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What is a Primary Charting Authority?
Ian Davies, International Hydrographic Portfolio Manager for the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO), reflects on the organisation’s role as Primary Charting Authority (PCA) for Kiribati, and how recently collected data benefits the nation’s islands.
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Building A Skilled Civil Service
A key part of A Modern Civil Service is constantly improving our skills. There’s lots of support available to help colleagues do this already, with more opportunities launching soon across the Civil Service. Why skills matter Every day, the work …
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Enhancing Access to Green & Blue Spaces for People with Visual Impairment
Natural England's mission is 'Building partnerships for Nature recovery,' and we are passionate about building partnerships that make outdoor recreation activities available to everyone. Our commitment to the Equality Act 2010 underscores our dedication to inclusivity in all our endeavours. …
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Saluting Our Sisters – Black History Month October 2023
October is Black History Month, which has the theme of 'Celebrating our Sisters'. In this blog, we hear from two of our GSE members: Matimba and Josephine. Matimba Swana shares the impact she has made, and what she has recently …
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Developing the means to manage woodlands
Rosanna Curtis, Project Manager for the Northwoods Innovation Programme, talks about how they are supporting innovation to help woodland owners to actively manage their woodlands.
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Opening the door to easier property transactions
Michael Wadsworth and his team have built adoor to help buyers, sellers, conveyancers and estate agents track the progress of property transactions from mortgage to moving day. Michael explains how adoor uses HM Land Registry data and the difference the Geovation Accelerator Programme made to the firm's development.
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Leven Carrs Wetland: broadening our ambitions with Landscape Recovery
I’m Sarah, the project manager for the Leven Carrs Wetland project near Beverley in East Yorkshire. In this post, I’ll shine a light on our Landscape Recovery project. We want to transform the area into a landscape-scale, dynamic wetland which is home to an abundance of wildlife and sits alongside sustainable farming practices and food production.
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Power of Attorney stories: Shirin
[English] - [Cymraeg] A Lasting Power of Attorney (also known as an LPA) if a legal document that allows you to nominate someone you trust to step in and make decisions about your health and welfare and property and finance …
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Power of Attorney stories: Maureen and Petra
[English] - [Cymraeg] A lasting power of attorney (LPA) allows you to nominate someone you trust, known as an attorney, to step in if you lose the mental capacity to make certain decisions yourself. They are legal documents that cover …
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Supporting community partners to deliver green growth
NDA Director of Socio-Economics, Jamie Reed, explains why we invest in projects to help deliver positive change in our communities. As the NDA’s first Director of Socio-Economics, it’s a privilege to work as part of a team committed to working …
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How R&D and innovation can support levelling up
Dr Hayaatun Sillem CBE, Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Academy of Engineering and a Member of the LUAC, explains how R&D and innovation is creating jobs and fuelling economic growth in regions that haven’t traditionally felt its benefits.
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Regulatory Policy Committee issues 2023 Corporate Report
Stephen Gibson, RPC Chair, highlights key points from the analysis of RPC opinions set out in our 2023 Corporate Report.
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Digital Leaders’ Download with Sir Ian Diamond, the UK's National Statistician
In the latest Digital Leaders’ Download CDDO's Chief Executive Megan Lee Devlin interviews the UK's National Statistician Sir Ian Diamond. He shares how data can provide ‘answers we could only have dreamed about 20 years ago’ and much more.
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Everyday Engineering Competition
National Engineering Day takes place on 1 November; an event which focuses on promoting the world-shaping work that engineers do and encourages more young people, from all backgrounds, to consider a career in engineering. It aims to remind everyone that …
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Success at the TechWomen100 Awards
Find out how we won Company of the Year at the TechWomen100 Awards and what this means for our organisation.
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Shining a light on our brilliant biologists
For this year’s Biology Week, we are shining a spotlight on the work of some of our brilliant biologists at APHA, who carry out work in a wide range of scientific areas.
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How we’re protecting schools and colleges from disruptive strike action
We’re working to introduce minimum service levels in schools and colleges to protect children, young people and parents from the damaging impact of future strike action. The follows the disruption during industrial action last academic year, which resulted in over …
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Statement on the Bibby Stockholm - 19/10/2023
Home Office statement on the Bibby Stockholm. A Home Office spokesperson said: "From today, we are beginning to move people back on to the Bibby Stockholm in Portland. All necessary tests including health, fire and water checks have been …
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My Experience Interning with the Environment Agency
Mitigating and adapting to the effects of climate change is something I’m very passionate about. From experiencing heatwaves first-hand here in the UK, to hearing about drinking-water wells drying up due to drought in my parents’ villages in Sri Lanka, witnessing the negative impacts of climate change across the world is what initially pushed me to pursue a career in this field.
