Melanie Dawes
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I’m delighted to be joining
@Ofcom
and honoured to be appointed as the new Chief Executive. With a big agenda ahead of us, I’m looking forward to getting started soon.
Ofcom has appointed Dame Melanie Dawes as its next Chief Executive and will join next month:
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My last day
@UKCivilService
today, before starting
@Ofcom
on Monday. Thank you to all the brilliant colleagues I’ve worked with
@mhclg
and elsewhere - officials, ministers and special advisers - and good luck 💕
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Very pleased to be succeeding Sue Owen as overall Diversity and Inclusion champion
@UKCivilService
. We have big ambitions to be the most inclusive employer - get in touch if you want to be involved!
#Diversity
#inclusion
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30 years ago today I joined
@UKCivilService
as an economic assistant. 5 departments & 7 Elections later I can honestly say it’s never been boring. Above all I’ve been lucky to work with amazing people inside & outside the
#BrilliantCivilService
. That’s why I’m still here 😊 🙏
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Great to catch up with
@HMCabinetCat
today - elegant and fashion forward as ever in red
#velvet
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Jeremy Heywood’s contribution was immense. Relentlessly high standards, always kind to the individual. His leadership and friendship were a privilege and we will continue to follow his example
@UKCivilService
. My thoughts with his family on this sad day.
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Legendary
@HMCabinetCat
rocks the
@SuffrageFlag
celebrations - named after 1st female perm sec and today's Whitehall top cat
#suffracats
😼
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Meet Evie, new
@cabinetofficeuk
cat named after first female Perm Sec Evelyn Sharp
@CommunitiesUK
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A big thank you today to all in local government who work so hard to deliver our Elections and support our democracy 🙏
@LGAcomms
@MarkLloydLGA
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Loving the chance to retweet again this awesome pic of
@HMCabinetCat
#InternationalCatDay2018
On
#InternationalCatDay
we're sharing this image of Evie the
@CabinetOfficeUK
cat, who proudly sat on the
#suffrage
flag that is currently touring the UK as part of our
#Vote100
relay.
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Thank you
@JBrokenshire
from everyone at
@mhclg
for your leadership as our Secretary of State. It has been a pleasure to serve you and we wish you, Cathy and the family all the very best for the future
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Thank you for all the support for
@mhclg
and our colleague following today’s frightening incident in Marsham St, including
@RobertJenrick
and friends
@DefraGovUK
and
@ukhomeoffice
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@UKCivilService
have once again rocked
#pridelondon2019
- here’s my perm sec colleagues
@ClareMoriarty
@RH_MoJ
showing how it’s done
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Very proud of
@charlotte_dring
- winner of this year’s
@UKCivilService
overall diversity and inclusion award! Your determination and ambition are inspiring
@mhclg
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Very special evening with fellow women permanent secretaries past & present attended by HM Queen
#WomenInGovernment
@UKCivilService
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My deepest condolences to the family on the loss of
@JBrokenshire
. A dedicated, brilliant and kind man much respected by the civil servants who served him. I was lucky and proud to be his permanent secretary at MHCLG. Thank you James and rest in peace.
@luhc
@UKCivilService
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My first blog as the new
@ukcivilservice
D&I champion – setting out my priorities and where we’re going to focus our effort to really make a difference. Get in touch
@CivilServiceDI
if you want to get involved and let me know what you think
#inclusion
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Couldn’t be prouder of our own
@mhclg
@charlotte_dring
- winner of this year’s
@UKCivilService
Social Mobility Award 🥇
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Drumroll for tomorrow’s
@UKCivilService
Diversity and Inclusion Awards Ceremony..... cant wait to meet this year’s amazing nominees!
@CivilServiceDI
@CivilServiceCPO
@AntoniaRomeoUK
@PermSecGLD
@ClareMoriarty
@dodsdiversity
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Today we're celebrating the highest ever number of female Permanent Secretaries across government
@UKCivilService
for
#InternationalWomensDay
#BalanceforBetter
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I couldn’t agree more with this tweet from the excellent (and kind)
@tomriordan
Kindness is the most underrated leadership quality. It’s not a weakness to look out for other people, thank them and make them feel valued. It will pay you back in spades.
