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Porlock Vale Streams Riverlands Project offers nature-based solutions to climate change
The National Trust, in partnership with the Environment Agency, are continuing work on the Porlock Vale Streams Riverlands (PVSR) Project on Holnicote Estate, West Somerset, and recently completed the River Aller Floodplain Reconnection scheme. The project started in 2018 under …
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Joining-up Whitehall with local places
Senior Civil Servant Ben Greener from Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities writes about how working with citizens in local places has strengthened his policymaking practice.
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Delinked payments guidance: information about transferring reference data
RPA is replacing the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) in England with delinked payments in 2024. The 2023 scheme year was the last year of BPS. Delinked payments will be paid each year from 2024 to 2027. We plan to make advance …
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RAF Gibraltar's Valentine's Day FOD PLOD
Yesterday, 14 February 2024, several members of RAF Gibraltar and the No.2 Overseas Gibraltar Squadron attended a special Valentine’s Day FOD PLOD to help clean up the Eastern Beach side of the Gibraltar runway. In aviation and aerospace, the term …
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Gibraltar Defence Police Chief of Police Commendation
Police Constable (PC) Christopher Gomez was recently presented with a Chief of Police's Commendation at Gibraltar Defence Police (GDP) Headquarters . On the 5 September 2023, PC Gomez was on duty at the Airfield when he heard a radio …
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The evolution of the Knowledge Asset Grant Fund
Author: Sarah Staniland This week the Government Office for Technology Transfer (GOTT) has reached a major milestone of funding over 100 innovative projects from across the public sector. Launched in 2021, the Knowledge Asset Grant Fund has supported exciting projects …
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Space medicine for the future of space exploration
How a team at the University of Nottingham is working to ensure the health of astronauts on long space missions.
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Making sense of the standards landscape
Having taken over as the Chair of CSPL, I have looked back at how and why the standards landscape in the UK has evolved as it has. That reading quickly highlights the major role that the Committee has played in establishing much of the standards scene that we now take for granted.
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Improving the accuracy of the Companies House register
We'll soon start to use our new and enhanced powers to query information and request supporting evidence. Over time this will lead to more accurate and trusted information on the register.
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OPSS 2024 - 2025 Year in Industry Programme
Are you studying Data Science, Computer Science, Economics, Mathematics, English, History, Politics, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Science or Law with a one-year industrial placement to start in September 2024?
If so, we would love to hear from you!
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Connecting to communities through policy making
Sheffield is home to the first government Policy Campus outside of Whitehall. As part of the Places for Growth programme, the Civil Service is delivering a range of Government Hub sites across the UK as well as relocating 22,000 roles …
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A test and trials spotlight: Weald to Waves
Farmers and land managers participating in Weald to Waves share their experiences of taking part in tests and trials. The test is part of a wider project, led by Knepp Estate, which aims to build a wildlife corridor stretching from Ashdown Forest to the Sussex coast. Along the way, they share with us how they brought together farmers on the route to develop group agreements, management plans and funding mechanisms for the corridor.
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Join the GSE Connect scheme
Following on from our successful 'Women in Leadership' event to celebrate the UN's International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the GSE Women’s Working Group are pleased to launch the next round of GSE Connect. GSE Connect is a …
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Celebrating National Apprenticeship Week 2024
Head of capability, Aesha Zafar reflects on National Apprenticeship Week and the vital role apprentices play at DWP Digital.
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Extramural Studies Placement at the VMD 2024
This post was originally published by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate. We are delighted to launch the 2024 VMD extramural studies placement. We would like to invite veterinary students who are in their final two years of study to attend a …
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Med Tech Regulatory Reform: The first steps towards a new framework for medical devices in the UK
On 9 January 2024, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) published its Roadmap for the delivery of the future regulatory framework for medical devices. In the first of a new blog series, Laura Squire, Med Tech Regulatory Reform …
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How we’re using the power of the courts to clamp down on illegal felling
Jonathan Tizzard, an Enforcement Investigator for the Forestry Commission, talks about the first ever Restocking Order after conviction as a Magistrates Court orders a landowner to replant a site of illegal felling.
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Mind Your Head 2024
This week, 12-16 February 2024, is the Farm Safety Foundation’s (Yellow Wellies) seventh annual Mind Your Head campaign. Yellow Wellies is an independent registered charity covering the whole of the UK, set up in 2014 to raise awareness of farm …
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Working with us: Join the TRA legal team
Applications for a Grade 6 senior trade remedies lawyer are now open and we asked one of our Junior lawyers to tell us more about the legal team and what working at the TRA is like. Being a lawyer at …
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Six months is not a long time in space
Six months into the role of Deputy CEO, as jobshare with Annelies Look, Chris White-Horne looks back on their time at the UK Space Agency so far.
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Celebrating support workers
Support workers are the backbone of health and social care organisations, providing year-round care for service users, patients and residents. Leanne Flint joined Cygnet Healthcare as a support worker in 2008. Here, she writes about the training and personal development which has helped her progress.
