Coronavirus (COVID-19): Accessing food and essential supplies
Illegal nets recovered from North East river
Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance and support
Updates to the shielding programme on national and regional levels
Over the last few months, we have seen social workers and social work students coming together to support one another.
Not only that, they are also coming up with ways to develop and shape new ideas in...
Transmission licence exemptions for offshore wind farm generators affected by COVID-19
Help to Buy scheme extended
Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance for people receiving direct payments
Foreign Office statement on postponement of Hong Kong elections
Millions more customers will need MOT tests this autumn – double as many as usual.
Motorists were granted MOT exemptions for their vehicles from 30 March until 1 August.
Those exemptions will begin...
North of England: local restrictions
Speed mentoring event coming soon!
Westminster Foundation for Democracy is partnering with the Ateneo School of Government to offer a comprehensive package of training to staff working with the Bangsamoro Parliament. The courses in the ‘Bangsamoro...
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Social care mattersSocial care matters as much to good health as healthcare, and social care providers play a critical role in helping many enjoy a good quality of life including...
Eat Out to Help Out – look for the logo
MP visits site of multi-million pound flood scheme
The SFO has today secured confiscation orders totalling £5,450,000 against the former Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Afren. Former CEO Osman Shahenshah was ordered to pay &...
During this difficult and confusing time, we thought it was necessary to help you keep all the important information in one place.
The effects of COVID-19 are being felt by everyone worldwide with reduced travel, financial strain and uncertainty for the future. COVID has given the financial sector a lot to think about including pension funds...
By Chris Wilson Operations Manager for Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire (GMMC)
Today marks 12 months since we first got the call that a dam known as Toddbrook Reservoir...
Yesterday, Minister of State for Pacific and the Environment Lord Goldsmith delivered a keynote speech on the subject of a green recovery and the work that the UK is doing on domestic and...
The GOV.UK Verify Proxy Node is a component of Government Digital Service (GDS) integration with the eIDAS framework. The Proxy Node is deployed on the GDS Supported Platform (GSP), a Kubernetes...
Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland - Ministers Quarterly Return Q4 2019/20
Lord Nash appointed as Government’s lead Non-Executive Director
CCW’s statement on new leakage figures
Government launches independent panel to look at judicial review
There was coverage in today’s Telegraph, Times, Guardian, Express, Mirror, Mail, Yorkshire Post, BBC online, BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme, and Farming Today of the Mammal Society’s first...
Road fuel sales and stock levels: 23 August 2020
Health and care workers to self-isolate on return to England from high-risk countries
Today there is widespread media coverage of our announcement that the sale of single-use plastic carrier bags has plummeted by 95% in England’s main supermarkets since we introduced a 5p charge...
Patents, trade marks, and designs monthly statistics: July 2020
Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Brazil
Imperial War Museums (IWM) has announced its 2020 programme, including the Refugees season which will invite visitors to explore refugee experiences throughout history and the ongoing issues faced by those affected...
NERC invites eligible research organisations to submit proposals for large scale inter-disciplinary research and innovation funding to provide whole system solutions to major environmental challenges.
https://governmentdigitalservice.podbean.com/mf/play/1iaf72/LLD_v7_bc527.mp3The Government Digital Service (GDS) and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) launched...
Payments to passenger rail operators, March to June 2020
Sarah Newton appointed as new Chair of HSE
Now, a new report by 28 world-leading dementia experts reveals that 40 per cent of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by targeting 12 ‘risk factors’ throughout life – from obesity ...
By Rafael Jimenez Aybar, WFD’s Environmental Democracy Adviser
In June 2019, six House of Commons Select Committees called a citizens assembly to understand people’s preferences for how the UK should tackle...
Policy paper: Review of operational policy on pregnancy, Mother and Baby Units and maternal separation
https://s143.podbean.com/pb/1e65bf0a9c2cc324af255976d82653bc/5f228f5d/data1/fs65/3531320/uploads/ddat_fast_stream_final_v3ay7p5.mp3The Digital, Data and Technology Fast Stream, also known as ...
As a core part of BPDTS's organisational culture, we’re creating an environment where learning is key to everything we do – where time spent working equals time spent learning. The BPDTS Product Talks provide...
Factsheet: Police statistics
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The Insight and User Research team is dedicated to using evidence to help make decisions across HMCTS. I want to tell you how we’ve been doing that over the last few months...
I want to say thank you for the work you did to protect the NHS, and let you know about our approach to technology in the future. If the coronavirus pandemic had happened even five years ago the NHS would...