#WorldSuicidePreventionDay
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Well done
@MoJGovUK
and other Govt departments in the top 75 (including my own
@mhclg
at no. 39!). Especially glad to see
@UKCivilService
Fast Stream come so high up the rankings - huge progress has been made in recent years
Thrilled that
@MoJGovUK
is the highest-placed government department in this year’s
@SocialMobilityF
Employer Index. Great to see so many other
@UKCivilService
organisations in the Top 75.
The
#socialmobility
movement continues to grow!
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Big moment in history - unveiling of Millicent Fawcett statue in Parliament Square,
jointly commissioned by
@MHCLG
&
@MayorofLondon
. Includes images
of 59 women and men who worked tirelessly to gain the vote for women
#Vote100
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Thank you
@wabbey
for today’s wonderful memorial service for Jeremy Heywood. Very moving to see
@UKCivilService
colleagues from so many departments paying tribute to our inspiring and much loved former cabsec
#whereareuonthis
@HeywoodFndation
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Excited to launch new
@mhclg
partnership w/
@PrincesTrust
today - our staff will support
@MosaicNetwork
school mentoring programme from Sept. Thanks
@MishalHussainBBC
,
@NickStaceTweets
, Shabir Randeree, Vanessa Ogden of
@MulberryTH
& Mosaic participants Jazibah & Asha
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Great workshop today on gender in
@UKCivilService
- developing action plans on gender pay gap, behaviours and language - thanks
@foreignoffice
for hosting
@JoannaRoperFCO
@KeelaShackell
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I’m honoured to be in this photo. Since I joined
@UKCivilService
in 1989 there has been a transformation in gender equality. A quarter of perm secs now women, and
since summer 2014 a third of all PS appointments
Pride of place in my waiting room from today. This wonderful picture includes two-thirds of the female perm secs ever appointed, including the 5th and 7th out a total of 37.
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First day of our inclusion panel at
#CivilServiceLive
in London this morning w/
@RH_MoJ
@emranmian
– some great questions from the audience on what
#inclusion
means and what we’re doing on
#socialmobility
and
#age
. Back for more tomorrow!
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Reviewing the many actions from yesterday's first ever D&I edition of the Civil Service People Board - two hours, eight Permanent Secretaries, one brilliant NED and a very full agenda! Thanks all for coming
@natdcampbell
@CivilServiceDI
and co
#standards
#targets
#sprints
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Very proud of the 3
@mhclg
teams nominated this year - the Troubled Families evaluation team; Race, Faith and Integration team; and the Offender Accomodation Pilot project team with
@MoJGovUK
. Now the wait begins till the awards on 21 November.... 🥁 🥁
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Congratulations & welcome
@sajidjavid
- new Secretary of State
@CommunitiesUK
– looking forward to working together
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Delighted to announce the appointment of Catherine Frances, Director of Public Services
@hmtreasury
, as our new DG for Local Government and Public Services at
@mhclg
from 1st April
#localgov
@LGAcomms
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Thank you to all those in local government who have worked so hard to administer today’s
#LocalElections
and make our democracy work
@LGAcomms
@mhclg
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It’s always impressive to see local government officers and volunteers across the country running the elections that underpin our democracy. Well done and thank you for another great effort
#LocalElecctions2019
@LGAcomms
@mhclg
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I’ve been a devoted
@bbcstrictly
fan for years - but there’s something special about tonight’s show and especially fab new judge
@MOTSI_MABUSE
#strictly2019
💃🏻
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Thank you to all the brilliant women who joined our BAME reverse mentoring event last night. I learnt so much - we’ll do it again, and keep pushing harder to make our
#brilliant
@UKCivilService
truly inclusive
@AntoniaRomeoUK
@CivilServiceDI
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As D&I Champion, I’m really keen to hear from those for who the diversity agenda has not yet been enough. I spent some time with our
@mhclg
staff networks today, talking about work, life and how they support us to make progress.
