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Help us gather better data on charities
Can you help us test new ways of classifying charities? Data is a central theme of our work in the months and years ahead. Now I’m asking for your help with an early, important set of changes, which will impact each of the 170,000 charities on the register in England and Wales.
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Training the next generation in construction
The publication of the construction route review this week sees the culmination of a years’ worth of discussion, research and testing. I remember discussing the concept of the construction route summit with the Institute in December 2021, with the summit …
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Land Deployed Applications – A Strategic Discovery
“I was personally impressed by the motivation and dedication of the team for this discovery work, and the commitment by all to the articulation of user needs. I have spent some time reading through your documentation online, and I have …
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The next step on our journey to transform accommodation services for Armed Forces families
Our Armed Forces and their families have no real choice where they serve, or when and how frequently they move. More than 39,000 families live in military homes across the UK. Therefore, it’s vital we ensure homes of the right …
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Environment Agency scoops not one, but two wins at annual Edie sustainability awards!
Deputy Director for Sustainable Business Van Griffiths and Net Zero Manager Simon Dawes attended the event and share the details
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Watch episode 3: Land management plans and the Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot
Through tests and trials, we want to understand the role that land management plans could play in our future schemes. In the Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot, we provided farmers with 3 different land management plan templates. Each template was developed through tests and trials. One of these templates was developed by the Growing the Goods test and trial group. …
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Family Hubs: how we are supporting families across the country
Family Hubs offer help and support to families, from early years support to parenting classes, all of which can make a difference – particularly to those families who are going through a tough time. We have announced funding to create …
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How we run service design training as an agile service
The ‘Introduction to service design’ has run as an agile service since 2018 – 35 times so far. The training evolves every time. We share how it works and why this matters.
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Never been to CSL? Here's why you should really go!
An event of learning and discovery, Civil Service Live 2022 is back with a six-date tour spanning five cities, bringing together civil servants for inspiring speaker sessions rich with opportunities. Civil Service Live is one of Europe’s biggest corporate training …
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Ramadan: what it means to me
As Ramadan begins for Muslims around the world, Afshan Khan, a Resource Manager in our Architecture Data Information and Innovation team, shares her thoughts and reflections on what this important time in the Islamic calendar means to her.
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We have a lot of work to do!
Recently, my leadership team and I made a commitment to spend more time understanding our users and their context. To that end I spent time this week with colleagues at the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) to better understand what their …
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Reflections on my time as the Head of Local Digital
May-N presenting at an event for local government This week brings to a close my two and a half years as Head of the Local Digital Collaboration Unit (LDCU). In this blog post, I want to reflect back on the …
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Strategy to Execution Series - Delivering the Data Foundation Pan-Defence
Welcome to the first in our series of blogs exploring delivery of the Data Strategy for Defence in our Pan-Defence environment. Since the Data Strategy for Defence was published last September there has been a clear shift change in how …
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What to do if you have symptoms of a respiratory infection including COVID-19, or a positive COVID-19 test
Learning to live with COVID relies on us all taking sensible actions to help stop the spread of the virus and other respiratory infections, which in turn will help to protect those who are most vulnerable.
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Podcast: Accelerating digital services using a cloud-native common platform
Hear all about our award-winning approach to developing and adopting a cloud-native common platform and the impact it's had on our digital services.
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Life as a Senior Coordinator in the Official Receiver Services
Rukhi joined the civil service 25 years ago, in this blog Rukhi describes her career to date, life as a Senior Coordinator, how the Insolvency Service is a great place to work, and how she will be celebrating Ramadan.
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A year older, a year more confident
Hear from Janey Merrick, Head of HR, who is celebrating her 1 year work anniversary at the TRA. Find out how she felt when she joined the TRA and how her confidence has grown.
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Introducing you to…
My name is Jacki and I work in the RPA Customer Service Centre. I’m based in Cumbria and I answer customers’ queries on the Countryside Stewardship, Environmental Stewardship and Sustainable Farming helpline. In the past I’ve also covered the Rural …
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Calling for competition economists: Secondment opportunities at the CMA
We've launched our economist secondment programme, where you'll have the opportunity to immerse yourself in casework while getting an insight into life at the CMA. Read Julie's blog for more info.
