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Windrush Compensation Scheme factsheet – October 2022
Windrush Compensation Scheme factsheet – October 2022 We are determined to put right the terrible injustices faced by some people from the Windrush generation and the wider Commonwealth, which happened under successive governments. To help right those wrongs, the Home Office has …
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IAIR Annual Conference: insight from the Insolvency Service
In this blog, our senior leaders share their thoughts and reflections after attending the IAIR’s Annual Conference and AGM.
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MOD prove there is no escaping Cyber Awareness Month in 2022
In an increasingly digital world, the threat posed by hostile actors is greater than ever. It is therefore crucial that everyone, no matter their role or seniority, takes cyber accountability. But as the threat grows, so too does the risk …
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Field Officers: Offering guidance and support to farmers
With the introduction of a more supportive, partnership-based approach to site visits, moving away from the penalty-based system of inspections under the EU, to farmer-focused visits for schemes such as the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and Countryside Stewardship (CS), Field …
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Team Around the School
What is a Team Around the School (TAS) model? Team around the School (TAS) models are developing across the country with the aim of supporting schools to identify and support families earlier when the needs arise by increased collaboration with …
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Summer Interns - Researching the learning offered to Civil Servants
This blog by a summer intern explores the importance of research, understanding user needs, and good communication skills in developing learning opportunities for civil servants
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Working in user-centred design at HM Land Registry
Our user-centred designers ensure our customers and caseworkers have the services and systems they need to keep the Land Register accurate and up to date. Find out more about their work and their supportive community.
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Anthropy’s ‘Vision for Britain’: The Environment Agency welcomes a new leadership conference
A major new leadership gathering took over the Eden Project earlier this month, for three days of visioning, networking and partnering. A small EA team participated in the event. Here, Van Griffiths, Deputy Director of the Environment Agency’s Sustainable Business …
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Leader’s view: Reflections from COP27
Chris Howes on his learnings from COP27 and how we need to think differently about sustainable Information and Communications Technology (ICT).
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Antimicrobial resistance- working internationally to support local action
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) takes place this week, 18-24th November 2022, and aims to increase awareness of global antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and to encourage best practices to avoid further emergence and spread of drug-resistant microbes. Cefas, the Animal and Plant …
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What does the Assistive Technology team do at BEIS Digital?
Find out what the Assistive Technology team do to make sure that digital accessibility is always considered in BEIS.
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Carers Rights Day: an opportunity to do more
To mark Carers Rights Day, Carers UK has released a new report: Cycles of Caring: transitions in and out of unpaid caring. It’s prompting a rethink of the way we identify carers.
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Storm overflow discharges in the media
This government wants clean and safe rivers, lakes and seas, and we have been clear that we will hold water companies to account if they do not comply with our environmental regulations.
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How we are working to close development gaps in the early years
The first five years of a child’s life are pivotal in their early learning and development High-quality early learning along with chatting, playing and reading at home provide the foundation children need to make the most of their abilities and …
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How we are ensuring thousands of children receive a healthy, nutritious breakfast
Starting the day with a healthy breakfast is important regardless of your age – but for children eating a nutritious meal before school it’s vital. Breakfast Clubs in schools make sure that children who attend them get a healthy breakfast …
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New Entrant Support Scheme: apply for the pilot
We want to better support those who want to enter farming and develop land-based businesses. One idea that we said we were keen to test through a pilot was incubation: providing tactical support to young businesses through the early stages of development. We put out a call for proposals from organisations to lead these projects through …
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PATH-SAFE: Improving the detection and tracking of foodborne disease and antimicrobial resistance
To mark World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2022 , here's the latest on our Pathogen Surveillance in Agriculture, Food and the Environment programme.
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Incident report: Some GOV.UK URLs blocked by deceptive site warning
On September 30th certain users were being prevented from accessing files hosted on GOV.UK. Here is an explanation of what happened and how we resolved the issue.
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Heavy Vehicle Testing Review recommendations – updating you on our progress
Neil Barlow, Head of Vehicle Policy and Engineering, gives more detail on our work to implement the recommendations from the review.
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What you told us in the ‘Working as a driving instructor’ survey
Today we’ve published the results of our ‘Working as a driving instructor’ survey. This was previously known as the ADI Demand survey. Thank you for taking the time out to respond to our survey. We received over 3,250 responses and …
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Working internationally to support local action
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when microorganisms no longer respond to medicines used to treat infection. Learn how APHA and partners are helping to tackle the threat of AMR in Qatar and Bangladesh.