#nationalinclusionweek
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Today we begin a 10 month celebration of
#Vote100
in the
@UKCivilService
with our launch event and the start of the UK
@SuffrageFlag
relay
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Congratulations to
@AntoniaRomeoUK
on appointment as head of UK's new trade department - now 10 women Perm Secs
@UKCivilService
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This has been an exciting week as a market-first tool to measure inclusion rolls out across departments including
@mhclg
. Its insights will mean more focused actions to improve our culture. Can't wait to get stuck into the data
@CivilServiceDI
#evidencebased
#inclusion
#culture
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Thank you
@ExploreWellcome
and Eliza Manningham-Butler for hosting the latest event for past and present women perm secs - only 40 since 1955 but we’re going from strength to strength
@UKCivilService
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I can only agree with this - huge thanks to all in local government from your colleagues
@mhclg
@LGAcomms
@Solace_UK
@MarkLloydLGA
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Well done to our
@mhclg
Local Digital Gov team
@LDgovUK
who've been chosen as finalists for
@apoliticalco
Global Public Service Team of the year 2019🏅Show your support by voting here:
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Congratulations and THANKS to all who have made our amazing
#globalflagrelay
and UK
@SuffrageFlag
relays happen this year - fantastic collaboration across
@UKCivilService
@foreignoffice
@DFID_UK
#OurCivilService
To all suffrage centenary volunteers - this is for YOU! We have just won gender equality award at the
@UKCivilService
diversity and inclusion awards 2018. So incredibly proud
#OurCivilService
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Awesome thread emerging here - how many times have I spoken from a platform while holding in my left hand the thing that’s supposed to attach to the belt I never wear
Another speaking engagement, another radio mike designed for men's clothing
Isn't it time we challenged the subliminal message that women don't belong on platforms?
RT if you'd like to see microphones that work with what women actually wear
Reply if you have a solution!
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Congratulations to my friend Sharon White, the new Chairman
@jlandpartners
- an amazing role model for all of us
@UKCivilService
@CivilServiceDI
🎉
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Statue of Millicent Fawcett in Parliament Square has the names of 59 prominent people in the suffrage movement (women and men). Their profiles are shared via our
@UKCivilService
Suffrage Centenary campaign
@XgovCentenary
#StatueProfiles
#Vote100
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Lots to celebrate on the first day of
#NationalInclusionWeek
with it also being
#BiVisibilityday
and
#InternationalDayofSignLanguage
– really looking forward to events throughout the week!
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Fantastic recognition for Kate Abbott
@mhclg
for her amazing work on mental health over recent years - deserving winner of the Cabinet Secretary’s Inclusion Award
@UKCivilService
🥇
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I’m very pleased you’re joining
@mhclg
@emranmian
- it’s a brilliant department and you will be a great addition to the team
@LGANews
@Solace_UK
Brilliant day talking about education and skills
@lpoolcouncil
with CEO Tony Reeves and his team. Good moment to share some PERSONAL NEWS. From 1 October I’ll be in cities and towns and councils and businesses a lot more. Moving to
@mhclg
.
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We’re half way through
#nationalinclusionweek
already! Today sees the launch of the Menopause Awareness Campaign - thanks to Bernice Allport
@cabinetofficeuk
, Mo Bingham
@defenceHQ
and the network for championing this for all women in the Civil Service
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So touched and impressed by the work of the
#CrossGovernmentCarersNetwork
and their event yesterday. Thank you everyone who shared your stories of
#caring
for friends/family. A privilege to recognise your work and discuss how we can promote Carers
#inclusion
@CivilServiceDI
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Congratulations on your launch yesterday - I was honoured to be there
@CivilServiceDI
@GES_UK
#economics
#Diversity
It’s official! We have officially launched!
Thank you to everyone that was able to attend the
#TBENLaunch
tonight.
Stay tuned for our next event. In the meantime get involved via this link:
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So pleased to see Peter Schofield appointed as perm sec
@DWP
- a greatly respected colleague
@mhclg
and across whole
@UKCivilService
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Great to see excellent women CEOs speaking up for diversity
#peoplespowerhouse
@jomillerdonny
Great to be part of
#peoplespowerhouse
conference in Doncaster Jo Miller & Donna Hall - save the date 9 May
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Wonderful evening
@UKCivilService
awards tonight - remembering our amazing and much-loved Jeremy Heywood and celebrating his
#brilliantcivilservice
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@TamFinkelstein
Fantastic to see my wonderful colleague
@tamFinkelstein
permanently appointed
@DefraGovUK
. She is the 40th EVER woman permanent secretary
@UKCivilService
and brings the current total to 12/40 - we’ve reached 30% 🎉
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A really honest conversation with
@CharlesRoxburgh
and
@CSTalent1
#META
participants yesterday evening. Lots of powerful ideas to take forward on our journey to become more
#diverse
and
#inclusive
. Thank you all for coming!
