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Dry weather and water company performance
Today there has been widespread coverage of water company performance in light of ongoing dry weather.
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Career journeys: PQiP and beyond
A career in the Probation Service can take you in many directions. Through the PQiP programme, you will start your career as a trainee probation officer but from there it’s for you to decide which path you take. We …
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DIO’s Respect the Range campaign takes to the beach
Last week, I had the pleasure of visiting Saunton Sands beach, near Braunton Burrows Training Area to launch the 2022 ‘Respect the Range’ Campaign. The launch saw the creation of a 100m Chinook helicopter sand artwork that generated national media …
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Tree planting and food production: a joined-up approach
The England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) is one of a number of ongoing payments that can support farmers to manage their land in an environmentally sustainable way while continuing to produce food. In this post, I'll share more.
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Meet the Gadgeteers – science and reading are perfect partners
The Reading Agency partnering with the Science Museum Group for this year's Summer Reading Challenge
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Track our progress: Trade Remedies Authority case milestones - August 2022
We have launched an interactive case tracker to show the progress of each of our cases as they go through the investigation lifecycle. Subscribe here to receive automatic monthly updates of our interactive case tracker and view each stage of …
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The day of release from prison: a springboard for a stable life
The day that people are released from prison can set the tone for their reintegration into society. Diana Hidalgo introduces our team that is focussing on this policy area, and why getting this right is vital to improving outcomes for prison leavers and communities.
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Preparing for the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022
Kara Gallear, HMCTS Crime Live Services, explains her role in making sure that the magistrates’ and the Crown Courts were ready for the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 changes.
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Factsheet: Passport processing times and unprecedented levels of demand
There has recently been considerable press coverage of people facing holiday cancellations or travel disruption due to waiting times for passports. We are seeing unprecedented demand, following more than five million people delaying their application for a passport during the …
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Content crits: they're not scary!
Content crits are a great way of sharing work, problems and perspectives. Here's all you need to know.
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Planning for a secure future
Maryam Teschke-Panah, the Civil Service’s Deputy Age Champion, encourages civil servants to learn more about their pensions. It's never too early (or too late) to be thinking about your future income. Your pension can be the last thing on your …
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Why I keep an allotment
In National Allotments Week, Dom Burton shares his passion for growing his own and the work-life balance benefits, along with some tips to help you to have a wildlife-friendly plot.
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Moon to Mars workshop brings global space agencies to London
The UK Space Agency joined NASA and international space colleagues to discuss NASA’s “Moon to Mars” exploration objectives during a two-day workshop in London.
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Supporting families and communities through the Holiday Activities and Food programme
Tracey Cleverly, trust lead at the Learning Academy Partnership, shares how the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme is helping provide support to its pupils and their families across the local community. As a trust, we know that children are …
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Mentoring a Successful RAP Project
Reproducible Analytical Pipelines (RAPs) are automated statistical and analytical processes. They ensure that analysis is reproducible, efficient, and high quality. The Analysis Standards and Pipelines team have worked with teams across government to help them implement RAP. From our experiences …
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Rolling out a new design for browsing GOV.UK by topic
We tested our design changes to the GOV.UK topic pages, and now we’re rolling out to all our users. Read about the A/B test and what changes we’re making.
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Commonwealth Games provides a golden opportunity for JSA to test spectrum monitoring
This month, the Commonwealth Games, are taking place in Birmingham, UK. The event is widely known for its spectacular opening ceremony, including the Parade of Nations. This ceremony provided the opportunity for the Joint Spectrum Authority (JSA) spectrum monitoring team …
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Common land: findings from the field
Over the past 2 years, the Foundation for Common Land, in collaboration with the Federation of Cumbria Commoners, delivered a tests and trials project to look at commons. In this guest post, Professor Julia Aglionby shares their work which explored how environmental land management schemes should be developed to support commons.
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DHSC Hospital Fault Reporting alpha assessment and reassessment
Read the alpha assessment report for the Hospital Fault Reporting service from DHSC. This report contains the original alpha assessment report from 11 May 2021 as well as the reassessed service standard points from 26 January 2022.
