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Thank you and best wishes for 2025!
As 2024 draws to a close, we wanted to take the opportunity to thank you all for your continued dedication and support in helping make GFiE Life Chance recruitment the success that it is. With your support, we have been …
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Using hypotheses to improve our content review process
Content designer Lauren Stopps writes about a project to improve the content team's internal review process.
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Top 10 technologies – a CMA horizon scanning perspective
In today's rapidly evolving technological and digital landscape, staying ahead of emerging trends is more important than ever. Being on the front foot – so that regulators and governments can keep pace with fast-moving markets – will help ensure that …
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Highlights of 2024: FMP milestones and what to expect in 2025
2024 was packed with activity across our fisheries management plans. Read about our milestones and what’s coming up in 2025!
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Cornish daffodils without the muddy floods
Stephen Webster is a land management officer in Cornwall and has worked with daffodil growers over the last two years to reduce flood risk and soil erosion. Cornwall is the home of daffodils, with four out of five flowers cut …
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Coverage following Ofwat's final determinations on water bills
There has been widespread coverage following the publication of Ofwat's final determinations yesterday as part of the 2024 price review. Ofwat, the independent economic regulator of the water sector, has announced bill rises which equate to around £3 additional per …
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Michael's Journey: From OSG to Account Manager in the Prison Service (Part two)
In this continuation of Michael's story, we delve deeper into his 21-year journey with the Prison Service, which began at HMP Rochester as an operational support grade (OSG). Rising through roles like prison officer and custodial manager, he now works to improve performance at some of the most challenging prison sites.
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Watch out - Space Trash Signs is About!
The Space Trash Signs initiative aims to increase public awareness of space pollution.
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Celebrating 2024: A year of achievements at Darlington Economic Campus
This is a guest blog by Emma Dudman, Change Communications and Engagement Lead at the Department for Business and Trade, and Sara Gracey, HM Treasury’s Head of Engagement at Darlington Economic Campus. It’s a frosty Thursday morning at the Darlington …
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MyDefence Rewind 2024: A Year in Review
A Journey to People Empowerment It’s been an extraordinary year for the MyDefence programme. From shaping the vision of an ambitious coherence initiative to navigating multiple phases of research, design, and development, our journey has been nothing short of remarkable. …
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Trust at a distance: how can digital identities help?
The UK Government is committed to promoting a global digital environment which is open but also safe. We believe that secure, privacy-enhancing digital identities that work across national boundaries can enable that objective.
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Enhancing digital trust through trust services
Trust services sit under a piece of UK law called the eIDAS Regulations and they make electronic transactions faster, simpler, and more secure. In this blogpost, we talk about what OfDIA is doing with regard to trust services.
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Inaccurate provisional Local Government Finance Settlement reporting
There has been media reporting suggesting allocations set out in our provisional Local Government Finance Settlement will mean Shire districts or ‘more rural’ councils are being treated unfavourably. This is not correct, and does not account for the over £4 …
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New roles in the gamma trust framework
This blog post takes a closer look at what the new roles in the gamma trust framework do, why we introduced them, and how they support providers looking to get certified against this new publication.
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A long distance relationship: Upgrading the Falkland Islands
I’ve been working in the Falkland Islands for six months in what is now my fourth continuity tour to the Falklands. It’s an interesting place to live and work and being so far from the UK adds significant challenges to …
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Dartmoor Land Use Management Group: next steps
In October, we appointed the Independent Chair for the Dartmoor Land Use Management Group (DLUMG), Phil Stocker. In this guest post, Phil shares insights into his role, the published terms of reference, membership, and next steps for the group.
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Largest ever cash boost to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping
There has been prominent national and regional coverage following our announcement this week which confirms councils across England will receive almost £1 billion of new funding next year, including the largest-ever investment in homelessness prevention services, to get the country …
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Conservation covenants: a new tool to support nature recovery
The Environment Agency is delighted to have been designated as a responsible body for conservation covenants. This new tool will help us in our work to protect and enhance nature in England. The bigger picture: the importance of nature We …
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Services Week is back for 2025
Services Week is an annual event hosted by the Government Digital and Data community, bringing together professionals from across the UK public sector.
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Artificial Intelligence: must-have skills for the future
Discover how to harness the power of Artificial Intelligence with the latest online courses by CDDO.
