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Introducing Our New Recommendations Paper for Government on the Circular Economy
Emily Watson-Breeze is a Sustainability Activation Manager at BT and is a member of the Government Digital Sustainability Alliance (GDSA) circular economy working group. The views in this post are their own and not the UK government’s. Driving Circularity in …
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Government Risk Profession – Being more productive and agile through better risk management
Effective risk management means taking smart, calculated risks to seize opportunities, improve outcomes and create lasting public value. The Government Risk Profession is at the heart of this, championing innovation, supporting confident decision-making and helping us all to be more productive and agile.
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Shedding new light on access arrangements data
I want to explain why we have withdrawn our official statistics on access arrangements today, and what we plan to do next. We know that these statistics are important for understanding how the exam system works, and have been the …
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AI Conference for the Digital Professions: From Conception to Launch
We have all heard that AI is here to change our lives and transform the way we work. However, discussions have usually focused on an overarching picture of change rather than exploring how this change might apply to specific professions. …
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How we transformed the service owner role on the Capability Framework
The Government Digital and Data Capability Framework has refreshed the service owner role. This important update clarifies the role definition, making it easier to understand and assess against, while empowering service owners to create better, more responsive services that truly meet citizen needs across the UK.
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Inclusive access to work experience for young people: The Environment Agency's NEW Virtual Work Experience Programme
Engaging our future workforce The Environment Agency, working with Defra, has launched our first Virtual Work Experience programme. It introduces young people to the Environment Agency and specifically the work we do in flood and coastal risk management (FCRM). It’s …
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Dive into FMPs: a look at governance in fisheries management plans
Are you curious about who shapes FMPs? In part one of our new series, discover who’s who in our governance and their role in influencing sustainable fisheries.
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Rediscovering libraries: new insights on engaging non-users
Editor’s Note: Libraries have long been essential parts of our communities, offering free access to knowledge, resources, and shared spaces. However, recent decades have seen a concerning decline in library engagement across England. With two-thirds of adults (66%) not having …
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Putting Children First: My Work in Family Public Law
Suzanne Lawton, Operations Manager for the Family Public Law Service, shares some insights into the vital work being done to support local authorities applying for a care or supervision order.
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Creating 3 principles of informed consent for user research
Informed consent is a process where an individual makes a choice whether to take part in research. They make this choice after a user researcher gives them information about what the research is about. Informed consent involves both communicating what …
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Publishing the second year of inclusion data
Today, we’ve published the findings from the second annual digital identity inclusion monitoring report. The report helps to monitor inclusion and accessibility in the certified digital identity market over time. You can read the full report on GOV.UK. The government …
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DSIT Seeks AI Experts for New Responsible AI Advisory Panel
Read about the new GDS Responsible AI Advisory Panel and the recruitment process to find panel members, who will help shape the UK's approach to building responsible AI in the public sector.
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Celebrating AI Appreciation Day with AI Accelerator
The digital landscape is evolving rapidly, and so are the skills needed to navigate it. Join us as we explore how the AI Accelerator Programme, an initiative empowering Data Scientists to become Machine Learning experts, is driving the next wave of government innovation. Hear firsthand from the first cohort about their experiences as well as …
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Building the Future with Data: Homes England’s Data Platform
Explore how Homes England built a secure data platform to improve data quality and empower better, faster decision making across the organisation.
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I-VMS licence condition... two months on
It’s been two months since the I-VMS licence condition was introduced, and a great time to review our progress and address some of the common questions we’ve been receiving from fishers. We’ve seen a significant rise in the number of …
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Behind the scenes at APHA Scientific
APHA Scientific brings vital UK science to the world, supporting animal and plant health through diagnostics, reagents, and expert services. Explore what we do on our new website.
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New RSHE guidance: what parents need to know
A teacher sits at a table with a group of secondary school students in uniform, having a discussion in a classroom. The image is overlaid with text that reads: “New RSHE Guidance: What Parents Need to Know,” and includes the Department for Education logo.
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AI’s Evolving Role in Product Safety
Driven by a commitment to ensuring the safety of people and places, our recent research documents the latest trends, benefits and risks of AI in consumer products.
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What the 10 Year Health Plan means for you
Patients Summary Our health system is in crisis. If we don’t act now, we risk the NHS ceasing to exist as a publicly funded service, free at the point of use. But if we seize the opportunities provided by new …
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Join our first global public design conference
A unique opportunity for designers working in government to shape global design patterns.
