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How GFIE pathways tackle the double hurdle of Conviction and Disability
The 3rd December 2025 is International Day of Disabled Persons (IDDP). This year's theme, "Fostering disability-inclusive societies for advancing social progress" speaks directly to the Civil Service's commitment to creating opportunities through our Going Forward into Employment (GFiE) Pathways. Fostering …
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Consultation opens on evidence relating to screening pregnant women for anaemia
The UK NSC has opened a consultation on evidence relating to screening for iron deficiency anaemia in pregnancy.
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Grief in the workplace: supporting each other during National Grief Awareness Week and beyond
Please be aware that this blog discusses bereavement and grief. Lead content designer Leyla Kee-McParlin talks about experiencing grief and supporting others through difficult times.
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Removing over 7,500 Weapons from our streets started with sistening
How the Home Office's knife surrender scheme succeeded by putting stakeholders at the heart of the campaign, and what it means for mission-led government I’m Adam Mazrani and I work in the External Affairs team in the Home Office Communications …
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Post-implementation reviews: Update on progress across government
Post-implementation reviews (PIRs) play a vital role in ensuring that regulations remain proportionate and effective. This blog provides an update on that latest position: the number of outstanding PIRs across government and the progress by the eight departments with the largest backlogs against the commitments that they made.
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DVS measures in the Data Act have come into force
The majority of the measures in Part 2 of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 have come into force today, 1 December 2025.
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From Listings to Lasting Protection: Strengthening Indonesia’s Capacity to Safeguard Threatened Sharks and Rays
Indonesia is one of the world’s largest producers and exporters of shark and ray products. As the CITES Conference of the Parties convenes in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, and governments from around the world debate and decide on proposals for new species listings, work is underway across Indonesia to translate these commitments into practice.
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Highlights from the Coastal Partnership Network Conference
Members of the Marine Planning team and the Evidence and Evaluation team from the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) attended the Coastal Partnership Network (CPN) conference in Liverpool held in October. The CPN provide support for collaboration work across the UK …
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Insights from the first five months of the GOV.UK app public beta
The GOV.UK App went live in public beta in July. Find out what's been happening in the first 5 months, and what's coming next.
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8 top tips for successful woodland establishment this winter
Polly Harries, Land Use Advisor in the south west, shares 8 key considerations for successful woodland establishment this winter, and explores practical tips for planning through to planting your new woodland.
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Small batteries, big solutions: the science driving button battery safety
New research conducted by OPSS provides insights into how science and product innovation can work in tandem to protect children from product-related harm.
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UK NSC opens consultation on draft prostate cancer screening recommendation
The UK NSC has opened a public consultation on the evidence relating to screening for prostate cancer.
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How RPA uses remote monitoring technology to monitor environmental land management agreements
If you have a Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) agreement or a Countryside Stewardship (CS) agreement with RPA, you’ll be aware that we use a range of methods to monitor environmental outcomes. One of the techniques we use is referred to …
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Autumn Budget: what is the government doing to improve outcomes for children with SEND?
The government is making changes to the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) system. These changes aim to improve how children with SEND receive support. It’s clear the SEND system is in dire need of reform. It is failing children and families at every turn, where outcomes for young people are nowhere near good enough.
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Improving inland bathing waters: why progress takes time
As bathing water designation has expanded to reflect the places where people now swim, paddle and enjoy the water recreationally, more inland sites are being formally recognised.
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Driving test booking service consultation – publishing the outcome and next steps
The government announced new measures aimed at stamping out the reselling of driving tests on 12 November
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Collaborating with the Insolvency Service to tackle economic crime
Find out how we're working with the Insolvency Service to fight back against people who take advantage of corporate structures to hide their crimes.
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A day in the life of a Family Help Lead Practitioner
Warrington Borough Council's Pathfinder team talks about how professionals from different backgrounds work together to support vulnerable families in children's social care.
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Strengthening and extending connectivity: what we learned from the API hub alpha
APIs are essential to modern services, but they’re often hard to find or reuse. We're developing a central API hub to make discovery, collaboration and reuse easier across government.
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A new era for nature: first co-created Overseas Territories Biodiversity Strategy
From lush, misty cloud forests to snow-dusted mountains, the UK Overseas Territories are spread across all seven major oceans and seas. As members of one British family, the UK government shares responsibility for supporting the conservation of their vast diversity of species, habitats and ecosystems. Today marks an important milestone in the UK’s relationship with its Overseas Territories, as we launch the new UK Overseas Territories Biodiversity Strategy. Read this post to find out more.
