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Delivering our commitment to support local LGBT organisations
Find out more about our commitment to support LGBT voluntary and charitable sector organisations and the funding we have awarded to Consortium to help deliver this aim.
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Defence in the Media: Wednesday 13th February 2019
Today's defence-related news includes coverage of the UK winning a £500m assignment to repair F-35 jets. UK wins £500m F-35 assignment There is various online coverage, including BBC Wales, UK Defence Journal, Wales Online and Daily Post. Reporting focuses on the award of …
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In conversation with... Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England
Mark Carney takes questions on a range of challenges facing the Bank of England, from preparations for Brexit, to improving diversity and inclusion, and exploiting the potential in emerging technologies.
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Spotlight: Civil Service Award winners 2018
The annual Civil Service Awards recognise inspirational individuals and innovative projects and encourage best practice. Some of the 2018 winners talk about their work and what winning means to them.
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Latvia's next 100 years: modernity rooted in heritage
Latvia’s Ambassador to the UK assesses the practical and symbolic importance to her country of free and open public institutions.
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Over 10,000 problem solvers at your disposal
Dr Patrick Vallance, the Government Chief Scientific Adviser, challenges policy-makers not to forget the contribution that scientists and scientific evidence can make to solving policy problems.
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Civil Service Live – leading the way
How the Civil Service's biggest learning and development event is going to the next level.
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Developing the education inspection framework: how we used cognitive load theory
Ofsted's Head of Research, Daniel Muijs, explains how we've used cognitive load theory in the development of our new education inspection framework.
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Getting full value from government spending
With preparations for the 2019 Spending Review under way, Sir Michael Barber fills in the background to his independent report on government’s management of public money.
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Transforming frontline services through better data sharing
How the Digital Economy Act is revolutionising the way services are delivered across government.
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Getting tax right, for everyone
Poli Stuart-Lacey, Director of Communications at HM Revenue & Customs, explains the rationale behind the move “from tax man to tax duck”, and how it increased Self Assessment compliance rates.
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An interview with Sir Mark Sedwill, National Security Adviser, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service
Sir Mark Sedwill answers questions on a range of issues, from how he sees the role of Cabinet Secretary, to the challenges facing the Civil Service.
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GDS Academy launches new course: Introduction to artificial intelligence in government
If you are interested in an introduction to emerging technology and how this will impact government now and in the future this new course is for you.
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Civil Service Quarterly 19: Editorial
Chris Wormald introduces the 19th edition of Civil Service Quarterly, and pays tribute to the late Lord Heywood, whose idea CSQ was.
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Education in the Media: Wednesday 13 February 2019
Today’s Education in the Media blog contains news of the T Level contract awards.
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An international guide to managing public sector fraud
Today's publication of an international guide to managing public sector fraud shows the UK driving its innovative work in this area not only at home but with its global partners.
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Home Office in the media blog: Wednesday 13 February
Today's Home Office stories include social media and knife crime, police cuts, and immigration post-Brexit. Social media and knife crime The Telegraph, Mail, Express, Times, Independent and BBC Breakfast report on comments made by the Home Secretary regarding social media …
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Applying for your passport online
Mark Prince, product manager at HM Passport Office, explains how users can now apply for their first adult passport online.
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TechConnect - bringing the outside in
Jacky Wright explains why she is sponsoring a collaborative private and public sector digital skills programme...
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Environment Secretary backs Great British Spring Clean 2019
On today's blog we're looking at the Daily Mail splash on the upcoming Great British Spring Clean (GBSC), reporting nearly 55,000 people have signed up to litter clear-ups in just two weeks.
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Education in the Media: Tuesday 12 February 2019
Today’s Education in the Media blog looks at A Levels and the latest report from the Office for Students.
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Defra response to Food and Drink Federation letter, and coverage strengthened protection for Essex and Suffolk countryside
Defra response to Food and Drink Federation letter, and coverage strengthened protection for Essex and Suffolk countryside
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BBC coverage of IPPR report and EA responds to dispute with boat-dwellers moored at West Molesey
BBC coverage of IPPR report and EA responds to dispute with boat-dwellers moored at West Molesey
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Choosing a company name, trading name or trade mark
Incorporating a company does not automatically protect the company name as a trade mark. Find out how to register and protect your business name.
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Looking for strengths at the heart of social care
For advocates of traditional community social work, it must be pleasing to see the growing popularity of strengths-based social care, says Ewan King, Director of Business Development at the Social Care Institute for Excellence. For while, social work – and …
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A framework for strengths based success
New strengths based practice framework launches In January 2017, I was very pleased to host a roundtable event with the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE). We had joined forces to explore what strengths-based social work means for practitioners, carers …
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An update on the GOV.UK taxonomy
We’ve made huge strides over the past year towards our vision of a single sitewide taxonomy that powers front end navigation. Find out what we've done and what's next.
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The plastics age
It’s been over 160 years since Alexander Parkes created what many people regard to be the first thermoplastic, Parkesine, in Birmingham (that’s right – plastic is a UK innovation). Though Parkes himself never really achieved commercial success with his wonder …
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Evaluation workshops: mythbusting and methodologies
Sign up to workshops which offer a practical exploration of how to conduct effective audience evaluation in libraries.
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GovWifi: connecting your organisation is now easier than ever
As we have previously blogged, GovWifi has been designed to replace user and guest wifi with a single secure wifi connection. With increasing numbers of public sector workers having to be mobile, it’s important for them to be able to …
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Ten reasons why the future immigration system supports business
There are a number of articles in print and online quoting the CBI, who claim that the future immigration system risks “causing significant harm at a time of uncertainty for business”.
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Defence in the Media: Tuesday 12 February 2019
Focus of Defence news today is a look back on Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson's keynote speech at RUSI on Monday.
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HPV primary cervical screening pilot report published in BMJ
In 2013, 6 labs in England began looking for HPV first to see if this new test could be used in the cervical screening programme. The results from this pilot have now been published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ).
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How to carry out user research with colleagues
We recently carried our research among our colleagues to understand how they felt about their day-to-day working experiences. Here's how we did it.
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Marine Planning Iteration 3 Update – February 2019
Update on Marine Planning Iteration 3
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Women in science sharing their enthusiasm with the next generation
I am a team leader in the environmental monitoring part of Head Office Operations. My team manage and deliver surface and groundwater water monitoring around England which provides the evidence used to make environmental decisions. I joined the Environment Agency …
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Minister Atkins – ‘It’s time for employers to take decisive action and close their gender pay gap’
In this blog post, Minister Atkins sets out the ways that employers can take decisive action and close their gender pay gaps.
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Fungi protected at new sites and British Lung Foundation’s report
This media blog covers Natural England’s announcement of the notification of two Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) because of rare fungi and the British Lung Foundation’s report.
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Support of bowel cancer screening programme crucial to fish oil trial
If you work in bowel cancer screening you may have recently read about a trial I led about treatment options for people at higher risk of bowel cancer. The name of the trial is certainly one you can't forget. We named it …
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Education in the Media: Monday 11 February 2019
Today’s Education in the Media blog looks at the Edge Foundation report, the next stage of the Selective Schools Expansion Fund, and Minister Gibb’s ambition for girls to succeed in science.