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Closing the loop on your feedback (Part Two)
In my last blog, I gave you an insight into how we close the loop on your feedback and explained why it’s so important for our customers to continue to provide us with their feedback so we can continue to …
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Putting staff wellbeing at the centre of recovery plans
Sajid Javid, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, explains how supporting the health and wellbeing of staff will be a key priority as we move towards recovering NHS services.
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How to have the BEST SUMMER EVER!
Civil Service Live speaker, author, trainer and learning junkie Andy Cope shares a few timely tips how to squeeze the most of out of your summer. Your 2020 foreign trip was rolled over until this summer. Now you’ve had to …
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Consultation launched on extending ivory ban to other species
In today’s blog, we look at the launch of a consultation on extending our ivory ban to other species
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Planning insolvency strategies for a post-pandemic economy
Read about our call for papers and the plans for our upcoming conference on insolvency strategies for a post-pandemic economy.
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Talking, thinking and learning about digital accessibility and inclusion
HMRC reflect and share key learnings taken from Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2021 events.
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Flooding in Europe
We look into coverage following the catastrophic flooding that has brought devastation to multiple regions across western Germany and neighbouring countries in Europe.
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How we’re keeping our students engaged with testing until the end of term and through the holidays
Karen shares how her school has encouraged participation in Covid-19 testing amongst students and staff over the past year and why it’s important for students to continue to test over the summer holidays.
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A letter to school staff from Children and Families Minister Vicky Ford
This week Children and Families Minister Vicky Ford wrote to school staff to thank them for all they've done over the last school year and through the pandemic as a whole. She also set out some of the resources available …
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Do you have a nature hero? How children and young people can #PlantForOurPlanet
Playing in the local park, helping water the garden plants or picking home-grown strawberries – green spaces and gardens have brought sheer joy to children’s and families lives during some of the most difficult months our country has ever known.
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What catch-up activities are available for children over the summer holidays
We know it’s been a hard year for everyone. This summer we want children and young people to take part in fun activities to get moving and learning, to help them get off to a flying start for the next …
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Help test how we apply the Service Standard to lower volume forms
As we look to bring the spirit of the Service Standard to lower volume forms, we need volunteers to read some draft Service Manual guidance, try to follow the guidance, and give us feedback on both the guidance and any impact it had.
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In conversation with: HMRC
Mark Chandler from HMRC and Alison Rees from Companies House discuss how collaboration can be the key to delivering efficient use of resources.
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DVLA brings latest tech to police roadside checks
Police are now using a new photo ID checking tech at the roadside, known as the ‘Photo at the Roadside Service’. James Church, DVLA Service Designer, talks us through what has been happening to help make the pilot a success.
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Looking Earthward for inspiration to clean up space
The growth in space debris and news of near-miss collisions in low Earth orbit are grabbing the headlines. Perhaps it is time to look Earthward for inspiration.
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Follow the money – time to repair election finance regulation
Lord Evans, Chair of the Committee, outlines the recommendations of CSPL's new report on regulating election finance.
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Updated screening information for GPs and other primary care staff
Public Health England has updated its screening information for GPs and practice staff on GOV.UK.
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Water companies given green light to invest £2.7 billion on building back greener
Ofwat has confirmed a final package of investment from water companies to deliver lasting environmental improvements.
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How a Skills Bootcamp could fast-track you to a better job
If you are looking to quickly increase your skills in a specific area and fast-track into a new job or get ahead with your current employer, a Skills Bootcamp could be the right choice for you.
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Reducing liver death: a call to action
Alcoholic liver disease has risen sharply in the last year. Our report on alcohol consumption and harm during the COVID-19 pandemic shows an unprecedented increase in alcoholic liver disease deaths. In 2020, 5,608 alcoholic liver deaths were recorded in England, …
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Safely increasing capacity in our buildings from 19 July
Our journey back to normality. With the announcement from the government about COVID-19 restrictions relaxing, Kevin Sadler shares the plan for HMCTS to continue delivering justice within the new public health guidelines.