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Gibraltar Defence Police Recruits Successfully Complete Training in the UK
Three Gibraltar Defence Police (GDP) recruits recently returned to Gibraltar after completing their initial 12-week police training at Southwick Park, UK, with the Ministry of Defence Police (MDP). This milestone marks the end of an intensive training programme, aimed at …
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Spotlight on updates and additions to livestock and grassland offer
Over the past few weeks, we've summarised the updates to our environmental land management offer by farm type. These posts follow last month's Agricultural Transition Plan update. In this post, we’ll focus on the updated offer for livestock and grassland farmers.
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Moving Social Work: it means what it says!
Modern social work is many things, but one of its central tenets involves the belief that everyone should have access to the same opportunities to live full, active, healthy lives. The Moving Social Work programme aims to harness the skills and values of social workers to support the health, wellbeing and human rights of people with disabilities.
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Diversity in Tech - Our Commitment
A resolution During the colder months, it is usual to reflect on the year just past and the year ahead and perhaps even make a resolution or two. Here in Justice Digital our Capability Team has already fulfilled a major …
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Michael Gove sets out planning measures to build on long-term plan for housing
There has been widespread coverage across national papers and broadcasters about our package of housing announcements. This includes a ‘brownfield first’ approach delivering new homes and changes to Permitted Development Rights to empower people to extend their homes outwards and …
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Changes coming to OFSI guidance in 2024
The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) is committed to providing high-quality, widely accessible and easy to understand guidance to support our users to implement financial sanctions. As part of this commitment, we are always looking for ways to improve …
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How the ‘Introduction to AI assurance’ guide is supporting government’s innovative approach to AI regulation
DSIT’s Responsible Technology Adoption (RTA) Unit is pleased to publish its Introduction to AI assurance. This guidance is an accessible introduction that aims to support organisations to better understand how AI assurance techniques can be used to ensure the safe …
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“The Last Custodians” a short movie by FaSS recipients Lyme Bay Fisherman’s CIC
MMO is delighted to share the latest news story from Lyme Bay Fisherman’s CIC, who just unveiled an insightful short film on the untold stories of inshore fishing. At the beginning of 2023 a group of 50 small scale inshore fisherman …
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Supplier relationships in DIO
As DIO’s Supplier Relationship Management Head, I am responsible for our supplier relationships which includes a deep understanding of our supply chains cross DIO. A few years ago, DIO’s role within the MOD shifted from being a ‘landlord’ to a …
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Biodiversity Net Gain is live
Biodiversity Net Gain becomes mandatory for major developments today, but why does this matter? Rachel Fisher, Defra’s Deputy Director for Land Use, outlines the benefits of the policy.
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Landscape Recovery: building long-term agreements
Landscape Recovery supports large-scale, long-term management of land for the benefit of sustainable food production and the environment. Many of the 22 projects in Round 1 are now halfway through the Project Development Phase (PDP). Our ability to co-design this scheme is founded on open and honest relationships with project teams. In this post, we share a summary of the work to develop long-term agreements.
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Coverage of North East devolution deal
Our announcement that the legislation for a new £1.4billion devolution deal for the North East was laid in Parliament has been celebrated in regional media. This significant milestone which brings the North East of England one step closer to electing …
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Coverage of Government action on bonuses for water company bosses
Today we are looking at coverage of this morning's announcement that water bosses are set to be banned from receiving bonuses if a company has committed serious criminal breaches.
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Celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in Science and the Environment Agency's Citizen Science Projects
Yesterday (Sunday 11 February) marked the ninth annual International Day of Women and Girls in Science – a UN designated celebration of the massive contribution women make to the fields of science and technology. Today, we look at a hugely important …
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Fraud Factsheet
SUMMARY ‘Stop! Think Fraud’ is a new National Campaign Against Fraud. The anti-fraud messaging is backed by organisations across law enforcement, tech, banking, telecoms and the third sector to help raise public awareness on fraud safety advice. The website www.gov.uk/stopthinkfraud …
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Ask an Apprentice: Your Professional Forester Apprenticeship questions answered
Applications for our 3-year degree-level Professional Forester Apprenticeship are now open. Our panel of experts led a live chat last year to answer your questions.
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New reporting requirements for Designated Persons under the Russia Regime
In June 2023, the UK government announced that it would be introducing two new reporting measures. These are to strengthen transparency of frozen assets in the UK and assist HM Treasury in monitoring compliance with, and detecting evasion of, financial …
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Get ready for new Biodiversity Net Gain legislation
The introduction of biodiversity net gain (BNG) today (12 February 2024) will see the biggest change to planning regulations in decades. This new law as part of the government’s Environment Act will make sure wildlife habitats are left in a …
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Embracing diversity: building a stronger animal health workforce
International Day of Women and Girls in Science continues to raise awareness of the significant gender gap at all levels of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Read more from APHA's Dr Flavie Vial as she explains why gender matters in the animal health workforce in this interesting blog.