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Managing Together (part 5) - discover what it’s like to be one of HMRC’s 13,000+ managers
In the fifth and final blog in our 5-part series on core manager functions, we hear from Ellie Gibson, who explains why measure and assure is essential in her team. Measure and assure is crucial in everything we do I …
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A Level, T Level, and VTQ results: Everything you need to know
This month, students up and down the country will be getting results for their A Levels, T Levels and Level 3 vocational and technical qualifications (VTQs) which are used for progression in the same way. Here we answer some of …
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GCSE and Level 2 and below VTQ results: Everything you need to know
This month, students up and down the country will be getting results for their GCSEs and Level 2 and below vocational and technical qualifications (VTQs). Here’s everything you need to know.
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Plant exports: Five ways to communicate user research findings
The ‘Apply for plant export certificates and inspections’ service has been in Public Beta since August 2021. Neil Johnson and Juliette Fournier from our Major Projects and Digital Delivery team explain how user research has been instrumental in enabling exporters applying for certificates and more to move plant goods abroad.
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Enabling Networks
Networking is a crucial skill for scientists and engineers in government, who need to collaborate widely to effectively perform public duties. However, networking can be a daunting prospect, with many factors influencing how comfortable we might feel when networking. Lucy …
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Woodlands expanded for communities across England
Today we are looking at media coverage of Defra’s announcement of funding for England’s 13 Community Forests, as well as five regional woodland creation partners.
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Making learning part of the job at BEIS Digital
A people and development manager talks about how we are making learning part of the job at BEIS Digital.
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Environment Agency taking action during prolonged dry weather
In this blog post we explore the latest prolonged dry weather situation and how the Environment Agency has already been taking action.
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Cyber Insider: Meet Ellie
The National Cyber Force (NCF). A partnership between Defence and Intelligence, and an organisation shrouded in mystery and intrigue. Working closely with the NCF, we look at what prompted one employee to begin their career in cyber, the steps they …
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Biodiversity Metric Milestone - Defra consultation on the biodiversity metric
The Secretary of State has now launched an 8-week consultation on the Biodiversity Metric to be used for the purpose of calculating biodiversity net gain as required under the 2021 Environment Act[1]. The Biodiversity Metric is a key tool that …
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How can you feel prepared for results day?
When we talk about ‘exam pressure’, we often think about revising or taking exams, but feeling uncertain around results day is common too. To manage this kind of uncertainty, try to understand what might be causing it and think about …
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Bursaries available for popular health screening course
A small number of bursaries are now available for the ever-popular Warwick health screening module.
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How we built a new system for fish exports
In National Marine Week, we hear from Jocelyn Henderson and Stace Oliver about their work to develop a new digital service that enables fish and shellfish caught by UK flagged vessels to be exported.
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Natural England’s response to avian influenza in wild birds – August 2022
By Ginny Swaile, Deputy Director Science - Sustainable land and sea use The UK is currently experiencing the largest outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza on record with poultry, captive birds and wild birds all affected. A similar situation is …
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How do international students access UK universities?
The UK higher education system is amongst the best in the world with British universities regularly ranked among the top establishments worldwide for teaching and research. Obviously, this is fantastic for people who live in the UK, but it also …
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Chair's stakeholder update - How the FSA is supporting Free Trade Agreements
Cymraeg Since my last message to you, the FSA has been fulfilling the post-Brexit watchdog role that we set out in our new strategy. The Government has just published its report on the UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA), …
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Meeting my inspiration: how a moment started my career
I’m often asked when I first became interested in space. It’s difficult to pinpoint, but, for as long as I can remember, I’ve been captivated by the wonders of the night sky and the adventures of those who’ve flown among them.
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RPA is supporting Farm 24
RPA is proudly supporting the Farm24 campaign. Through our interactions with our customers, stakeholders and rural communities, we’ve seen first hand how hard farmers in England work and the value they add to our lives. Farm24 shows the public …
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Reducing the impact of deer on the natural environment - consultation opens
Wild deer, especially native species, are an important and valued part of our natural heritage, but current levels pose risks to our woodlands. Find out more about the impacts of deer and the deer management strategy being developed.
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Our new powers: a milestone year at Companies House
Read about our corporate plan for 2022-23 which outlines what will be one of the most significant years for Companies House since it was created in 1844.
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Decommission of eSUSAR
The MHRA is retiring the eSUSAR website in favour for Individual Case Safety Reports (ICSR) Submissions - providing users a more robust, stringent, and transparent way of expediting suspected unexpected serious adverse drug reactions (SUSARs) from Clinical Trials of Investigational …