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From Data Features to Digital Products
How do you turn powerful data insights into tools that genuinely help users? That was the question we faced when our Data Science team in Electronic Monitoring (EM) began its journey into digital delivery. Electronic Monitoring, often known as tagging, …
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Update: Progress on managing the Kidlington illegal waste site
Following our initial blog about the appalling large-scale illegal dumping of waste near Kidlington, we want to update you on the significant progress being made to protect the community and environment.
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Using pupil profiles to improve disadvantaged outcomes
Elkie Bailes shares how The Greetland Academy's pupil premium approach, using individual profiles and quality teaching, helped every disadvantaged child meet expected standards.
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Rediscovering the value of water meadows
By Edward Parrott, Senior officer - Agri-Environment Evidence team, Natural England Earlier this year I had the pleasure of joining contractors LUC and industry experts on a visit to Harnham water meadows - a rare surviving example of a centuries-old …
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From systems maps to system stories
Defra’s Policy Design Lab team show some of the design methods they use to make sense of complex evidence.
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A coordinated effort: how we’re tackling the dual threat of deer and grey squirrels
As part of National Tree Week, Anna Brown, Director of Forest Services at the Forestry Commission, and Alan Law, Chief Officer for Strategy and Reform at Natural England, reflect on the work happening across the sector to reduce the impacts of deer and squirrels on England’s woodlands.
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Copyright carols for choirs
Do you know the role that copyright plays in Christmas carols? Following on from a previous blog on copyright in choir music, here are some of our top tips for making sure that your performances remain as lawful as they are tuneful.
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Vision to verdicts: Introducing new courts and tribunals
From Blackpool's new courthouse to London's state-of-the-art City of London law courts on Fleet Street, major developments are transforming justice facilities across England and Wales, delivering accessible, modern buildings for all.
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Launching the Export Support Chatbot: Empowering small businesses to go global
How DBT's Export Support Chatbot will supply small businesses with the knowledge they need to export.
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Introducing the UK Standard Skills Classification: a new way to explore skills and occupations, by Frank Bowley
Skills England, in partnership with the University of Warwick's Institute for Employment Research (IER), has launched a groundbreaking prototype tool to help everyone speak the same language about skills. Today, we’re excited to introduce the UK Standard Skills Classification (SSC), …
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Future of food regulation – Budget announcement
Cymraeg As part of this week’s Budget announcement, the FSA has been asked by the UK Government to develop a new national system of regulation for highly compliant large food businesses in England. This request from the Government builds on …
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Marine Planning Engagement at RTPI Conference
The South West Coastal Planners from the Marine Planning team recently attended the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) conference in Exeter, joining sessions on planning conditions, flood risk standing advice from the Environment Agency, and Nature-Based Solutions. These discussions offered …
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Understanding and improving access arrangements
Back in July we withdrew our official statistics on access arrangements for GCSEs, AS and A levels covering 2014 to 2024, after identifying significant issues with how data had been recorded and reported. Today we are pleased to be following …
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What the Budget means for young people
Today the Chancellor announced the Autumn Budget, setting out changes that will affect young people in higher education. Students from low-income families will get extra money to help with day to day costs at university. This will help support more students from the lowest income households progress into and excel in higher education.
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Visual collaboration week: getting involved with the Digital Workplace community
The cross-government Digital Workplace community celebrated visual collaboration week with a hands-on session to explore the latest digital collaboration tools.
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Consultation opens on screening for intimate partner violence
The UK NSC has opened a public consultation on evidence relating to adult and antenatal screening for intimate partner violence.
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More HM Land Registry customers are saving time and money with right-first-time applications
Application quality is increasing, but we still have work to do. Look out for your email with details of your avoidable requisitions score.
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Celebrate Professional Recognition Week 2025 with the GSE Profession
A message from Dame Angela McLean, Head of GSE Profession and Government Chief Scientific Adviser “As Government Chief Scientific Adviser and Head of the GSE Profession, I am delighted to introduce this year’s Professional Recognition Week which will take place from Monday 8 December to …
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Contamination Control Reminder: Managing Bacillus Risks in Aseptic Processing
The MHRA’s inspectorate and the Defective Medicines Report Centre (DMRC) are actively liaising with NHS and Specialist Pharmacy Services (SPS), following an increase in reports of Bacillus contamination in aseptic facilities. While no firm link has been identified between these …
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2025 Bathing Waters Classifications
The Environment Agency published the 2025 Bathing Water Classifications earlier today, Tuesday 25 November.