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31 March 2017

Press release: Minister for the Americas statement on developments in Venezuela
seen at 23:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

On 28 and 29 March 2017, the Venezuelan Supreme Court issued two rulings giving itself new powers to exercise the National Assembly’s legislative powers and restrict the parliamentary immunity of MPs. This effectively...

News story: Accessing our online services
seen at 20:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Updated: Status update.

Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Press release: Liam Fox champions British flag bearers as the Midlands Engine drives up UK exports
seen at 20:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

During the visit the Trade Secretary saw how his department has helped unlock new export opportunities for firms in the Midlands and outlined the further support and expertise available to help them expand into...

Press release: Planned roadworks in the North East: summary for Monday 3 to Sunday 9 April 2017
seen at 20:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

The following summary of planned new and ongoing road improvements over the coming week is correct as of Friday 31 March but could be subject to change due to weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances. All...

Press release: Planned roadworks in Central Southern England: weekly summary for Monday 3 April to Sunday 9 April 2017
seen at 20:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

The following summary of planned new and ongoing road improvements over the coming week is correct as of 31 March 2017 but could be subject to change due to weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances. All...

Press release: Planned roadworks in the North West: summary for Monday 3 to Sunday 9 April 2017
seen at 20:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

The following summary of planned new and ongoing road improvements over the coming week is correct as of Friday 31 March and could be subject to change due to weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances. All...

Press release: Planned roadworks in Yorkshire and the Humber: summary for Monday 3 April to Sunday 9 April 2017
seen at 20:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

The following summary of planned new and ongoing road improvements over the coming week is correct as of Friday 31 March and could be subject to change due to weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances. All...

Press release: Planned roadworks in the East of England: weekly summary for Monday 3 to Sunday 9 April 2017
seen at 20:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

The following summary of planned new and ongoing road improvements over the coming week is correct as of 31 March 2017 but could be subject to change due to weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances. All...

Press release: Planned roadworks in and around the M25: weekly summary for Monday 3 April to Sunday 9 April 2017
seen at 20:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

The following summary of planned new and ongoing road improvements over the coming week is correct as of 31 March 2017 but could be subject to change due to weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances. All...

Press release: Planned roadworks in Kent and Sussex: weekly summary for Monday 3 April to Sunday 9 April 2017
seen at 20:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

The following summary of planned new and ongoing road improvements over the coming week is correct as of 31 March 2017 but could be subject to change due to weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances. All...

News story: South West Water fail to report dead fish after polluting Devon stream
seen at 20:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

South West Water has been ordered to pay £89,000 in fines and costs for polluting a stream in Woodbury near Exeter. The case was brought by the Environment Agency.

A court heard how large numbers...

News story: Pubs Code Adjudicator (PCA) Bulletin March 2017
seen at 18:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

This bulletin details tools and techniques to guide tenants and their representatives through different Code processes.

Pubs Code Adjudicator Bulletin March 2017
Press release: Foreign Secretary statement on plans for a new settlement in the West Bank
seen at 18:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said:

The UK strongly condemns the Israeli government’s decision to found a new settlement deep in the West Bank; the first such government decision for over 25 years...

News story: New controls for managing email correspondence
seen at 16:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Since 13 March, customers who have sent us a registration application online via the HM Land Registry portal, our online transactional channel, have received correspondence related to that application by email...

News story: Restrictions on Schedule 6 (Exemptions for small pet animals) active substances
seen at 16:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

The VMD has recently reviewed the approved active substances list on the exemption for small pet animals (also known as the Small Animal Exemption Scheme) which may be marketed for use as anaesthetics in fish...

News story: Telephoning the Redundancy Payments Service
seen at 16:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Updated: Status update

Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused.

News story: Crime news: 2017 Standard Crime Contract forms and guidance
seen at 16:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

A number of application and claim paper forms have been updated ready for the 2017 Standard Crime Contract taking effect on 1 April 2017.

The changes are minor in nature, and in the main are concerned...

Press release: Charities in Wales benefit from Tampon Tax Fund
seen at 16:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

The Tampon Tax Fund is designed to benefit charities that support women and girls, particularly those affected by violence and domestic abuse.

In 2016 / 17, the Tampon Tax Fund has awarded £...

News story: Exercise Wessex Flare pump test being held in Somerset
seen at 16:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

A high-volume pump used during major flood events will be tested in Somerset next week (4 to 6 April 2017) as part of Exercise Wessex Flare – a 3-day training exercise run by the Environment Agency.

The...

News story: A new way to pay
seen at 16:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Instead of paying in advance, a new ‘Pay on Invoice’ process will streamline the way we manage a range of applications.

