “Use of Science in UK International Development” had made a “profound impact” on… Read more »