GOV.UK blogs

Conserving habitats on the military training estate

Amanda Williams, Sustainability Manager at Landmarc Support Services reflects on the positive work that is undertaken across the UK military training estate to conserve some of our most valuable habitats and landscapes.

A more inclusive Civil Service

Scott talks to us about coming from a lower socio-economic background and how his experience in the Civil Service Fast Stream has been.

Weldmar Hospicecare: Digital Inclusion Project

In this blog, we hear from the Weldmar Hospicecare Trust on their projects to digitally train their staff, volunteers, patients and families, including the development of an exciting new app to support remote monitoring of community patients. The Hospice received funding earlier this year from DCMS' Digital Inclusion Fund.

Appeal for information on missing hen harriers

Police are investigating the disappearances of hen harriers in North Yorkshire and appealing for information

Time to take the nursing associate route?

Nursing associate roles offer new career routes for care staff, says Skills for Care's Wendy Leighton

How we connect, communicate and collaborate

We do things differently at the Department for Transport. We give digital, data and technology professionals a platform in government.

National Adoption Week 2019 – a time for celebration, and reflection

Yvette Stanley, our National Director for Social Care, talks about the importance of adoption, and how we look at it on our inspections.

Minister Goldsmith commends the Wildlife Photographers of the Year at No.10 Downing Street reception

The International Environment Minister hosted winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition at Downing Street

Home Office in the media: Thursday 17 October

Today's leading stories include calls to review "stay put" advice after the Grenfell Tower tragedy.

How UK aid is helping girls around the world

International Development Secretary Alok Sharma has spoken of his ambition to put the rights of women and girls around the world at the heart of UK aid. His words came in an op-ed in the Huffington Post last Friday (October …

The Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill introduced to the Commons

The Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill has been reintroduced to the House of Commons.

Good Manufacturing Practice/Good Distribution Practice Symposium 2019

The MHRA Good Manufacturing/Good Distribution Practice Symposium will be held in London on the 11 to 14 November and in Glasgow on 26 to 27 November 2019. This post details how to secure your place and provides some information about what each of the sessions will include.

As one door closes, another opens

Hear from Andy Ashworth as he says goodbye to Civil Service Local and leads Going Forward into Employment full time. With more information included on how to get involved in their opportunities.

Collaborating to improve conveyancing

Our Local Land Charges conference allowed further sharing of the latest digital services to improve conveyancing.

Office for Veterans Affairs launched

The launch of the Office for Veterans Affairs is officially taking place today. As part of the launch, ministers have announced that the new head of the OVA will be Col David Richmond, the former Recovery Director of Help for …

The Diplomatic Service Fast Stream

Farah, a Diplomatic Service Fast Streamer, answers some questions about herself and her time on the Fast Stream so far.

Funding for adoptive families and children

Today’s Education in the Media blog reviews the funding announcements for adoptive families and children in England.

The Summer Diversity Internship Programme

Geraint, a Generalist Fast Streamer and former Summer Diversity Intern, answers some questions about himself and his time on the Fast Stream and Summer Diversity Internship Programme.

An update on the Digital Route Review

Welcome to the Digital Route Review blog I am the Relationship Manager for the Digital Route Review (DRR) and it is my role to help the Trailblazer Groups work through the Institute’s recommendations and take a holistic look at the …

New Office for Environmental Protection will ensure governments maintain green credentials

Government responds to criticisms over new enforcement body's powers

How young entrepreneurs in London can get free business support

The latest guest blog post for our #GetBizzy campaign.

Isabel Oswell, Head of Business Audiences at the British Library, explains how they're supporting new and existing business owners through a dynamic and diverse community which is free to join and open to anyone.

Home Office in the media: Wednesday 16 October

Today's leading stories include reports on efforts to stop small boats crossing the English Channel and the release of hate crime statistics.

Launch of a new toolkit for returners

Today we have published a toolkit bringing all the resources and information on returners together into one easy-to-read format. It is designed as a roadmap following every stage of returning to work, with information, ideas and actions.

Find out what happened at our event about digital screening information for pregnant women

Read about our event for Trust screening co-ordinators as part of our work to move to digital antenatal and newborn screening information.

OFSI releases 2018 to 2019 Annual Review

Find out what OFSI got up to in the last financial year by reading our latest annual review

Government response to publication of hate crime statistics

 Today, the Home Office has published hate crime statistics for 2018/2019.

Self care before surgery

Playing an active part in your preparation for surgery can have a significant impact on your recovery and long-term health. Ahead of next month's Self Care Week, the Royal College of Anaesthetists's Hilary Swales explains the physical and mental approaches individuals can adopt ahead of surgical procedures and how clinicians can introduce this aspect of self care to patients.

Being on the Digital, Data and Technology Fast Stream

In this blog post you can read 2 different perspectives on the scheme. Both Fast Streamers are in their third year and work at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), but one joined after nearly 30 years in the Civil Service and one joined straight from university.

The Civil Service People Survey and Your Wellbeing

Civil Service People Survey The Civil Service People Survey 2019 is now open and the focus is on wellbeing. This is a great opportunity to express your opinions about your work and workplace. We strongly encourage all government vets to …

Black History Month

Today the Education Secretary has encouraged all schools to mark this special month with students and has pointed to resources for schools and teachers to help them teach black history.

Government introduces ground-breaking Environment Bill

Government introduces landmark Bill to Parliament to tackle the biggest environmental priorities of our time.

GSE Opportunities: Grow from your STEM and complete the RAEng/WES engineering census.

This blog post is a collection of vacancies, events and learning and development opportunities for people working in Government Science and Engineering.

The Government Social Research Fast Stream

Samiha, a Government Social research Fast Streamer, answers some questions about herself and her time on the Fast Stream so far.

Working with the Open Innovation Team

How we approach projects and what we deliver for policy-makers.

Updated guidelines for the use of imaging in the bowel cancer screening programme

Updated guidelines for the use of imaging in the bowel cancer screening programme are now available

The Human Resources Fast Stream

Harry, a Human Resources Fast Streamer, answers some questions about himself and his time on the Fast Stream so far.

Why I’m excited about apprentices coming to Companies House

Our lead developer Steve explains what we offer to our digital apprentices, and what they offer to us.

Home Office in the media: Tuesday 15 October

Today's leading stories include reports on the individual case of Emma DeSouza.

How we use training to help make user research a team sport

In this blog TingTing Zhao and Steph Marsh and I talk about training we run at GDS to help wholes team be involved and own the research and insight we gain about users #UserResearch

Adoptions, School Uniform Grants and class sizes

Today’s Education in the Media blog looks at adoption trends in England, Local authority school uniform grants and class sizes.