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Hello World from the Digital Foundry
When we set up the Defence Digital blog in 2019, I couldn’t have believed how popular it would become across Defence. From the first blog post with the Royal Navy, to the latest blog from Strategic Command, every part of …
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Priorities and plans as we emerge from the pandemic
Charity Commission publishes Annual Report, Business plan and customer survey research. There is much yet to learn about the impact of the pandemic on the charity sector – on charities’ finances, their ways of working, and on the wider economic …
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Taking a systems approach to Early Years policy
Alice Whitehead, who leads a policy design team, writes about how the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government have taken a systems thinking approach to policy design.
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What you need to know about summer schools
Helping students catch up is one of our priorities. That’s why we’ve provided £200m for a programme of summer schools as part of the £3 billion the government has invested in helping pupils boost their learning following the disruption caused …
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Introducing the MoJ Digital Accessibility Team
This financial year, the MoJ has created a Digital Accessibility team, to start embedding accessibility across the justice system. Through a 6 month accessibility profession project and on-the-ground learning, combined with looking at the cross-gov accessibility landscape, we realised that …
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Promoting Competition Bulletin July 2021
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has today published its Annual Report for 2020 to 2021, which explains how it saved consumers at least £2 billion. The report demonstrates the considerable amount that the CMA has achieved this year, delivering …
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Last chance to nominate projects for the Sanctuary Awards!
Nominations for the Sanctuary Awards close on 31 July and it’s your last chance to nominate projects across our categories from the Individual Achievement Award through to the Social Value and Sustainable Procurement and Construction Award.
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Henry Dimbleby’s independent review of the food system
In today’s blog, we look at the coverage around Henry Dimbleby’s newly-published independent report on the food system
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Data protection advice for your company
Read tips from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) on how to improve your company's data protection practices.
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Agent Update 86 has been published
Agent Update 86 is available now and contains the latest articles, updates, help and support for the entire agent community.
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Engaging local families with the Holiday Activities and Food Programme this summer
Jan Lefley and Susan Parish are Holiday Activities and Food Programme coordinators who talk us through how and why it’s so important to reach out to local families.
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Join us at DataConnect21 and share your data stories
We are launching a brand new, cross-government data event, running from 27 September to 1 October 2021, and you’re all invited.
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Cyber Insider: How to (not) bring down a nation
In this edition of Cyber Insider we look at what happens when cyber attacks threaten to cause the collapse of an entire nation, and what it's like to be part of the team trying to stop that from happening. The …
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My Life, My Career
TV meteorologist and Met Office civil servant Clare Nasir takes a look back over her extraordinary 28-year career. “I would do this job for nothing,” – I recently admitted to my colleague Adrian. We were having one of those inspired …
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We were at Digital Leaders Week
Improving public services through user-centred design. Catch up on our talk in this latest blog.
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Regulation workshops: what we did next
We ran some co-design workshops in November with farmers and other experts to help us work out how the regulatory system needs to change. We shared the outputs of that work on the blog. After those workshops, we began planning the next phase of our co-design work on regulation. I’d like to share our progress in this post.
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Thinking of applying for the Promoting Opportunity category?
The Queen's Award's for Enterprise - Promoting Opportunity through social mobility. The Queen’s Awards are the most prestigious awards for business, celebrating the outstanding achievements of organisations across the UK. The Promoting Opportunity category was refocused last year to make …
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Profession Pathway Programme
Learn about our exciting pilot activity in the Northwest and our innovative approach to professions outside of London starting with policy.
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Supporting the adoption of privacy enhancing technologies
As set out in the UK government’s National Data Strategy, the CDEI has been exploring the role of privacy enhancing technologies (PETs) in enabling trustworthy use of data. PETs have the potential to unlock innovation by enabling valuable data sharing …