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A career in the Civil Service
Read about the professions and career opportunities available at Companies House, and the benefits of being part of a modern Civil Service.
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Living with Covid: the end of routine testing in schools, colleges and childcare settings
NOTE: This post was updated in July 2022 to ensure it reflects the most up to date guidance and information Since 1 April, routine testing has no longer been expected in education and children’s social care settings. This is part …
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Business Current Accounts: how we’ve made your business account work harder
Opening a Business Current Account (BCA) can be stressful if you don’t know where to start or what you’re signing up to. We've made requirements for banks to make it easier for you to open the right BCA for your business. Read more about how this benefits you as a small business owner.
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Farming Innovation Programme: 2 new competitions launched
From today, Wednesday 30 March, you can apply for a share of £20.5 million funding in 2 new competitions in the Farming Innovation Programme in partnership with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
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Sustainable Farming Incentive: standards, payment rates, and how to prepare
We plan to launch the Sustainable Farming Incentive in June. Today we can share the final standards and payment rates, our approach to the applications process and how to prepare, In this post, I’ll provide an overview and share links to further information on GOV.UK. I’ll also explain how farmers have directly shaped the scheme …
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Fertiliser: updates and support
The price of fertiliser has risen dramatically over the past year, but especially in recent months. Multiple global issues, including the war in Ukraine, have reduced gas and ammonium nitrate supply, forcing prices up. We know the impact of this affects the productivity and profit of farms in this country. We want to support our …
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Monitoring how public attitudes towards data and AI vary over time
We have today published the findings from the first wave of our new tracker survey, which will be repeated at consistent intervals to enable changes in attitudes to data and AI to be monitored for the first time. Understanding how …
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Cyber Insider: Spending time on the digital front line
In this edition of Cyber Insider we look at what life is like on the digital front line, and how extraordinary people are keeping the UK and our allies safe every single day. When we say ‘the front line’ what …
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Chair's stakeholder update - The FSA’s new five-year strategy
Our Chair, Professor Susan Jebb, introduces Food You Can Trust – The FSA’s new five-year strategy. As well as reaffirming our commitment to ensuring that food is safe and what it says it is, we have also expanded our mission to include a role in helping the food system become healthier and more sustainable.
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RPC gives evidence to the International Trade Committee
Stephen Gibson and Jonathan Cave from the RPC recently gave evidence to the House of Commons International Trade Committee.
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Why plant trees?
Find out everything planting trees can do for the planet, our health and the economy in this infographic.
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What it’s like to work as a designer in a transformation programme
In this blog post, service designer Kuba Bartwicki reflects on the digital transformation work in Homes England he was part of for 2 years.
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Meet the engineer: Chloe
For the second in our Meet the engineer series, we're introducing you to Chloe, one of our software engineers. Find out about her career goals for the next few years and what she enjoys most about her job at DWP Digital.
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Climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation. New report from the IPCC
Mike Morecroft Principal Specialist, Climate Change at Natural England. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is the United Nations body responsible for assessing the scientific evidence on climate change. Every 7-8 years it produces comprehensive ‘Assessment Reports’, which have been …
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Neurodiversity Celebration Week: supporting colleagues
Abigail Agyei, a civil servant in the Department of Health and Social Care, shares her experiences with ADHD and dyspraxia, and explains how we can all support colleagues with neuro-differences. Last week (21 to 27 March) was Neurodiversity Celebration Week: …
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Electronic signatures: our new practice guide and the future
We are excited to launch a new dedicated practice guide to signing deeds and documents electronically. We hope it will give clarity where required and encourage users who are new to electronic signatures.
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Supporting students with SEND transition into higher education
Leila Morne explains how Weston College’s Centre for Excellence in SEND is supporting students with autism to transition into higher education.
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How we are improving the lives of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities
We want all children to have the best opportunities in life, no matter their background. That’s why we have set out our vision for a SEND system that offers children and young people the opportunity to thrive, with access to the …
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Sanctuary Awards 2021: Celebrating 30 years of achievements in conservation and sustainability
I’m Julia Powell, Head of Policy, Climate Change and Sustainability within the MOD’s new Climate Change and Sustainability Directorate. This year, I also had the challenging but exciting role of being Chair of Judges for what were the 30th annual …
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England’s largest ever seagrass restoration project reaches a new milestone
On Saturday (26th March 2022), Natural England announced that England’s largest ever seagrass restoration project reached a new milestone.