@RoxanneOhene
@G6_7Race
@robye46
@BJ_Thompson1
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Huge respect for all who have worked so hard at
@dexeu
@ukineu
@PermSecGLD
@cabinetofficeuk
and across the wider
@UKCivilService
- amazing teamwork 👍
Stand-up with the fabulous
@DExEUgov
team on a momentous day for our work as a department. Collaboration and commitment our watchwords! cc
@SteveBarclay
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Looking forward to our
@UKCivilService
event tomorrow to mark
#InternationalWomensDay
hosted by
@beisgovuk
and
@UKParliament
and wider events going on across the Civil Service
#IWD2018
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Honoured to speak
@metpoliceuk
with
@junesarpong
@JasonLesterEY
Sonia Brown
@MartinHewittMPS
in diversity, inclusion and 100 years of women in the Met
#HeForShe
#GetInvolved
- thank you 😊
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Very proud
@MHCLG
has been working with
@MayorOfLondon
towards first statue of a woman in Parliament Square - tomorrow at 11am statue of remarkable
@uksuffrage
campaigner Millicent Fawcett will be unveiled
#Vote100
#StatueProfiles
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It was an honour to be there with you today
@TamFinkelstein
😊
Today I represented
@DefraGovUK
in laying a wreath at the
@ukhomeoffice
war memorial. It was a beautiful and moving service. For me it also reflected the culture of inclusion in this country and this thread explains why.
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Great to be part of such an inspiring day at the Civil Service Summer Diversity Internship closing reception
@FaststreamUK
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Welcome to our new Secretary of State
@RobertJenrick
- we’re looking forward to working with you
#housing
#communities
#localgov
#cities
#towns
Newly appointed Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
@RobertJenrick
is welcomed to
@mhclg
this evening by Permanent Secretary
@dawes_melanie
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Emmeline Pankhurst’s dress from 1911 came to our
@UKCivilService
#IWD2018
celebrations today thanks to my colleague Alex Chisholm - seems she was taller than me
#notdifficult
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congratulations
@joanneroney
on becoming new CEO in Manchester - great news
@CommunitiesUK
As the news breaks.... This will come in handy... Thank you for the good wishes everyone....
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I think you’re right Clare.
@mhclg
@DCMS
have had three women perm secs each, but
@DefraGovUK
tops the league table all round 😊
And with its fourth female Permanent Secretary in a row,
@DefraGovUK
must extend its lead as the
@UKCivilService
department with the longest continuous period of female leadership - can
@jillongovt
or
@GavinFreeguard
confirm? cc
@DefraDiversity
@DefraCareers
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Great to meet our
@mhclg
summer diversity interns today - thank you for the contribution you have made over the past few months
@UKCivilService
😊
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On behalf of
@mhclg
, thank you to my
@UKCivilService
colleagues for your help and support in the past year
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Good day
@railwaymuseum
@CityofYork
with partners from
@HomesEngland
@networkrail
discussing plans for York Central - one of biggest brownfield sites in Europe
#housing
@mhclg
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Thank you
@sajidjavid
. It's been a real pleasure working with you
@mhclg
. Welcome to
@JBrokenshire
, our new Secretary of State.
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Great meeting with
@WestMids_CA
& DG colleagues
@beis
@mhclg
@DWP
@educationgovuk
@dft
@hmtreasury
- working together for an ambitious
#IndustrialStrategy
for the West Mids
@andy4wm
@Cadman1Deborah
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The drumroll starts for tonight's
@UKCivilService
Awards - good luck to all the brilliant nominees
#CSAwards
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Congratulations
@FDA_union
@FDAGenSec
on your first 100 years and thank you for all you do to champion and support our brilliant
@UKCivilService
. Here’s to your second century 🎉 🥂
Grateful to
@marksedwill
for the invitation to meet with Permanent Secretaries this morning as part of our
#FDA100
centenary celebrations and the chance to hit a bullseye on his enormous dart board (no photos allowed).
