The economic issues the new ministers face are severe enough without the additional handicap of a poor image.
Mr Bird and several of his former ministers face corruption charges relating to events during their long stay in office.
Meanwhile, Ros Altmann, director general of over-50s organisation Saga and a former government adviser on pensions, said ministers could face a costly legal challenge if they did not make changes.
The London talks were also the first chance for G8 ministers to discuss face-to-face the failure of last week's meeting in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on curbing Iran's nuclear programme.
Ministers are planning to use face, iris and fingerprint scans to identify people.
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When the G20 finance ministers gather in Paris they face a stark fact: that nearly a year and a half since Greece received its first bailout, the crisis remains unresolved.
On 15 May 2012, as MPs continued debating the Queen's Speech, focusing on foreign affairs and international development, the Labour spokesman accused ministers of complacency in the face of the current "profound reordering of geo-economics and potentially geo-politics".
After the Spanish and British foreign ministers met this week, a face-saving compromise was said still to be possible.
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British broadcasters, led by the BBC, originally declined to air the Gaza appeal, but in the face of criticism from government ministers and others, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 changed their minds.
Officials say that more of Jefri's associates will soon face charges, possibly including former ministers and businessmen in Malaysia and Singapore.
Yet when ministers meet in Osaka next week, they face a dilemma.
Home Office ministers are warning that policemen who stand in the way of reform face the sack.
It will come in time for new ministers to settle in before the summer parliamentary recess, ready to face the party conference season and a new Westminster term in October.
Ministers are now giving schools just one year to turn around or face being closed or replaced - a point they highlighted in commenting on the annual report from the inspectorate, Ofsted, which showed 13% of secondary schools inspected last year were judged inadequate.
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Jersey's council of ministers said they wanted to remove the financial uncertainty they say many people face when someone goes into care.
Ministers are soon expected to announce a cap will be placed on the costs people face for care.
An unknown when he joined the New York Fed in 2003, he is now a familiar face to the most senior executives on Wall Street and to central bankers and finance ministers overseas.
Earlier this month two ex-Kenyan ministers William Ruto and Henry Kosgey, as well as radio executive Joshua Arap Sang, appeared to face pre-trial hearings over their alleged part in the violence.
It's pretty clear that ministers are realistic enough to know that whatever their actions now, given how intractable many of the issues they face are, it could be a very long time before they bear fruit.
These could see the worst performing 10% of staff face being fired after a year if they fail to improve, new delivery methods for services, and ministers given the power to choose who runs departments.
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