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Progress update on UK NSC work to assess newborn screening for SMA
Commissioning and procurement of the new SMA screening cost-effectiveness model has begun and scoping work for the in-service evaluation is progressing well.
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Israel-Hamas conflict: Advice for schools from Ministers
Education Secretary Gillian Keegan, the Minister for Schools and the Minister for Skills have written to schools and colleges (17 October 2023) to provide advice on how to respond to the Israel-Hamas conflict in the classroom. Dear school and college …
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Recycle Week 2023: helping local authorities to onboard a new system for improving recycling efficiency
In Recycle Week Jenny Rogal and Polly Howden explain how the work they are doing to develop a new Local Authority Payments tool will ensure the tool meets the needs of the end users - local authorities.
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The Framework for Levelling Up the UK - Part II
Eighteen months on from the Levelling Up White Paper, and twelve months into the life of the Levelling Up Advisory Council, in part II of this blog Andy Haldane assesses progress on the missions, governance and accountability structures of the levelling up policy framework.
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The Framework for Levelling Up the UK - Part I
Co-author of the Government’s Levelling Up White Paper, and now Chair of its Levelling Up Advisory Council (LUAC), Andy Haldane sets out the framework to level up the UK.
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The Framework for Levelling Up the UK - Part III
In part III of this blog Levelling Up Advisory Council Chair, Andy Haldane, looks ahead to suggest what more can be done to enhance the credibility of the levelling up framework.
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Improving government’s financial risk management
In this blog, the GAD actuary who helped establish the government’s Contingent Liability Central Capability talks about his time supporting the establishment and initial growth of the new team.
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Why we request rent, lease or ownership details
In this blog we explain why we need your property information and what it is used for.
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Working in Cyber Security at the Home Office
Find out what it’s like to work in the Cyber Security Threat Hunting team at the Home Office. Learn about the career and training benefits of joining us.
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MEDIA FACT SHEET: NITROUS OXIDE BAN
What is nitrous oxide? Nitrous oxide is a colourless gas, also known as ‘laughing gas’. It can be misused for its psychoactive effects – or to ‘get a high’ – by inhalation. What changes to the law have been …
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Calling all early years applicants
Once you have submitted your application to register with Ofsted, we will give you a call to discuss your application. At this stage we want to make sure everything you have included in your form is correct, to avoid any …
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How resources and waste are using a research panel to engage with users
In Recycle Week, Jason Stockwell reflects on the user research process taking place under the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme for packaging, which will see packaging producers paying the full cost of disposing of packaging waste, money which in turn will be granted to local authorities to cover recycling and disposal costs.
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A prison officer with a purpose
Growing up as an ethnic minority from a deprived neighbourhood, Leroy didn’t see a place for himself in today’s society. That was until he joined the Prison Service. As a prison officer, Leroy feels he now has a purpose - …
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Home is where the delegated healthcare is
In recent years, the concept of supporting healthcare activities at home has gained significant traction,and for good reason. The COVID-19 pandemic emphasised the importance of accessible, high-quality healthcare, prompting a shift towards home and community-based care as a viable alternative to more traditional health and care settings.
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Celebrating Biology Week 2023
The Royal Society of Biology’s Biology Week aims to raise the profile of innovations in biology and celebrate the important work that biologists are doing across this incredibly broad field. To celebrate the week, Government Chief Scientific Adviser Professor Dame …
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Coverage of consultation launched to ban wet wipes containing plastic
Today we are looking at coverage of a consultation launched on Saturday on banning wet wipes that contain plastic.
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Celebrating 25 years of BCMS with Bjorn Andreassen
It’s 25 years since the formation of the British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS), which is responsible for maintaining the central online database of all bovine animals in Great Britain. This is the Cattle Tracing System (CTS), which animal keepers use …
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Director Information Hub – new content
In July, the Insolvency Service launched our new director information hub on GOV.UK giving directors of companies clear, bitesize information to guide them through the lifecycle of their company. We are pleased to announce the launch of additional content, which …
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Prison Leaver Recruitment in the Civil Service
Fiona Ryland, Government Chief People Officer shares her recent experience from a visit to HMP Standford Hill, and her commitment and support for Prison Leaver Recruitment in the Civil Service. I recently visited a Prison with colleagues from the Going …
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Know your tariff: getting to grips with the different forms of trade remedy measures
At the Trade Remedies Authority, we conduct investigations and recommend trade remedy measures to counter imports which are causing or threatening injury to domestic industry. These measures can take alternative forms, but ultimately have the same effect of making it …
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New screening masterclass dates announced
New dates have been announced for our popular screening masterclass. Book now to avoid missing out.