Personnel from the new employment rights policeman enjoyed five-star accommodation in faraway Uzbekistan for a conference. Despite only being an operational agency for two months…
Some Whitehall-watchers were perplexed when staff from the newly-founded Fair Work Agency, which launched in April, announced they had travelled to the Tashkent International Migration Forum in Uzbekistan. Sara Crawford, International Liaison Manager at the Fair Work Agency (FWA), and Neville Bradbury, National Investigations Manager (South West) were in attendance…
According to the government the “visit provided an opportunity to meet stakeholders, build relationships and explore areas for future collaboration.” The itinerary was: “travel from the UK to Tashkent; attendance at the Tashkent International Migration Forum; associated stakeholder engagement meetings; and return travel to the UK.” The flight booking was made on 7 May, less than a month after the agency launched…
Guido’s FOI Unit has discovered that the ‘host organisation’ paid for the costs of one civil servant while the British taxpayer stumped up for the other. Those included:
Senior staff and heads of section at the FWA have been offered part-time working hours. Labour has also given the agency powers to recommend its own expansion. Can it recommend more five-star jollies?
Badenoch said at her speech on Monday morning: “We are absolutely ready to fight a general election. We say the results in Aberdeen South: 50% of the vote. Because we can unite the country… It’s about uniting the country, for God’s sake, behind a centre-right agenda.”