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Perplexed by practice guides? Listen up
Our latest podcast is all about practice guides – what they are, what they’re for and how to use them to find the answers to topical questions around e-signatures, overseas entities and ID.
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Listening to anglers is helping to improve our fishing licence service
As National Fishing Month gets underway again, we hear from Jenny Yates, Service Owner in our ‘I Want to Fish’ team, about what our latest user research into digital fishing licences shows, and what future improvements anglers might see as a result.
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Statement on the Bibby Stockholm – 11/08/2023
A Home Office spokesperson said: “The health and welfare of individuals on the vessel is our utmost priority. “Environmental samples from the water system on the Bibby Stockholm have shown levels of legionella bacteria which require further investigation. “Following these …
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Hedgerow cutting during August – how to get permission from RPA
If you wish to cut a hedgerow during August, you must obtain written permission from the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) for a derogation. When you apply for the derogation, please send all the available evidence (for example, photographs or diagrams) …
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Starting Well in Stockport: An integrated early years model
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council has invested in developing an integrated Start Well model which brings together services that work with families to support children’s development from pre-birth to 5 years and help them to get ready for school. Start Well …
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Environment Secretary holds roundtable on improving the River Deben
Local partners joined Defra ministers at a roundtable to discuss water quality at the River Deben
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Our Digital Career Development Programme: Fast-track your digital career
Passionate about user-centred digital services and want to accelerate your career? Join our Digital Career Development Programme.
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The Sustainable Farming Incentive offer in 2023: guidance update
We've made some minor changes to the SFI Handbook for the 2023 offer and provided voluntary guidance on how you could do the SFI actions in response to feedback from farmers. In this post, we’ll share an overview and links.
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The England Species Reintroduction Taskforce – who we are and what we do
By Andy Clements - Chair, the England Species Reintroduction Taskforce Introduction Conservation translocations, the movement of species for conservation benefit, comprise a variety of techniques to help species withstand a range of pressures and to enhance ecosystem function. Species translocations …
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Advocating security.txt across UK government
Publishing a security.txt file to help finders report vulnerabilities has now been championed for use across government following endorsement by the Open Standards Board and the Data Standards Authority’s Steering Board.
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Bridging the Gaps in Intensive Support for Expectant Parents in Redbridge
Redbridge Borough Council have a range of support offers for families with babies, from helping those who need some extra community-based support, to others with multiple, complex social problems that may involve safeguarding responses from the local authority. Baby and …
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Making it easier to add images on GOV.UK
We’ve reduced the time and effort it takes to publish content with images on GOV.UK. Here’s why and how we did it.
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What we learned from the 2023 driving instructor survey
Amanda Lane, Head of Driver Testing and Training Policy, shares the findings from the 2023 working as a driving instructor survey, and sets out some immediate priorities for DVSA to support ADIs.
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Registering children’s homes – principles and hints and tips
We know that applying to register a children’s home is a serious step. It is right that there are exacting standards to meet, but we want the process to work well. The following hints and tips should help with a …
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Putting it on (digital) record
As part of the plans for reform, set out in the 2021 government white paper, People at the Heart of Care, the digitising social care programme is supporting widespread digitisation across the sector to improve the quality, safety and personalisation of care and support services.
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UK NSC authors explore newborn blood spot screening best practice across Europe
New manuscript explores how newborn blood spot screening policy development and screening practice in the UK compares with patient-led EURORDIS principles.
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4 myths about university places busted
It’s nearly that time of year again when thousands of students find out whether they’ve been accepted into their top choice university to study for a degree. With grading returning to how it was before the pandemic, there has been …
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Birmingham Children Trust working with Barnardo’s providing an Early help Autism Service Offer
The Barnardo’s Early Help Autism Service provides a joint working model within the Birmingham Children’s Trust. The service provides direct interventions to children and young people with autism and their families. The specialist interventions are specifically related to support with …
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Join the Spatial Data Unit and make exciting things happen
Now is an exciting time to be joining DLUHC. Data is at the heart of the levelling up agenda and we are passionate about using data innovatively to help create opportunities for everyone across the UK. In this post, you'll learn more about our team, our work and opportunities on offer.
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Making it easier to track impact at ONS
The Data Standards Authority has endorsed the use of Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) for cross-government adoption, to help make it easier to track where digital assets have been used in research, policy and the public domain.
