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Farming Equipment and Technology Fund: grants issued
Recently we ran the first round of our new Farming Equipment and Technology Fund. We received 5,624 eligible applications worth a total overall value of just over £53.5 million. This is triple our initial budget allocation for the fund.
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Women in project delivery: "How I overcame imposter syndrome" Kuljit Sagoo MBE
This blog is part of the Infrastructure and Project Authority’s Role Models Campaign, which aims to increase diversity at all grades in the Project Delivery Profession. Kuljit Sagoo MBE is the Deputy Director for Civilian HR at the Ministry of …
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Precautionary allergen labelling - The May Contain Consultation
Our precautionary allergen labelling consultation closes in three weeks and we want to hear from businesses and industry bodies on the challenges they face. We're looking for your views on what a better system for providing this information might look like.
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What is internal audit? No, really, what is it?
When I was asked to write this blog, I recalled a chat with a colleague about our attempts to explain our work to family and friends (yes, auditors do have friends). Our efforts largely resulted in blank expressions and swift …
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What the latest advice on testing and self-isolation means for education settings
This article contains out of date information about Covid-19 in schools. We no longer recommend routine testing. Please visit this link for up-to-date information. On Monday 21 February, the Prime Minister announced the removal of measures put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic as …
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Publication of RPC Independent Verification Body Report 2022
The RPC has published its IVB report, which offers comments on the Government’s recently published Business Impact Target Report for the period December 2020 to December 2021.
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We’re taking action to keep Britain safe from Russia’s malicious activities
Home Secretary Priti Patel writes in The Sunday Telegraph about the Government's work to keep the UK safe from Russia's security threats. The situation in Ukraine remains critical. As colleagues across government and friends around the world have said, an …
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10 tips for doing hybrid meet-ups well
Post-pandemic, we're working more flexibly from both the office and home. Hybrid meetings are the new way forward, with people attending online and in person. Here Alex Rippon, Digital Communities of Practice Manager, shares her 10 top tips on how to make hybrid meetings a success.
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Slurry: making the best of it
Slurry contains lots of nutrients including nitrates, phosphate and potash as well as a host of other things that can benefit soil health and support crop growth. It can, however, create significant pollution to our water and air. Through co-design, our team joined with a group of farmers, industry leaders and experts to explore the …
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How we’re developing slurry grants
Today, we've blogged about how we're working with farmers and others across the industry to use slurry to our advantage. Farmers told us that finance often stands in the way of improving their slurry and nutrient management systems. Investing in slurry equipment and infrastructure is expensive. Particularly when it comes to integrating new technologies, techniques and …
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Major Challenges & Cautious Optimism
My Experience of the Excellence in Central Government Event It’s always interesting when you get a group of digital professionals together. When you get them together at a hotel, for a conference, and an overnight stay - you really start …
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Join Our Driving Inclusion - Allyship Event
The North West Civil Service Local Diversity and Inclusion network proudly present – Allyship – What does it mean?, the importance of Allyship and how you can become an Ally.
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Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot milestones
We have achieved a significant milestone this month. We issued the first batch of quarterly payments to those Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) pilot participants whose agreements started in November 2021. This has been the culmination of hard work across teams …
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Using a federated model for API discovery in government
The CDDO Data Standards Authority are working on the discovery of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) within and between different government departments and agencies. APIs are a great way to share data as and when it’s needed using agreed open formats, rather than copying and duplicating data in different places.
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Accessibility for all
We explore GAD's commitment to ensuring as many users as possible can read our information. It's all part of our ongoing project to embed accessibility into our documents across a range of platforms and products.
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We’re looking for 3 new members to join expanding UK NSC: apply now
The UK NSC is recruiting 3 new members to support its expanded role and remit.
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Regulators’ experience of clinical trials during the Covid-19 pandemic (Part 3) – looking forward
In parts one and two of this series, we looked at how we responded to the unprecedented challenges the COVID-19 pandemic and the lessons we have learned. In this final part, we explore the challenges ahead. Remote access to EHRs …
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Dragons' Den, Episode 7, Series 19
Cold brew coffee in a can, single use plastic alternative, a game changing way to bike ride indoors and an app to make charity giving easier. This week’s episode had plenty of inventions for making the modern world better.
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DWP Digital is improving cross-government data sharing
The Labour Market Data Trust Pilot has enabled us to explore improved data accessibility between the four government departments closest to everyday Labour Market activity. In this blogpost, Paul Lodge our Chief Data Officer, explains more.
