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Good food hygiene is good business
Cymraeg At the FSA one of our guiding principles is making it easier for businesses to do the right thing. Today we're launching a campaign designed to help food businesses improve their hygiene standards through better use of FSA guidance …
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Plants of the forest floor
Emily Robinson, Content Officer at the Forestry Commission, shares some woodland ground flora that can be found at this time of year and what they reveal about the woodland environment.
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STEM Futures: Bridging knowledge across sectors
Interchange Symposium 2025 STEM Futures is a partnership of organisations across government, industry and academia, delivered by the Government Science and Engineering (GSE) Profession team at the Government Office for –Science (GO-Science). STEM Futures aims to foster knowledge exchange at …
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Additional Job vacancies April 2025
Here is a list of more current veterinary job vacancies in the Civil Service. Click on the links to find out more. the links to find out more. You may need to set up a username and password to access the …
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Competitions now open for precision breeding and low-emissions innovation
Farmers, growers and foresters who want to develop and implement innovative agricultural practices and technologies can now apply for funding through the Farming Innovation Programme (FIP).
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How UK technology helped land on the Moon
Nammo in the UK made the engines that helped Firefly’s Blue Ghost land on the Moon in March.
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DBT's Machinery of Government: an insight into the teams behind the Single IT Platform migration project (part 2)
Continue to meet the teams behind DBT’s Single IT Platform migration as part of the Machinery of Government project.
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Reflections on the Civil Service Climate and Environment Conference
GAD actuary Will Stobbs was at the forefront of a team that set up and ran a recent major climate conference. The event attracted notable speakers and exhibitors from across government, the public sector and academia.
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Free breakfast club roll out: everything you need to know
What is the new free breakfast club scheme? We have introduced free breakfast clubs - 30 minute sessions before school where children get a free breakfast so they to start every day ready to learn. Around 180,000 pupils in …
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Update on Birmingham Waste Dispute
Local Government Minister Jim McMahon visited Birmingham today (Thursday, 17 April) – where the latest data shows that all of the large accumulations of street waste in badly affected areas and more than 85% of street waste across the whole …
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Building International Partnerships: Reflections from Paris
Commissioner for Countering Extremism, Robin Simcox and The General Secretary of the Interministerial Committee for the Prevention of Delinquency and Radicalisation (SG-CIPDR), Étienne Apaire.
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Inside the 2025 Cross Government Software Engineering Conference
Collaboration, knowledge sharing and innovation were the focus of 2025’s Cross Government Software Engineering Conference.
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Digital Planning: Get involved validating the baseline planning application data specifications
As part of our work to modernise England's planning system we have been collaborating with over 40 organisations to draft new planning application data specifications which will help to revolutionise how planning data is structured and exchanged between local authorities and software providers. Whether you're a planning officer, developer, or technology provider, we’re now seeking …
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We’re back: Updates on FMP progress, workshops and engagement
We’re back with an update on our work to support sustainable fisheries and develop FMPs, including consultations, trials and new research.
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The Families First Partnership programme: new guide and how this affects ILACS
As part of the children’s social care reforms, the Department for Education (DfE) has published its Families First Partnership (FPP) programme guide. The guide is aimed at safeguarding partners who are implementing reforms around family help, multi-agency child protection and …
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Building the service you need
We’ve made real headway on improving our speed of registration but it remains our number one priority.
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Learning from Accessibility Experts: A Day at the DfE Lab
On a crisp spring morning, user researcher Sree and interaction designer Claire travelled to Sheffield to visit the Department for Education’s Accessibility Lab. Their goal was to understand how digital services function for those who navigate the world differently. Inside …
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Primary school offer day 2025: Everything you need to know
Parents of three and four-year-olds will soon find out which primary school has offered their child a place for the September 2025. Here, we explain everything you need to know about primary school offer day, from when you can …
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How we value properties for business rates: the contractors basis method
In this third part of our blog series, we explain the contractor’s basis method and how it is used to value properties like schools, hospitals and libraries.
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The UK’s subsidy control regime: Have your say
This review aims to advise the UK Government – and other stakeholders – on whether the regime is working as intended, so that they can consider if any improvements should be made.
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MedTech regulatory reform and the importance of partnerships
Medical technologies will play a critical role in delivering the government’s 10 Year Health Plan and its three shifts: hospital to community; analogue to digital; and sickness to prevention. Risk-proportionate regulation, which ensures patient safety whilst supporting innovation and access, …
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Birmingham bin dispute update
Following the ongoing strike by refuse workers at Birmingham City Council, today (14th April), Unite members voted against the Council’s updated offer meaning the strike will continue. In response to the ballot result, Minister of State for Local Government and …
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ADOPT Fund: apply now for innovation funding
The Accelerating Development of Practices and Technologies (ADOPT) Fund is designed to support farmer-led, collaborative innovation projects that implement new technologies and practices on farms. You can apply now.