North West of England: local restrictions – what you can and cannot do
Recovered appeal: land at Love Lane, Woolwich (ref: 3233519 - 3 June 2020)
Improvements to care for pregnant women and mothers in prison
New rules on gatherings in some parts of Northern England
NHS-funded nursing care rates for 2019 to 2021
About ClearScoreWhen ClearScore launched in July 2015, we set out with one mission: to make the complex world of personal finance clear, calm and easier to understand. We started by providing ...
Foreign Secretary welcomes first EU sanctions against malicious cyber actors
Fix your Bike Voucher Scheme: apply for a voucher
UK works with governments to improve COVID-19 communication strategy
National Statistics: Offender management statistics quarterly: January to March 2020
Over the last few months, we have seen social workers and social work students coming together to support one another but also coming up with ideas that allow them to develop and shape new ideas in social work...
Student Loans in England: 2019 to 2020 - Part 2
Luxembourg removed from list of travel exemptions for the whole of the UK following data showing a significant change in confirmed cases
Official Statistics: Prison Performance Ratings: 2019 to 2020
GSE Opportunities: Vacancies within GO-Science and DFT
COVID-19: management of staff and exposed patients and residents in health and social care settings
UKEF support helps Peerless Plastics power ahead
Guidance: Record retention and disposition schedules
Raj Singh-Dehal, Chief Corporate Officer at Center Parcs, explains how the government's detailed guidance gave confidence to implement safety measures and therefore reopen. Find out how you can work safely...
The work of the NDA depends to a large extent on the “social licence” afforded to us by a range of external stakeholders. As we all know, decommissioning 17 complex sites across the UK throws up a wide range ...
Legal Aid Agency payments to providers
More than 4,000 extra police officers to fight crime as recruitment continues
Health and care workers to self-isolate on return to UK from high-risk countries
Stephen Whiteley, Unaoil’s former territory manager for Iraq, has today become the second Unaoil executive to be sentenced for paying over $500,000 in bribes to secure a $55m contract to supply offshore mooring...
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, HMI Prisons has changed the way it is reporting on the treatment of and conditions for people in custody. Information can be found on our COVID-19 pages.
Official Statistics: Community Performance Quarterly: update to March 2020
Martin Vaughan, Operations Manager at the Feversham Arms Hotel in Helmsley in North Yorkshire, talks about the measures they've undertaken to ensure customer safety. Find out how you can work safely here.
This week we announced a further investment under our social impact programme – Social impact, multiplied.
A new coastal activity centre, known as The Edge, will offer access to the Cumbrian coastline...
The Environment Agency is warning drivers of 4x4 vehicles they could be subject to legal proceedings after a group of vehicles was seen being driven along a Shropshire river.
Several off road vehicles ...
I took over the Head of Role for Digital Performance Analytics in December 2019, having been a civil servant for 13 months. Alongside the Head of Role post, I also took on management of the Digital Performance...
The need for geospatial intelligence has never been so great. Today’s global challenges are reinforcing a growing requirement for precise location information and situational awareness insight about assets, resources...
Export of elephants to Australia: certificate 8535
New release shows the value of the Union to the nations of the UK
Applications for the 2020 Green Talent Accelerator are now open to members of Eastern Africa Greens Federation parties.
Applications are warmly encouraged from EAGF members who have either the intention...
HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMI Prisons) has developed a new and enhanced methodology for inspecting prisons and other places of detention as they seek to move away from the severe restrictions that have been...
Transparency data: Ministry of Justice data: hospitality, gifts, travel and meetings, January 2020 to March 2020
Set up by the government in 2018, the CDEI has a unique remit: to help the UK navigate the ethical challenges presented by AI and data-driven technology. We are an independent expert committee, formed of a secretariat...
Part one of the National Food Strategy, led by Henry Dimbleby, has been published today. This has been widely covered including by BBC Breakfast, Radio 4 Today Programme, Financial...
Plans unveiled for congestion-busting scheme near Swindon
UK Statement to the WTO Dispute Settlement Body on Appellate Body Appointments
Official Statistics: HMPPS Annual Digest: April 2019 to March 2020
Today, Friends of the Earth has released new analysis on areas in England which breached their annual Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) targets in 2018.
The story has been covered in inews, among others...
Coronavirus (COVID-19): remote working
The UK Archive Service Accreditation Committee is pleased to announce that the University of Manchester Library was awarded Archive Service Accreditation for the first time at the latest panel meeting in July...
