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Med Tech Regulatory Reform: The first steps towards a new framework for medical devices in the UK
On 9 January 2024, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) published its Roadmap for the delivery of the future regulatory framework for medical devices. In the first of a new blog series, Laura Squire, Med Tech Regulatory Reform …
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How we’re using the power of the courts to clamp down on illegal felling
Jonathan Tizzard, an Enforcement Investigator for the Forestry Commission, talks about the first ever Restocking Order after conviction as a Magistrates Court orders a landowner to replant a site of illegal felling.
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Mind Your Head 2024
This week, 12-16 February 2024, is the Farm Safety Foundation’s (Yellow Wellies) seventh annual Mind Your Head campaign. Yellow Wellies is an independent registered charity covering the whole of the UK, set up in 2014 to raise awareness of farm …
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Working with us: Join the TRA legal team
Applications for a Grade 6 senior trade remedies lawyer are now open and we asked one of our Junior lawyers to tell us more about the legal team and what working at the TRA is like. Being a lawyer at …
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Six months is not a long time in space
Six months into the role of Deputy CEO, as jobshare with Annelies Look, Chris White-Horne looks back on their time at the UK Space Agency so far.
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Celebrating support workers
Support workers are the backbone of health and social care organisations, providing year-round care for service users, patients and residents. Leanne Flint joined Cygnet Healthcare as a support worker in 2008. Here, she writes about the training and personal development which has helped her progress.
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Gibraltar Defence Police Recruits Successfully Complete Training in the UK
Three Gibraltar Defence Police (GDP) recruits recently returned to Gibraltar after completing their initial 12-week police training at Southwick Park, UK, with the Ministry of Defence Police (MDP). This milestone marks the end of an intensive training programme, aimed at …
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Spotlight on updates and additions to livestock and grassland offer
Over the past few weeks, we've summarised the updates to our environmental land management offer by farm type. These posts follow last month's Agricultural Transition Plan update. In this post, we’ll focus on the updated offer for livestock and grassland farmers.
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Moving Social Work: it means what it says!
Modern social work is many things, but one of its central tenets involves the belief that everyone should have access to the same opportunities to live full, active, healthy lives. The Moving Social Work programme aims to harness the skills and values of social workers to support the health, wellbeing and human rights of people with disabilities.
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Diversity in Tech - Our Commitment
A resolution During the colder months, it is usual to reflect on the year just past and the year ahead and perhaps even make a resolution or two. Here in Justice Digital our Capability Team has already fulfilled a major …
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Michael Gove sets out planning measures to build on long-term plan for housing
There has been widespread coverage across national papers and broadcasters about our package of housing announcements. This includes a ‘brownfield first’ approach delivering new homes and changes to Permitted Development Rights to empower people to extend their homes outwards and …
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Changes coming to OFSI guidance in 2024
The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) is committed to providing high-quality, widely accessible and easy to understand guidance to support our users to implement financial sanctions. As part of this commitment, we are always looking for ways to improve …
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How the ‘Introduction to AI assurance’ guide is supporting government’s innovative approach to AI regulation
DSIT’s Responsible Technology Adoption (RTA) Unit is pleased to publish its Introduction to AI assurance. This guidance is an accessible introduction that aims to support organisations to better understand how AI assurance techniques can be used to ensure the safe …
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Your questions answered: Reporting and making changes to your LPA
[English] - [Cymraeg] We receive thousands of phone calls each week from people looking for help and information on the lasting power of attorney (LPA) process. This blog series answers your questions by breaking down the different stages of your …
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Your questions answered: Payments and fees
[English] - [Cymraeg] We receive thousands of phone calls each week from people looking for help and information on the lasting power of attorney (LPA) process. This blog series answers your questions by breaking down the different stages of your …
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Your questions answered: Completing forms
[English] - [Cymraeg] We receive thousands of phone calls each week from people looking for help and information on the lasting power of attorney (LPA) process. This blog series answers your questions by breaking down the different stages of your …
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“The Last Custodians” a short movie by FaSS recipients Lyme Bay Fisherman’s CIC
MMO is delighted to share the latest news story from Lyme Bay Fisherman’s CIC, who just unveiled an insightful short film on the untold stories of inshore fishing. At the beginning of 2023 a group of 50 small scale inshore fisherman …
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Supplier relationships in DIO
As DIO’s Supplier Relationship Management Head, I am responsible for our supplier relationships which includes a deep understanding of our supply chains cross DIO. A few years ago, DIO’s role within the MOD shifted from being a ‘landlord’ to a …
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Biodiversity Net Gain is live
Biodiversity Net Gain becomes mandatory for major developments today, but why does this matter? Rachel Fisher, Defra’s Deputy Director for Land Use, outlines the benefits of the policy.