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Digital Planning Programme: our year in review
In this blog the Digital Planning team review the programme’s highlights from 2024. From increased data collection to developing new tools, collaboration to innovation, the team has worked alongside Local Planning Authorities, the planning community and other colleagues in government to make planning faster, data-driven, and more citizen-friendly.
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What winter bug do I have? Know the signs and symptoms
We see cases of flu, RSV, COVID-19 and norovirus throughout the year, but in winter they circulate at the same time and can reach high levels. We also track other respiratory viruses – rhinovirus, adenovirus, human metapneumovirus (hMPV) and parainfluenza …
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Explaining easements – making the correct applications
Easements – the rights enjoyed by one landowner over land owned by another – are an important legal interest and a complex area of land law. Ensuring you make the correct applications should mean you avoid many of the most serious difficulties that can arise.
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Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning – Future Challenges and Opportunities
This post is the final blog in a series on privacy-preserving federated learning. The series is a collaboration between the Responsible Technology Adoption Unit (RTA) and the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Learn more and read all …
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Understanding Arm's Length Bodies: a fresh look at Britain's Public Sector
Ever wondered who runs our driving licences, maintains our railways, or keeps our food standards in check? Chances are, it's an arm's length body (ALB). This week, we're excited to share our newly published interactive Arm's Length Bodies Landscape analysis, …
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Update on the deaths of three tagged hen harriers
Hen harriers remain rare in England, with a welcome increase in their population over the last few years stalling in 2024. Poor weather and food availability may cause their numbers to fluctuate, but ongoing illegal killing remains a serious threat …
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The outcome of the consultation on Annex A of the JFS has been published today
Today we’ve published the Government response to the consultation proposing amendments to Annex A of the Joint Fisheries Statement (JFS).
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Designing a style guide for Defra content designers
Senior content designer Louisa Mallon describes how her team planned and created a Defra style guide.
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Stakeholder update: December 2024's FSA Board meeting
Cymraeg It was the final FSA Board meeting of the year last week and we were able to catch up on a number of important issues that have been on our minds. We had an update to September’s Board discussion …
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Reflections on 2024 and looking ahead to 2025
As 2024 draws to a close, let’s reflect on what a year it has been. The work that colleagues across adult social care have done this year has been phenomenal. Millions of people have benefited from dedicated professionals who work …
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Belfast's growing digital community: A collaborative and innovative environment
Discover the digital opportunities of working for DBT in Belfast.
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FiPL Spotlight: Meadow Match, Cornwall's wildflower seed dating service
In this guest post, Seán O’Hea shines a light on Cornwall National Landscape's Farming in Protected Landscape project.
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Living England: a national habitat map for everyone
Amy Woodget is the Communications and Engagement Lead for the Living England project. In this post, she introduces the latest release of Natural England’s ‘Living England’ dataset – a digital map providing information on England’s broad habitats.
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NHS England starts detailed implementation planning for tyrosinaemia screening
Detailed planning work under way for implementation of newborn screening for tyrosinaemia in England.
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Defra response to OEP investigation into regulation of network combined sewer overflows
Government takes swift action to strengthen regulation to tackle sewage discharges, as the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) announces next steps in their investigation into the regulation of network combined sewer overflows.
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English Devolution White Paper launch
Following the publication of the English Devolution White Paper there has been speculative media coverage that proposals around local government reorganisation including that this could potentially delay local elections in some areas with smaller district councils being replaced by larger …
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One word, endless opportunities: Discover our Graduate Scheme
Unlock your potential: Graduates describe our program in one word
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What GDS has found from public sector accessibility monitoring
Find out what our team found from the last 3 years of monitoring the accessibility of public sector websites and mobile apps.
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Coverage following announcement that water companies must double compensation for service failures
There has been widespread coverage of the Government announcement that water companies will be forced to double the compensation paid to customers for service failures. The Guaranteed Standards Scheme (GSS) will see new, improved, and compulsory payments in the event …
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Shark Plan: Conserving Sri Lankan sharks, rays and chimaeras through the Ocean Country Partnership Programme
The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) collaboration with Sri Lanka on shark, ray and chimaera conservation through the Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP) was furthered in mid-November with a UK visit from the Sri Lankan Director General and …