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China visit gives food for thought on newborn blood spot screening
Members of the newborn blood spot (NBS) screening programme team had an exciting opportunity recently to present at a screening conference in Hangzhou in China. NBS programme manager Christine Cavanagh talks about the trip.
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“People like you don’t do that!” Actually, on the Fast Stream we do!
Katherine talks to us about how her first year on the Fast Stream has changed her from being defined by her disability to someone who just happens to be disabled.
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Home Office in the media: Tuesday 22 October
Today's leading stories include reports on population growth and police bail.
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Myths busted around recruitment principles
Did you know that when recruiting permanently into the Civil Service we must comply with the Civil Service Recruitment Principles? Hear about how our awareness session enlightened those who attended.
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Security Minister writes about Counter-Drone Strategy in The Times Red Box
The Security Minister Brandon Lewis today launched the UK's new world-leading Counter-Drone Strategy. It will ensure individuals, businesses and emergency services in the UK can continue to harness the economic and social benefits of drones, while cracking down on misuse …
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Alok Sharma at the World Bank Annual Meetings
The Guardian and The Times have both reported today on International Development Secretary Alok Sharma’s visit to the World Bank Annual Meetings in Washington D.C.
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How did we reduce staff turnover? By reducing staff workload
Barr Beacon School in Walsall have been on a workload journey which has taken them from high staff turnover to hugely improved staff retention.
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The Diplomatic Service Economics Fast Stream
Mary, a Diplomatic Service Economics Fast Streamer, answers some questions about herself and her time on the Fast Stream so far.
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Reforming probate: learning from experience
A blog post from Adam Lennon on his personal experience on applying for probate and as the person responsible for designing the new service how he's used it to make the service simpler, more intelligent, and less intrusive.
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£230 million boost to UK beef industry and Toddbrook reservoir review
This afternoon's blog looks at our announcement that British beef producers will have full access to the Chinese market and the independent review into the Toddbrook reservoir incident.
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Supporting employers to get the most out of the apprenticeship levy
The apprenticeship levy means more money is available than ever before for training, giving employers of all sizes - including the NHS - the freedom to invest in the skills they need.
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Media factsheet: Small boats
Tackling smuggling at source The Home Office works closely with partners in the UK and overseas to strike people smuggling at source – identifying and dismantling the organised crime groups that facilitate illegal immigration. Immigration Enforcement and Border Force are …
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Supporting people with legal issues
I work in MoJ’s User Centred Policy Design team. In spring 2018, the team and I started to look at the experience of people with legal issues and explore what support they needed to prevent their problems from escalating. This …
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Sign up to our new apprenticeship service webinar programme
The Apprenticeship Service Engagement team has just launched a new webinar programme for autumn 2019. Helen Gorner, ESFA’s Head of Service Engagement, talks about the programme and how you can get involved.
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New data on health impact of air pollution
A new study has shown that higher air pollution days trigger hundreds of cardiac arrests and hospitalisations for strokes and asthma.
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Become a buddy to change people's lives
We need volunteers from across the East, South East and London region to help and support a national scheme for ex-offenders and veterans.
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The new holy grail of energy
Data is the single biggest enabler of a decarbonised, decentralised and digitised energy future. It’s the tool that will bridge the gap between where we are now vs. where we need to be to achieve net zero. It is how we can redesign the entire energy market from where it is now, to where it should be.
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Home Office in the media: Monday 21 October
Today's leading stories include the announcement of a strategy to tackle criminal drone use, and concerns from the National Farmers' Union over the availability of fruit and vegetable pickers.
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Making GOV.UK Pay more accessible
GOV.UK Pay aims to offer public sector organisations the most accessible payment service. Here’s how we’ve made it accessible with the latest version of the GOV.UK Design System. GOV.UK Pay is a simple, secure way to pay for government services …
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Early Years Foundation Stage Profile and the Review of Support for Disabled University Students
Today our blog looks at the results of our annual Early Years Foundation Stage Profile results, and the Support for Disabled Students in Higher Education Report.