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Understanding the evaluations role in measuring the impact of AI interventions across Government
How the Monitoring & Evaluation team designed tools to assess the impact of DBT's AI interventions.
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Decoding quantum potential on World Quantum Day
By Melissa Mather, Quantum Specialist, Government Office for Science We hear a lot about ‘quantum’. This word can feel abstract, yet as we celebrate World Quantum Day and 100 years of quantum science and technology on Monday 14 April 2025, …
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Conclusion of Hen Harrier Brood Management Trial (updated)
The experimental trial of hen harrier ‘brood management’ has ended, concluding that this activity has contributed to increased numbers of nesting hen harriers on some grouse moors. However, illegal killing of hen harriers has continued, and a range of approaches …
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Local Digital’s next steps with Tom Smith, Director for Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Analytics
Tom Smith, Director of the AI and Advanced Analytics Directorate at MHCLG, highlights the push for AI adoption, digital transformation and cyber resilience in councils, and the exciting opportunities to make progress in these areas through the work of Local Digital.
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Wealth of evidence highlights the benefits of bowel cancer screening
April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month and it's a good time to highlight the evidence that clearly demonstrates the effectiveness of bowel cancer screening.
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How we look at the use of Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) in our inspections of early years settings
The Department for Education (DfE) recently published guidance for local authorities on the use of EYPP. The Education Endowment Fund (EEF) has also published guidance for early years providers. This blog will discuss how we look at the use of …
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Spinning lies: the rise of fake vinyl and how industry is fighting back
Record Store Day is held every year in April and honours the special role independent record shops hold in their local communities. In the UK, over 270 stores participate in every corner of the country. The IPO is supporting Record Store Day by encouraging you to buy your vinyl from reputable retailers to avoid being …
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Into the woods: special features in the Forest of Dean
For this month’s ‘Into the woods’ blog, Plant Health Forestry Administrative Officer Kev Tuffley reveals the special features of a beautiful, little-visited woodland in the Forest of Dean.
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How information architects are helping to build GOV.UK’s future
As we reflect on a successful event at GDS for World Information Architecture Day, find out how information architects’ work to classify, structure and consistently manage content is supporting GOV.UK’s ambitions.
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IPSA and the Nolan Principles
To mark the 30th anniversary of the Nolan Principles, the Committee will be publishing a new series of blogs about the work of a range of standards bodies in England. Our fourth blog is from Richard Lloyd OBE, Chair of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA).
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Wild in the City - the Cambridge Nature Network
By Justin Tilley, Principal Manager, West Anglia team We often talk of ‘being in nature’ as if it’s a special place, away from our everyday world. In Cambridge, Natural England is supporting a major initiative that’s helping wildlife prosper in …
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Launch of ‘Issues with Supporting Evidence’ Final Report
The Marine Planning Team have published the ‘Issues with Supporting Evidence’ final report, concluding the next step in the preparation of England’s East Marine Plans. What does the report say? The report details stakeholder insights on the opportunities, challenges and …
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The East Marine Plan: Pioneering a new approach and publication of the Sustainability Appraisal Scoping report
In 2022, the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) recommended that the East Marine Plan should be replaced, based upon the findings of the third Three-Year report. The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs subsequently agreed with this recommendation …
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Digital Planning: Learning about resilience, cohesion and trust at the 25th Belgo-British Conference
Innovative pilots funded by the Digital Planning PropTech (property technology) Innovation Fund have given us key insights about building citizen trust, community cohesion and bridging generational divides. We were able to share these learnings at the recent 25th Belgo-British Conference, and come away with a few more.
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Experts agree how to manage incidental findings in lung cancer screening
The NHS Lung Cancer Screening Programme has developed a new national protocol for the management of incidental findings detected by the programme.
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Apply for a new log book and tax your vehicle in one easy, online journey
Have you lost your documents but need to tax your vehicle? We’ve got you covered! You can now apply for a new log book and tax at the same time. Rachel Sargeant, Senior Customer Product and Services Manager, explains how this service update will save you time.
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Two more years: extending ambitions for Nature recovery
By Tony Juniper CBE, Chair of Natural England I was delighted to be invited to serve a third term as Chair of Natural England and look forward to continuing to lead the organisation as it adopts and implements a new …