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I-VMS: Behind the Scenes
Since the launch of the I-VMS project in February, we have been working hard to listen to any concerns fishers may have and doing all we can to answer their questions. I’d like to thank everyone for their contributions, which …
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How we are supporting adults to secure a better job
Making sure everyone can upskill or retrain so they can get better paid jobs is a key priority for government. That’s why we are expanding our popular Skills Bootcamps and Free Courses for Jobs training offers this year. Thousands of …
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Dragons' Den Episode 13 Series 19
Maternity wear, summery cocktails, clay crayons, and construction accessories were all debuted this week - but which ones received the Dragons’ seal of approval?
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Largest programme on storm sewage discharges in history
Today’s blog looks at coverage of new plans to tackle the number of discharges of untreated sewage by water companies
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Chief Scientist Report 2021. Good, better, best: using the best available evidence in nature’s recovery
Dr Tim Hill, Chief Scientist at Natural England, tells us about the publication of Natural England’s fourth Chief Scientist Report. Our mission within the Chief Scientist Directorate at Natural England, is to ‘…develop evidence and provide scientific advice to drive …
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Infection prevention and control forever!
"The coronavirus pandemic has brought infection prevention and control (IPC) into sharp focus" says Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care, Deborah Sturdy, in her latest blog, marking the recent publication of updated IPC guidance and resources.
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Education Secretary's open letter to children and young people on SEND reform
Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi has written to all children and young people about how he and the Government are going to change the ways that children with special educational needs and disabilities are supported.
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Tax it, don’t risk it – DVLA hits the road to highlight the risks of vehicle tax evasion
As part of DVLA’s latest vehicle tax evasion campaign, Paul Davies, National Wheelclamping and ANPR Manager, hits the road with our wheelclamping partners and press teams, as they visit some of the highest evading areas in the UK.
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Publishing our enforcement statistics
Our Director of Enforcement, Marian Kitson, has written a blog post reflecting on our enforcement statistics up to December 2021 and the challenges we’ve overcome.
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Using the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard to support the Economic Crime Bill
The BODS standard creates transparency in corporate governance
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Eustice: supporting farmers ahead of the coming growing season
On Wednesday 30th March 2022, Defra announced a new package of support for farmers ahead of the coming growing season.
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Supporting wellbeing as part of a multi-academy trust
Anna Crawte, School Improvement Director for HEART Academies Trust, shares how her central support team has taken on a key role in helping their schools to reduce workload and support teacher wellbeing.
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The GOV.UK Design System is now live
Follow the GOV.UK Design System’s journey to achieving live status, what we learned along the way and plans for the future.
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Storm overflow spill data released today shows no room for complacency
Event Duration Monitoring data for 2021 shows that water and sewerage companies have a long way to go to reduce the use of storm overflows.
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Being a content designer: six values to consider
Defra digital, data and technology Content Designer Laura Churchill shares her thoughts on some of the key things that her profession requires of those individuals thinking of making a career change.
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Counting down – preparing for mandatory biodiversity net gain
I recently wrote about the Defra Consultation on biodiversity net gain (BNG). The consultation seeks feedback on topics and issues relating to the development of the frameworks, legislation and guidance of mandatory biodiversity net gain (BNG). If you haven’t already …
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A career in the Civil Service
Read about the professions and career opportunities available at Companies House, and the benefits of being part of a modern Civil Service.
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Living with Covid: the end of routine testing in schools, colleges and childcare settings
NOTE: This post was updated in July 2022 to ensure it reflects the most up to date guidance and information Since 1 April, routine testing has no longer been expected in education and children’s social care settings. This is part …
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Business Current Accounts: how we’ve made your business account work harder
Opening a Business Current Account (BCA) can be stressful if you don’t know where to start or what you’re signing up to. We've made requirements for banks to make it easier for you to open the right BCA for your business. Read more about how this benefits you as a small business owner.
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Farming Innovation Programme: 2 new competitions launched
From today, Wednesday 30 March, you can apply for a share of £20.5 million funding in 2 new competitions in the Farming Innovation Programme in partnership with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
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Sustainable Farming Incentive: standards, payment rates, and how to prepare
We plan to launch the Sustainable Farming Incentive in June. Today we can share the final standards and payment rates, our approach to the applications process and how to prepare, In this post, I’ll provide an overview and share links to further information on GOV.UK. I’ll also explain how farmers have directly shaped the scheme …