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Strengths based social care needs a different kind of leadership
Strength based social care needs a different kind of leadership says the Social Care Institute for Excellence's Ewan King in his latest blog. "Leadership is a collaborative process, building coalitions of people who want to make a difference". Find out more...
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Tech insights and agile working in the DaTA Unit
David Dorrell, Director of Data Science explains why we are developing the capability of our DaTA Unit and the new job roles available.
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Online screening information leaflets – tell us your views!
This is your opportunity to let us know how you feel about accessing information online.
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Coverage of the Riverlands project
In today's blog we look at positive coverage of the National Trust led, EA-supported Riverlands project.
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Social mobility and the People Survey
Bernadette Kelly, Civil Service Social Mobility Champion, explains the background to the inclusion of questions about socio-economic background in this year's Civil Service People Survey.
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One Health EJP Summer School
In this three minute read, find out about this year's One Health EJP Summer School from APHA's Hannah Fry as she shares her personal experiences of the programme. Find out why One Health is such a hot topic and what the Summer School, hosted by the University of Surrey, offered its global delegates.
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Chief Veterinary Officer, Christine Middlemiss – ‘Out of Office’ message 2019 (Part 1)!
The UK Chief Veterinary Officer, Christine Middlemiss, reflects on an exciting year so far. Look out for part 2 coming soon!
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Home Office in the media: Friday 18 October
Today's leading stories include yesterday's crime statistics release and a report by the Local Government Association on child victims of modern slavery.
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Careers Immersion Evening
Colleagues from the Government Security Group team headed to the Careers Immersion evening to speak on the fantastic job opportunities available to graduates within Government Security Profession and the wider Civil Service.
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Anti-Slavery Day and social work's duty to call out exploitation
Human trafficking and modern-day slavery remain a very real experience for far too many people in the UK and across the world today. Today is Anti-Slavery Day and we wanted to use our social work blog to highlight the very painful realities of its effects on people and our roles as social workers as being able to support individuals and be part of the solution.
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World Menopause Day – support for civil servants
Marina Bolton outlines the support available to civil servants suffering the effects of the menopause, and she introduces Tracy Rose, who talks about the impact of the menopause on her life and work.
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Leading in a continuous improvement environment
If you are a continuous improvement leader working in government, come to our next continuous improvement event at HM Land Registry, Leicester Office.
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A call to action on Anti-Slavery Day
On Anti-Slavery Day, Kim Ann Williamson, a civil servant active in the anti-slavery movement, says there are things we can all do to learn about and fight against modern slavery.
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ITV1 Goes Behind The Scenes with the ‘MOD War Detectives’
A small MOD team is to be thrust into the national spotlight when its fascinating work features in a national primetime TV programme. The dedicated group, known popularly as the MOD War Detectives, will be the subject of a special …
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Insolvency, Brexit and small businesses
The United Kingdom will leave the EU on the 31 October 2019 and businesses will need to take action to get ready. Brexit and the insolvency regime As Director of Strategy and Change at the Insolvency Service, I’ve taken a …
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Helping you get the most from your working relationships
Read about how to have constructive conversations to help you to manage tough situations in the workplace.
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Why Black History Month is important to the Civil Service – and to me
Cabinet Office's Lauren Roberts gives a personal view of the significance of Black History Month for diversity and inclusion in the Civil Service.
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Examine a Place – passing the first test
The Examine a Place service uses data to give a snapshot of skills and roles and a view of employer demand for areas across the country. Find out how cross-government working helped to shape the service.
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The role of Roadmapping in the Futures Toolkit
The visual format and systematic structure of roadmaps supports communication of strategy and integration of Futures methods into coherent toolkits.
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Environment Bill coverage focuses on single-use plastics and environmental targets
We look at continued coverage of the Environment Bill following its introduction to Parliament this week.