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Suffrage flag relay starts today!
Flag will visit
@UKCivilService
departments & agencies across the UK to celebrate
#100years
since some women won the right to vote.
#SuffrageFlagRelay
#FollowtheFlag
#Vote100
@SuffrageFlag
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Looking fwd to six
#brilliantlydiverse
events across UK tomorrow for
#IWD2017
@UKCivilService
- thanks to our amazing
@CGWomensNetwork
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I’ll be on an early train to Exeter tomorrow morning - looking forward to meeting
@UKCivilService
@mhclg
colleagues
#CivilServiceLive
2019
Set up well underway for tomorrow's
#CivilServiceLive
event. We look forward to seeing those attending in Exeter tomorrow
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Happy birthday
@instituteforgov
and thank you for all you have done to improve transparency and data on govt and
@UKCivilService
. I love your charts - keep them coming
#IfG10
#dataviz
@jillongovt
We’re celebrating the tenth anniversary of
@instituteforgov
this week, which provides a great opportunity to look back on everything we’ve done with data down the years.
Yes, thread.
(A long one, forgive me this once…!)
(1/38)
#IfG10
#dataviz
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Well done all
@UKCivilService
nominees - especially
@mhclg
fair treatment team,
@charlotte_dring
@SuffrageFlag
volunteers & Kate Abbott
Shortlist for 2018
@UKCivilService
Diversity and Inclusion Awards has been announced. Check out the fantastic nominees up for an award:
#diversity
#inclusion
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Friday night just before 11. Mouse under the bed. Cat going mad but can’t reach mouse. This could be a long night 😾
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Great atmosphere
@WiLeadership_UK
conference in Cardiff today - 100s of brilliant
@UKCivilService
women and one fabulous
@SuffrageFlag
#vote100
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Go to Westminster Hall
@UKParliament
to see designs for new UK Holocaust memorial - have your say
#HMF
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Thank you for including me in a lovely evening - and for making sure I took my party hat off before walking home! Happy holidays to everyone
@UKPatchwork
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Very proud of our new strategy and thank you to all the many people who helped create it
#OurCivilService
We've launched an ambitious new strategy on
#diversity
and inclusion. Find out about our plans:
#OurCivilService
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One day I may learn to do selfie videos as well as
@selvinbrownmbe
. Until then I’ll just retweet his 😊
A real shot - boost - in the arm this afternoon at the
@UKCivilService
D & I Awards. Congratulations to all nominees, those shortlisted and the v deserving winners. The highlight for me was seeing Dame Sue Owen collecting her lifetime achievement award!
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Well done
@MODLGBT
for a great initiative!
Our updated Guide for Parents of LGBT+ Children has hit the web today with a formal press release and launch onto the website. We are extremely proud of this guide and want to thank our allies who developed it. Find it below:
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1) My Perm Sec colleagues making our pledges this morning for
#IWD2017
#BeBoldForChange
#BrilliantlyDiverse
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Thank you
@patchwork
for inviting me - a pleasure to meet another inspiring cohort of Patchworkers
We are delighted to be joined by
@dawes_melanie
Permenant Secretary at
@CommunitiesUK
for the final masterclass for this year's cohort
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Great evening yesterday courtesy of
@hmtreasury
- I'm honoured to be founding trustee as
@UKPatchwork
becomes a charity
#GetInvolved
We are hugely grateful for
@PhilipHammondUK
and
@hmtreasury
for hosting us today at 11 Downing Street to celebrate the work that Patchwork does and the need for a resilient and inclusive society.
#getinvolved
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Major announcements on planning today reflect great work by
@mhclg
teams and other colleagues across
@UKCivilService
– thank you for your
hard work and commitment
We’re determined to fix the broken housing market and today we’ve launched a comprehensive framework for planners, developers and councils to build more homes, more quickly, in the places people want to live.
#righthomes
#NPPF
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