We are committed to reducing the regulatory burden and improving the process for...

News story: Headley Court partners with Loughborough University for research study
seen at 16:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

The Biomechanical Associations and Efficacy of Injectable Therapies in Tendinopathy (BEFIT) study is funded with a grant from the Higher Education Funding Council for England and brings together university academics...

News story: Lasting and enduring power of attorney fees are changing
seen at 16:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).
Why the change is happening

The fee reduction has been made possible by the high number of applications OPG is processing and efficiencies which have driven down the cost of providing the service. Ministers...

Press release: PM call with Prime Minister Rutte of the Netherlands: 30 March 2017
seen at 14:31, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

A Downing Street spokesperson said:

This evening the Prime Minister called Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte following yesterday’s UK letter of notification to the European Council.

...

Press release: MPs' outside interests: Committee announces short review
seen at 14:31, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Updated: Updated link

Lord Bew, Chair of the independent Committee on Standards in Public Life, said:

The Committee met today and discussed the subject of MPs’ outside interests.

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Press release: UK’s design for global expo in Astana unveiled
seen at 14:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Forming the centrepiece of an ambitious UK business and cultural programme that shows a Global Britain open for business, the UK pavilion will be a multi-sensory experience involving film, technology, sound and...

News story: 2017 Appointments to IRP
seen at 14:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

For more information and to apply please visit the Public Appointments Website at: Cabinet Office

Press release: Foreign Office wins award for commitment to staff well-being
seen at 14:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has been presented with an award for its commitment to staff wellbeing by the mental health charity Mind.

The FCO was one of 29 organisations to be named in Mind’s ...

News story: Sir David Norgrove appointed as Chair of the UK Statistics Authority
seen at 14:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Sir David Norgrove has been appointed by Her Majesty the Queen as the new Chair of the UK Statistics Authority.

He has a long-standing record as a public servant and user of statistics, having previously...

Press release: New £1 million flood competition to protect more communities
seen at 14:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

A new ground-breaking competition will allow flood defence projects around the country to apply for a share of &pound;1 million to help protect even more homes and businesses, Environment Secretary Andrea...

News story: UK entrepreneurs are disrupting the business world
seen at 14:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

The Maserati 100 highlights the emerging entrepreneurs who are challenging the established order with their disruptive technologies. Now in its third year, these awards celebrate the positive impact innovative...

News story: Foreign Secretary attends NATO Foreign Ministers meeting
seen at 14:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

The Foreign Secretary reiterated the need for NATO to continue evolving to meet changing security threats as he arrived at the NATO Foreign Ministers meeting in Brussels today (31 March).

Speaking to ...

Press release: Couple sentenced for selling dangerous slimming pills online
seen at 14:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

James Donegan and Melissa Donegan of Bootle, Merseyside, were both given 12 month suspended sentences and ordered to carry out 180 hours of unpaid work.

During the investigation officers from Border Force...

Press release: Priti Patel urges City of London to become global financial centre for developing countries
seen at 14:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

International Development Secretary Priti Patel today opened the London Stock Exchange and announced a new partnership which will help generate much needed business investment in developing countries to help ...

Press release: NI parties invited to intensive talks
seen at 14:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

The talks will have two objectives.

First, to secure a coalition agreement to form the basis of the formation of a new Executive. Second, to address the implementation of outstanding issues from previous...

News story: Accessing our online services
seen at 14:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Updated: Status updated

We are experiencing a fault with our online services. This is affecting:

applying for redundancy payments applying for bankruptcy debt relief order applications reporting...
News story: Ofqual unveils corporate plan 2017 to 2020
seen at 14:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Ofqual’s new Corporate Plan which covers the period 2017 to 2020, builds on work undertaken over the past 12 months. It is focused in particular on:

reform in both general and vocational & ...
News story: Positive Progress on Metropolitan Police Service Checks
seen at 14:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Updated: An update on improving processing times for DBS checks needing to go to the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS).

Enhanced level Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks have to be reviewed by ...

News story: Clinical requirements for information and digital technologies
seen at 14:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

After extensive consultation with its members, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AoMRC) has published a set of clinical requirements for information and digital technologies. These have been developed on...

News story: Accelerator face-to-face meetings: 3 May 2017 in Newport, Wales
seen at 14:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Book an Accelerator meeting at Innovation Point, Newport on 3 May 2017.

These 30-minute face-to-face meetings give you the opportunity to discuss your innovative research idea with Accelerator...

News story: Defence Secretary welcomes US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis to the UK for the first time
seen at 14:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon welcomed Secretary Jim Mattis to London today for his first visit to the UK as US Defense Secretary. They reviewed a number of defence and security issues, including the need...