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Landscape Recovery: building long-term agreements
Landscape Recovery supports large-scale, long-term management of land for the benefit of sustainable food production and the environment. Many of the 22 projects in Round 1 are now halfway through the Project Development Phase (PDP). Our ability to co-design this scheme is founded on open and honest relationships with project teams. In this post, we share a summary of the work to develop long-term agreements.
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Coverage of North East devolution deal
Our announcement that the legislation for a new £1.4billion devolution deal for the North East was laid in Parliament has been celebrated in regional media. This significant milestone which brings the North East of England one step closer to electing …
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Coverage of Government action on bonuses for water company bosses
Today we are looking at coverage of this morning's announcement that water bosses are set to be banned from receiving bonuses if a company has committed serious criminal breaches.
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Celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in Science and the Environment Agency's Citizen Science Projects
Yesterday (Sunday 11 February) marked the ninth annual International Day of Women and Girls in Science – a UN designated celebration of the massive contribution women make to the fields of science and technology. Today, we look at a hugely important …
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Fraud Factsheet
SUMMARY ‘Stop! Think Fraud’ is a new National Campaign Against Fraud. The anti-fraud messaging is backed by organisations across law enforcement, tech, banking, telecoms and the third sector to help raise public awareness on fraud safety advice. The website www.gov.uk/stopthinkfraud …
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Ask an Apprentice: Your Professional Forester Apprenticeship questions answered
Applications for our 3-year degree-level Professional Forester Apprenticeship are now open. Our panel of experts led a live chat last year to answer your questions.
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New reporting requirements for Designated Persons under the Russia Regime
In June 2023, the UK government announced that it would be introducing two new reporting measures. These are to strengthen transparency of frozen assets in the UK and assist HM Treasury in monitoring compliance with, and detecting evasion of, financial …
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Get ready for new Biodiversity Net Gain legislation
The introduction of biodiversity net gain (BNG) today (12 February 2024) will see the biggest change to planning regulations in decades. This new law as part of the government’s Environment Act will make sure wildlife habitats are left in a …
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Embracing diversity: building a stronger animal health workforce
International Day of Women and Girls in Science continues to raise awareness of the significant gender gap at all levels of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Read more from APHA's Dr Flavie Vial as she explains why gender matters in the animal health workforce in this interesting blog.
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Spotlight on talent development: Meet Fast Streamer Riman Salim
In the latest from our series focusing on stories from colleagues who are employed on our talent development programmes, Riman Salim reflects on her Fast Stream experiences to date and shares some tips for anyone thinking of applying.
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Support for farmers
Following recent coverage of farmer protests, this blog demonstrates government support of British farmers.
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Access to Nature, Conservation and The Green Recovery Challenge Fund
The Green Recovery Challenge Fund was an £80 million fund developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, designed to help nature recovery and conservation whilst creating and sustaining jobs. In this blog post, we'll delve into the incredible achievements this …
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UK steel safeguards: A story of transition, extension, suspension, and amendment
The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) is no stranger to complexity. We investigate where UK manufacturers believe they may be suffering from unfair trade practice which result in goods being exported to the UK at prices which are artificially low. This …
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Find a Grant celebrates 200,000 users at the Government Grants Conference
Our journey to 200k users of Find A Grant and an exciting road ahead for the successful GOV.UK digital service for grant administrators and applicants
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Why would Defra hire people with convictions?
Lizzie Chatterjee, Deputy Director for Trade Strategy and Implementation at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), shares her personal experience as a GFiE buddy to a prison leaver. One of the highlights of my professional life is to …
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Webinar follow up: the farming offer in 2024
On Friday 26 January, we held a webinar for farmers to go through the actions and payments available through our environmental land management schemes in 2024. This webinar was held in collaboration with the Farming Advice Service (FAS) and The Farming Forum (TFF). In this post, I’ll summarise the themes and top-voted questions covered in the webinar with responses and links to guidance.
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Dragons' Den IP Blog - Series 21 Episode 6
This episode had a distinct health and hair care theme. Denim doyenne Emma Grede helped breathe new fire into the Den as guest Dragon.
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Planning Ahead for Onsite User Research in Defence
Fail to prepare, prepare to fail That's what a former manager used to say to me. Although I'm not a big fan of motivational workplace quotes, this one stuck because it's undeniably true. I work within the Digital Foundry as …
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An awakening: the creativity of science through nature
By Clare Warburton, Deputy Director for Sustainable Development at Natural England International Day of Women and Girls in Science (IDWGIS) is an annual UN event, which aims to highlight the work and achievements of women and girls in science, both now …
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2023 summer interns - digital workforce and building capability
Jaco writes about his experience working with the CDDO digital talent team
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The Messenger Review: a roadmap for great leadership
The Messenger Review, published in 2022, set out an ambition to review system wide leadership development. It was an opportunity to help the health and social care system strengthen leadership and management across both sectors in England. It was also a way to help people new to their roles to better understand what is expected of them.