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The Permanent Secretary is a member of the UK Civil Service, and therefore takes part in the UK-wide Permanent Secretaries Management Group under the Cabinet Secretary who performs a number of similar functions in relation to the UK Government. The Scottish Government's Permanent Secretary is responsible to the Scottish Ministers in terms of ...
Carlton Gardens. The Institute for Government (IfG [1]) is a British independent think tank which aims to improve government effectiveness through research and analysis. Based at 2 Carlton Gardens in central London and founded as a charity in 2008, [2] it was initially funded with approximately £15 million by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, at the instigation of Lord Sainsbury.
The first Director General of Border Force was the former Chief Constable of Wiltshire Police Brian Moore, who was appointed on secondment on an interim basis to last until 31 August 2012 and was expected to apply for the position permanently, despite criticism of his management of passport queues. [11]
Applications for an ETA are made preferably through mobile phones using the UK ETA app, available from the App Store and Google Play. Applications can also be made online at a UK government website. Each traveller, including children and babies, must have an individual ETA. [3] Applicants for an ETA must: [3] [10] [11]
As of 2024, the UK has sanctioned more than 1,600 individuals and frozen over 18 billion pounds ($22.8 billion) in assets. [33] The list of those sanctioned, and the sanctions imposed, by the UK Government is available online, on the UK Government website. [34]
Pressure from the Government and the UK Council for Child Internet Safety [10] had already led Virgin and O2 to install filtering on the Wi-Fi systems on the London Underground [75] and McDonald's restaurants, [76] but half of all public Wi-Fi networks remained unfiltered in September 2013.
The Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms are a group of meeting rooms in the Cabinet Office at 70 Whitehall in London, often used for different committees which co-ordinate the actions of bodies within the Government of the United Kingdom in response to instances of national or regional crisis, or during events abroad with major implications for the UK.
The United Kingdom's mobile phone alert system is an emergency population warning system that uses cell broadcast. [1] The coalition government first considered the technology in 2013-2015 but the project was shelved due to concerns over the cost, following the coronavirus pandemic the first test alert sent in May 2021. [2]