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Teacher recruitment and retention: How we’re helping former teachers return to education
Schools in England now have more teachers than ever before, but we know there’s even more we can do to make sure we’re recruiting the best and brightest educators for our young people. Alongside other initiatives, encouraging former teachers to …
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Pte Salmon achieves Best Student award
Private Dominic Salmon, a Class 3 Chef in the Junior Ranks Mess, recently completed his introductory training as a chef and received the Best Student award. A 14-week course called "Chef Class 3" included an eight-week kitchen component where he acquired a …
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Drought explained
In this blog we look how the Environment Agency and government prepare for drought.
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Celebrating co-production
SCIE recently marked the eighth year of its annual Co-production Week, a five day national festival of co-production in action, in which the organisation and its partners celebrated and shared good practice in co-production in social care.
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Accelerating Transformation and Securing the Future - DISO One Year On
Where shall I start, we as a team have achieved so much in so little time! In an era of rapid technological advancements, organisations must continuously evolve to meet the ever-growing demands of their customers. Justice Digital is no different. …
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How the team monitoring new and emerging infectious diseases could help prevent the next pandemic
In this blog, Dr Mike Reynolds, Principal Scientist within the Emerging Infections and Zoonoses team, dives into the daily work he and his colleagues do to keep you safe.
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A promising first year of the hen harrier conservation breeding programme and reintroduction
A recap In Autumn of 2022, ten captive hen harriers were transported to the UK from a rescue centre in France for Natural England’s conservation breeding programme (Hen harrier Reintroduction NE Blog). This forms an important step in the Southern …
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Understanding business rates
New to paying business rates? Or just need a refresher? Here we explain everything you need to know about how your business rates are calculated.
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Covid autumn booster vaccine 2023: Everything you need to know
People at greatest risk of serious illness from Covid, including care home residents, over 65s and frontline health and social care workers, are eligible for an autumn vaccine booster. Here’s everything you need to know. Am I eligible for an …
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How common platforms deliver brilliant digital services
Our products and services underpin a significant proportion of digital services on GOV.UK and we are constantly growing to make them better. Find out more.
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Proportionate and person-centred
The first contact with someone in need of care and support is at the beginning of an assessment conversation and there are many routes for this to happen. With increasing need and complexity, this new 'principles of proportionate assessment' guide offers support in setting out a range of assessment methods and how best to utilise them.
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Meeting potential colleagues at Silicon Milkroundabout
Find out about DBT's weekend at Silicon Milkroundabout
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A Creative Technologist working in policy: One year in
What if policymakers could make more effective and more creative use of technology to get better results for citizens? Policy Lab set out to find the answer to this question by hiring the UK government’s first Creative Technologist in Spring …
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We’re looking for an experienced screening midwife who’d like to help the work of the UK NSC
The UK NSC is looking to add dedicated midwifery expertise to its pool of expert professional clinical advisers.
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The importance of global surveillance to identify pandemic threats
The 100 Days Mission is a global initiative launched in 2021 to ensure that key interventions we have to defeat pandemics can be deployed equitably within 100 days of recognising a new threat. Speed is of the essence in a pandemic, but the initiative is committed to equity, resilience and security on a domestic and global level, and to ensuring that these vital interventions are available in a timely manner in low- and middle-income countries.
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Skilled: How the Government Campus supports your learning and development
The Government Campus was launched in 2020 by the Government Skills and Curriculum unit. It plays a vital role in improving capability across the Civil Service, helping all civil servants build the skills, knowledge and networks they need to serve the government now and in the future.
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Perseids and planets: the night sky in August
With the Milky Way overhead, Saturn at its brightest, a very exciting meteor shower and the chance to see noctilucent clouds, August is the perfect month for some nights of stargazing!
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Introducing You To...
Hello, I’m Vaneshree and I work on the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) Pilot, based in Worcester. I help to resolve queries from land managers and agents, as well as processing applications and monitoring agreements. I’ve been with for RPA for …
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The blurring of boundaries between goods and services: what is the future for trade remedies?
In today’s age of economic digitisation, we live in a world that is not only more interconnected than ever, but also increasingly dominated by trade in services. Undoubtedly, this poses both challenges and opportunities for trade policy, as it tries …
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The science behind life-saving vaccines
UKHSA's Vaccine Development and Evaluation Centre (VDEC) brings together our combination of expertise and facilities – often rare or unique in the UK and worldwide – from our ability to safely handle the world’s most dangerous pathogens through to our quality-systems which mean the data we generate is trusted by national and international regulators.