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Reducing flood risk – the maintenance work we do to keep rivers flowing
Exploring part of the vital maintenance that reduces flood risk.
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Monitoring, evaluating and learning in the Future Farming and Countryside Programme
In previous blog posts we’ve written about how we’re adopting a test-and-learn approach across the Future Farming and Countryside Programme. We’re doing this to make sure our schemes, services and policies work for users before we scale them up. To make sure we’re on track to deliver our ambitions, we have a strategy to help …
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Making the GOV.UK feedback component more accessible
Here’s how we improved the feedback component on GOV.UK by making it more accessible and more resilient.
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Minister Pow visits Norfolk to announce Coastal Transition Accelerator Project
In today’s blog we are looking at media coverage of our Coastal Transition Accelerator Project.
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Providing effective school-to-school support in a strong, collaborative MAT
Christabel Shepherd and Helen Jones share how school-to-school support has resulted in improvements to the quality of education across Exceed Academies Trust.
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How we’re raising standards in our schools and colleges – what the Schools White Paper means for you
We’ve launched an ambitious plan to give every child the support they need in education. From targeted support in English and maths to ensuring every child has an excellent teacher.
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What the adoption of EdTech has taught us
Sarah Morgan, DfE Demonstrator Programme Lead at Pheasey Park Farm Primary School, explains how the adoption of new technology has opened doors to better ways of learning.
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NIHR Digital Trial Engagement alpha assessment and reassessment
Read the alpha assessment report for the Digital Trial Engagement service from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). This report contains the original alpha assessment report as well as the reassessed service standard points.
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Bringing together regulatory thinking in the digital space
We’re delighted to launch the Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum’s new #digital regulation research portal! This public portal brings over 80 pieces of regulatory research from 8 regulatory bodies. Read Gill's blog to find out more.
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A day in the life of an interaction designer at GDS
At our career events, attendees often ask us what a day in the life of a designer looks like. In this blog post, 3 interaction designers in different career stages are telling.
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Dragons' Den Episode 12 Series 19
This week’s episode of Dragons’ Den had me feeling ready for the summer. With entrepreneurs sharing plant-based cocktails and squeezy sauce bottles, I was ready to head to the nearest beach.
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Our new strategy: Digital Delivery
Our team As Chief Product and Delivery Officer in the Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) directorate of the Department for International Trade (DIT), I get to build, support and sustain our community of Product Managers and Delivery Managers. We’re the …
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Tree Production Innovation Fund: third spotlight on successful applicants
The Tree Production Innovation Fund aims to support innovative projects to increase and diversify domestic tree production. In our third blog post on the successful projects recieving funding, find out about three more.
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Licensing ‘diversionary feeding’ of Hen Harriers on and around grouse moors
This is one of a series of blogs intended to share updates on our Hen Harrier recovery work. The last blog was on Hen harrier monitoring, and the actions taken when a tagged bird is lost, while this one covers …
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Animal Health and Welfare Grants: your chance to suggest items
Farmers will be able to apply for grants to buy equipment, technology and infrastructure to improve the health and welfare of their animals. To make sure we are funding the items that farmers need to make a difference, we want to get a better idea of what we should include. Let us know your thoughts …
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Epilepsy Awareness - Purple Day 26 March 2022
On Purple Day, hundreds of thousands of people across the globe come together to start conversations around epilepsy to raise awareness and fundraise to make a difference for people affected by the condition. Clare Shillan, who works for the Cabinet …
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Me and my dyslexia: why I’m celebrating being neurodivergent
Anne Kemp, a Business Support Officer within our Group Infrastructure Operations team, shares her experiences of being dyslexic in Defra.
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Neurodiversity Celebration Week: Autistic adult in the workplace
By Terri Hargreaves, Diversity and Inclusion Advisor, Sellafield Since I received my official diagnosis in 2017, I have joined the Sellafield Ltd Nuclear Autism Support Network (NASN), and regularly contributed blogs which have focused on autism, mental health, and other …
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London’s communities remain vulnerable to COVID-19 without full vaccine protection
After more than two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, all corners of our lives have been impacted by the virus whether it’s our health, work, education, or social lives. But we learned very early on that some communities felt the consequences of COVID-19 harder than others, and although the picture has improved, that’s still as …
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Her Land, Her Power: How geospatial tech secures women’s land rights
Amy Coughenour Betancourt is the Chief Executive Officer of Cadasta, an award-winning non-profit organisation that develops and promotes the use of simple digital tools and technology to help partners share critical land and resource rights information. Amy has a wealth …