News story: New controls for managing email correspondence
seen at 14:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Since 13 March, customers who have sent us a registration application online via the HM Land Registry portal, our online transactional channel, have received correspondence related to that application by email...

News story: HMRC launch criminal investigation into global financial institution
seen at 14:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

HM Revenue and Customs is getting increasingly tougher on offshore tax evasion, collecting more than &pound;2.7 billion since 2010. Yesterday, in partnership with authorities in the Netherlands, Australia...

Press release: Commission launches ‘time saving’ accounts templates for charitable companies
seen at 11:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

The Charity Commission has today (31 March 2017) launched the accounts templates pack for small charitable companies to help trustees of charitable companies with an income of under &pound;500,000 ...

Speech: Matt Hancock's speech at the London Games Festival
seen at 11:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

It’s great to be back on the National Theatre’s deck for the opening of London Games Festival.

Many of you in the room will have heard me say this many times before - but you’re going to hear it again...

News story: Business Minister Margot James renews UK’s commitment to corporate responsibility in extractive industry
seen at 11:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

UK publishes second Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative report to improve transparency about the way governments benefit from their natural resources

Report shows payments...

Press release: 100,000 new businesses launched thanks to employment scheme
seen at 11:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

More than 100,000 new businesses have been supported by the NEA, new statistics show. Launched in 2011, it’s an employment initiative to help jobseekers become their own boss.

Successful applicants to...

News story: Exeter flood defence scheme construction at Quay takes summer break
seen at 11:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Vital work to reduce the risk of flooding to more than 3,200 homes and businesses in Exeter reaches another key milestone this weekend as work around the Quay area of the city is halted to avoid disruption to...

Press release: Welfare reforms and £330 million employment package start from April 2017
seen at 11:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

The government is launching the Personal Support Package, which includes &pound;330 million of additional employment support over 4 years for people who due to an illness or disability are unable to work ...

News story: Security and Policing 2017: countries, territories and organisations invited by DIT DSO to attend
seen at 11:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Countries annotated with ‘*’ attended the exhibition:

Algeria* Australia Austria* Bahrain Belgium* Bosnia Herzegovina* Brazil* Brunei* Bulgaria* Canada* Chile* Colombia* Croatia...
Press release: Third Round of UK Games Fund winners announced
seen at 11:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Fifteen projects including mobile, PC, console and VR games across the UK have been selected in the third round of funding and will now receive grants to develop their prototypes. Recognising that many small ...

News story: Defence Business Services to display Battle of Passchendaele records at this year’s Who Do You Think You Are? Live event
seen at 11:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

In the build up to the Battle of Passchendaele commemorations, MOD’s Defence Business Services (DBS) will, for the first time, be displaying a complete set of World War 1 service records relating to a Passchendaele...

News story: Women's health tech firm attracts £4.8 million investment
seen at 10:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Updated: Added video content.

A funding round by ‘fem-tech’ business Chiaro has attracted &pound;4.8 million of external investment. This is to support the development of 3 more smart products...

Press release: Ordnance Survey sets out to enhance its aerial mapping technologies
seen at 10:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Ordnance Survey (OS) has signed an agreement with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), negotiated by its technology transfer arm, Ploughshare Innovations, to allow it to licence various forms...

News story: Consultation launched on prescribing of gluten-free foods
seen at 10:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

The consultation follows NHS England’s announcement this week of new guidance on the prescription of low value items such as travel vaccines, painkillers, and gluten-free (GF) foods.

It will consider...

Press release: Landmark day in devolution as powers pass to Welsh Assembly
seen at 09:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Today marks an important milestone in implementing the Wales Act 2017 with powers coming into force that pave the way for the introduction of Welsh Rates of Income Tax, enable the Welsh Government to invest more...

News story: Bradford & Bingley asset sale to raise £11.8 billion for UK taxpayers
seen at 09:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

The loans will be sold to Prudential plc and to funds managed by Blackstone. There will be no changes to the terms and conditions of the loans sold. Borrowers do not need to take any action.

The price...

News story: PM call with Prime Minister Rutte of the Netherlands: 30 March 2017
seen at 09:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

A Downing Street spokesperson said:

This evening the Prime Minister called Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte following yesterday’s UK letter of notification to the European Council.

The Prime...

Press release: National Lottery backs plan to save 20 species from extinction
seen at 02:30, 31 March in News and communications (Our copy).

In one of the most ambitious conservation projects ever undertaken, 20 UK species facing extinction will be brought back from the brink thanks to &pound;4.6 million from the National Lottery.

The ...