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Raising Carer Awareness
Alex Chisholm, Civil Service Chief Operating Officer and Permanent Secretary Lead for Carers, and Rebecca Sudworth, Deputy Lead for Carers, emphasise their commitment to building a carer-friendly workforce. Carers’ Rights Day (24 November 2022) gives us the chance to reflect on …
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How can you kick off a career in football?
The World Cup kicked off in Qatar this week, with 32 of the world’s premier footballing nations – including England and Wales – taking part in the competition. Football is the world’s most popular sport, but you don’t have to …
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Reducing antibiotic use in pets
Bacteria can pass between you and your pet According to the vet charity for pets, The People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals around 52% of UK adults own a pet, with an estimated population of 10.2 million dogs and 11 million …
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Establishing a conservation breeding programme for hen harriers in southern England
By: John Holmes, NE Strategy Director Natural England, in partnership with the International Centre for Birds of Prey (ICBP), is establishing a conservation breeding programme for hen harriers as part of a pioneering project to reintroduce this iconic species to …
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A day in the life of an Interaction Designer
Thinking of applying for a role as an Interaction Designer at Defra? Daniel Leech tells us about a typical day as an Interaction Designer and why he chose to work in interaction design.
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Slurry Infrastructure grant: guidance now available
Applications for the new slurry infrastructure grant will open on 6 December 2022. To help you prepare, we've made the full grant guidance available on GOV.UK.
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Revaluation 2023 and business rates
Alan Colston is our Chief Valuer and Head of Surveying Profession. He outlines the main aspects of Revaluation 2023. Find out what sectors have seen changes and why.
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Digital Discoveries Part 2: Our top First Look principles and methods
First Looks are the Digital Discovery Assessment Branch’s (DDAB’s) way of assessing whether a project is suitable to proceed onto Discovery. In Part 1, we covered the problems we had with assessing a submitted project’s potential for Discovery in an …
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Boosting action on surface water flood risk
There are over three million properties at risk of surface water flooding in England. Surface water flooding happens when rain from major storms overwhelms local drainage. It is a real and growing threat to life, property, infrastructure, and to the …
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Message to the education and care sector from the Secretary of State for Education, Gillian Keegan
I wanted to say hello and introduce myself to you and everyone working in education and care. Some of you may already know me from my previous stint at the Department for Education as Apprenticeships and Skills Minister but it …
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‘The P Word’ – Reducing the stigma of periods across our college
Mel Kay, Student Support Manager, has been leading the way at Newcastle College to make sure that all learners have access to period products.
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Looking ahead in public service pensions administration
McCloud, pensions dashboards and beyond! The administrators of public service pension schemes have a lot to deliver over the next few years. This blog looks at the challenges they face, as well as sharing thoughts on potential opportunities.
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Cyber Insider: Joint Cyber Reserve Force
In this edition of Cyber Insiders, we take a look inside the world of the Joint Cyber Reserve Force with Squadron Leader Rick. We talk about his role as SO2 Selection and Training, gain valuable insights on the path to …
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We must sharpen our outdated security rules to fight 21st-century threats
By Tom Tugendhat, the Minister of State for Security - this article was published in the Telegraph on 15 Nov 2022. In 2018, the Salisbury poisonings were a clear statement of the threat we face. It was a tragic, and …
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Getting things done in government
Nick Walker writes about the particular and important skills we often undervalue, but still need in order to make it all happen. While transforming towards a more efficient Civil Service, it is even more important to remind ourselves of the …
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Mapping: An integral part of scheme delivery
As we discussed in a previous blog post, RPA uses digital maps to record physical land parcel boundaries and features, so correct payments can be made to farmers. RPA’s Operational Mapping Team tracks over 2.5million land parcels, using a range …
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How we are ensuring more children have access to high quality music education
Music is an important part of education, and it has been proven that it plays a key role in children’s cognitive and social development. This is because it helps with the nurturing of language, motor skills, emotional intelligence, and collaboration …
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What is the multiplication tables check and why is it important?
Research suggests that being able to recall times tables fluently is helpful when it comes to other maths activities. That’s why primary schools are teaching pupils their times tables, so they can recall them and don’t have to work them …
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Don't blow Christmas: avoid a mistake, spot the fake
The IPO has collaborated with a range of enforcement partners to help consumers stay safe when shopping and to avoid counterfeit products. With prices dropping across retail and Christmas around the corner, Black Friday and Cyber Monday can be irresistible. Find out how you could be targeted by online traders selling counterfeit goods.