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The Public Health Data Asset (PHDA) - When Collaboration meets Innovation
The Public Health Data Asset (PHDA) was created at the start of the pandemic to bring together all relevant health data assets. The dynamic project was developed through the collaboration of various ONS teams, including Data Architecture, Data Acquisitions, Operations …
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Trade in live coral: how we are developing tools to improve tracking of the most traded marine animals
It may come as a surprise to some that corals are not rocks or plants, but marine invertebrate animals made up of hundreds to thousands of tiny organisms called polyps, joined together by limestone skeletons. Corals are the building blocks …
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Political impartiality guidance for schools – what you need to know
We want all pupils to finish their education with the knowledge and skills to be able to form clear opinions about issues they see in the world. That’s why it’s really important that teachers are able to help pupils decipher …
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Growing awareness and use of Explore Marine Plans
What is Explore Marine Plans? Explore Marine Plans (EMP) is a digital service developed by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) and is an online, interactive resource that supports the implementation of England’s marine plans. The digital service allows you to …
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Our focus on literacy and numeracy – what it means in practice
In February, we announced a package of measures to level up education across the country and ensure every child is given the best start in primary school.
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Electric Vehicle Charge-point Grants - Are you missing out?
Financial support is available for the up-front costs of electric vehicle charge-points. Darren Handley from the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles wants to get the word out to many more people.
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Use half term to make sure your family is vaccinated
This February half term, we are encouraging everyone who is eligible – including those aged 12-17 – to get a COVID-19 vaccine or make sure that they are up to date with a booster.
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Environment Agency investigation into sewage treatment works
On 18 November 2021, the Environment Agency and Ofwat announced major investigations into potential widespread non-compliance by water and sewerage companies at sewage treatment works. This update sets out what we’re investigating, what has happened since we announced the investigation and more about what flow-to-full treatment is.
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Supporting Civil Service colleagues through loss
How Civil Service colleagues support each other through loss Supporting staff experiencing bereavement and loss is a key Civil Service health and wellbeing priority. In part seven of Adam Land’s bereavement series, Charlotte Bedford talks about the Bereavement Network she …
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Co-design in 2022: reflections, plans and principles
More than 4,000 people from across the farming community in England are now working with us to design, pilot, test and trial new farming policies and schemes. In this post, we’ll explain how we’re working with the farming community. We'll also share the 7 co-design principles we’re encouraging groups to follow.
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Old Admiralty Building: past, present and future workplace
How our historic office supports smart and hybrid working across the Department for International Trade (DIT)
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Accessible by default at the Food Standards Agency
Setting the course to becoming a much more inclusive organisation, the Food Standards Agency’s Accessibility Lead, Samantha Merrett, discusses her approach to improving awareness of accessibility and ensuring the organisation is pioneering the way. Where it all started The Public …
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Restoring and protecting Flimston Chapel for future generations
I’m Kathryn Sayner, one of DIO's Historic Building Advisors. I was recently involved in a conservation project to restore Flimston Chapel. Flimston Chapel is a notable landmark feature on Castlemartin Training Area in Pembrokeshire. The Grade II listed building dates …
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Regulator’s experience of clinical trials during the Covid-19 pandemic (Part 2) – what we have learned
In part one of this series, we explored as an introduction how we initially responded to the Covid-19 pandemic to move faster in the set-up and approval of clinical trials. Now we look at the unprecedented challenges we faced in …
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Telegraph coverage on water quality
Today we are looking at coverage about the issue of storm overflow spills into rivers and coastal areas.
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Recruitment opportunities increase as hub locations expand to Birmingham
DWP Digital has expanded into Birmingham, with its central location, it's a great setting for our new hub and an ideal place to work. We're recruiting now, read more about the opportunities available.
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How could you make a difference to 10.2 million people?
This week Matthew Brebner tells us what it’s like answering calls and customers’ questions during the Self Assessment peak. It’s HMRC’s largest annual campaign, bringing in funds for vital public services, including the NHS. This year, 10.2 million customers completed …
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HRA Integrated Research Application System (IRAS) website alpha assessment
Read the alpha assessment report for the Integrated Research Application System (IRAS) website from the Health Research Authority.
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Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
Join our session for civil servants in the East/South East/London region on overcoming imposter syndrome on Friday 4 March 2022.
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The Future Farming Resilience Fund: an opportunity for advice providers and a call for farmer feedback
One of the ways we’re supporting farmers is through the Future Farming Resilience Fund. Through the fund, independent advisers can provide free business advice to farmers in England. In this post, I’ll share 2 new pieces of information about the fund. The first is a new opportunity for advice providers. The second is a request for farmers …
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International Day of Women and Girls in Science: A Career in Science
Starting out I was told aged 13 that I should consider becoming a biology teacher by my school careers advisor. Biology was one of my favourite lessons at school and this planted the seed that I could go on to …