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Agile, secure and cost-effective: UKEF’s open source API shift
UK Export Finance (UKEF) outlines the benefits of transitioning to a modern, open source and cloud-native API infrastructure.
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Why talking about Menopause matters - our conversation with Mariella Frostrup
Talking about menopause at work should never be awkward. Angela MacDonald and Fiona Ryland explain why it’s time we changed the culture - for good. Conversations about menopause at work have come a long way - but they're still not …
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Shark Awareness Day 2025
By Sophy Phillips and Jim Ellis, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) Monday 14 July is Shark Awareness Day and whilst many people associate sharks with the clear, blue seas of the tropics, many species of shark and …
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UK space safety centre marks one-year milestone
Millions across the UK are benefiting from the protection of vital space infrastructure provided by the National Space Operations Centre (NSpOC) - which celebrates its first anniversary.
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Nannies: what you need to know
If you’re a nanny, you can look after children from any number of families, but you can only care for the children of 2 families at any one time. This is a requirement set by the Department for Education (DfE). …
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Coverage of the English Devolution & Community Empowerment Bill
Following the introduction of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill in Parliament, there has been ongoing positive coverage across national and regional media. LBC ran a comment piece from the Deputy Prime Minister, where she outlined how the Bill …
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Rapid Policy Insights: How user-centred approaches support improved policy design in MHCLG
The Rapid Policy Insight team in MHCLG is embedding user-centred design into policy by working closely with policy teams over focused 7-week sprints. Read about the value of this approach, and how it helps shape more effective, user-focused policy.
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Reflections on the 30th anniversary of the Nolan Principles by Harry Rich, Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists
To mark the 30th anniversary of the Nolan Principles, the Committee are publishing a series of blogs about the work of a range of standards bodies in England. Our sixth blog is from Harry Rich, Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists.
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Heating Up Success: How we're building a Cleaner, Greener Britain
Sean Pitman, Senior Policy Advisor, Boiler Upgrade Scheme team at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, tells us how he and his team are building a cleaner, greener Britain. The moment I tell people I work on heat …
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Join a profession: real stories of cross-government careers
As part of Join a profession, our new initiative designed to help civil servants find their professional home, we’ve asked colleagues to share their career highlights.
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Keeping pets safe as toxic chemicals are found in counterfeit flea treatment
We’re a nation of animal lovers, going to great lengths to keep our pets healthy and happy. There’s an underlying threat behind this care that many pet owners aren’t aware of – IP infringing counterfeit medicines that can cause serious harm and even death.
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Why some people suffer more than others during heatwaves
While many of us revel in the hot summer sunshine, others are at risk of developing heat-related complications such as sunstroke and heatstroke. In this blog post we will outline how heat affects the body and look at some of the …
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Women in space and the power of job-sharing
by Tania Celani and Miriam Grigg, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology Last year on 22 November, Emily Calandrelli became the 100th woman to fly to space. We can’t claim to have been into space ourselves (perhaps except using VR), …
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Launching the Home Office 2030 Digital Strategy
Our Home Office 2030 Digital Strategy has just been published. Read more about our 8 strategic shifts and how we aim to achieve them.
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Highlights from our area SEND inspection framework review
As you may know, we recently reviewed the area special educational needs and disabilities (area SEND) inspection framework. We’ve just published our findings from that review and shared our next steps, so we wanted to talk you through the most …
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Why You Need a Wildlife Licence to Move a Healthy Seal
Britain is home to two species of seals: the grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) and the common or harbour seal (Phoca vitulina). While they usually spend their time lounging on beaches to conserve energy, they occasionally wander into more hazardous environments. They bounce …
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Plan Technology for Your School: Free support for planning, implementing and using technology
In this blog post, Lara le Court de Billot, Senior Policy Advisor in the Department for Education’s (DfE) School Technology Services team, shares insights into plan technology for your school — a free, practical service designed to help schools make …
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Using self-hosted Large Language Models (LLMs) securely in Government
Find out how and why DDaT has taken the important step of self-hosting LLMs within a secure, internal environment.
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Coverage of the Employment Rights Bill
Following new amendments to the Employment Rights Bill, there has been ongoing positive coverage highlighting the package of workers’ rights reforms, spearheaded by the Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner with the Department for Business and Trade. Today’s newspapers prominently report …
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Making our theory test booking service more accessible
Find out more about the work we are doing to make the theory test service as accessible as possible.