NHS recovery to put staff wellbeing at its heart
Ofwat has today announced the appointment of Bethan Evans as its first Head of Wales – establishing a permanent presence in Wales for the first time. From 1 September, Bethan will play an important role […...
Heddiw cyhoeddodd Ofwat benodiad Bethan Evans fel ei Bennaeth Cymru cyntaf – gan roi presenoldeb parhaol yng Nghymru am y tro cyntaf. O 1 Medi bydd gan Bethan rôl bwysig mewn sicrhau bod Ofwat yn […...
National Statistics: Safety in Custody quarterly: update to March 2020
Yesterday (Tuesday 28 July) the Agriculture Bill moved ever closer to receiving Royal Assent after completing its Committee Stage in the House of Lords.
Lord Gardiner of Kimble led the seventh ...
I am today publishing the consultation on draft regulations and guidance made under the 2018 Space Industry Act. This consultation seeks views on the operability and effectiveness of the draft Space Industry ...
Homes England announces developers for historic school site in Macclesfield
New law to ensure furloughed employees receive full redundancy payments
The Serious Fraud Office has brought charges against GPT Special Project Management Ltd and three individuals in connection with its investigation into allegations concerning the conduct of GPT’s business in ...
The charity arm of the UK’s most prestigious TV industry event, The Edinburgh International Television Festival has announced the 15 successful candidates for its talent scheme, TV PhD following an application...
Guidance: Probation Workforce Strategy
The Legal Services Board (LSB) has today launched a consultation on plans to increase transparency around how regulators spend practising certificate fee (PCF) income. Each year individual lawyers (e.g. solicitors...
If you’re reading this blog, you’re probably wondering “what does a Tree Health Officer actually do”? I occasionally ask myself the same question as the role has been constantly evolving. Back in 2010...
Now that schools across the UK have shut down, it’s left some parents and carers – many of whom are working from home themselves – with the additional burden of teaching and entertaining their children full-time...
In 2018 we began transforming the First-tier Immigration and Asylum Tribunal and making improvements as part of our reform of Courts and Tribunals. The changes we made took on board feedback from legal professionals...
Coronavirus (COVID-19) has brought big changes and uncertainty to all our lives, creating a lot of worry for everyone in the world. So, if you are feeling worried about your results, it’s understandable...
Directions under the Register Designs and Trade Marks Act
Extra university places for vital courses announced
The HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) conducted a review of the SFO’s immediate response to Covid-19. It can be accessed here.
Speaking about the HMCPSI review, Director of the ...
Public safety boosted with 1,000 new probation officers
COG270175 - Business specific guidance: compliance checks framework (CCF): value added tax (VAT): penalties
Recovered appeal: land fronting Crich Lane, Between House No. 202 and 204, Belper, Derbyshire (ref: 3204843 - 29 July 2020)
COG322050 - Business specific: compliance check framework (CCF): customs and international trade (CIT): penalties
Recovered appeal: Whitehouse Farm, 153 Belper Lane, Hilltop, Belper (ref: 3188009 - 29 July 2020)
COG222050 - Business specific: Compliance Checks Framework (CCF): penalties
Recovered appeal: Whitehouse Farm, 153 Belper Lane, Hilltop, Belper (ref: 3198996 - 29 July 2020)
COG313425 - Business specific: compliance check framework (CCF): public bodies group (PBG): employer compliance (CCM): penalties
Joint Statement of the 14th Meeting of the India-UK Joint Economic and Trade Committee
Hello everyone. My name is Steve and I am the Digital Assurance Manager, in the Department for Transport.
I am neurodiverse (dyslexic to be more specific) and this means that my disability is invisible...
COG290290 - Business specific guidance: compliance checks framework (CCF): excise: decide how to resolve compliance check
Funding boost to crack down on the Illegal Wildlife Trade in Guatemala and Mexico
Appointment of the new Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6)
Work starts on £6m river clean-up project
Speech: Lord Chancellor’s Mansion House speech to the judiciary
In 2019, the widely respected Edelman Trust Barometer reported that employees expect their employers to be their partners in change.
67% of employees expected their company to join government in...
Mr D Robertson and Mr S Robertson v Mitchell Technical Services Ltd: 1402370/2020 and 1402369/2020
Evaluation of court and tribunal video hearings process published
As the UK looks outward as post-Brexit ‘Global Britain’, the world is facing both rising authoritarianism and democratic decline. A new paper by Alex Thier, former director of the Overseas Development Institute...
Detailed guide: Huntercombe Prison
Mr J Currie v Tesco Stores plc: 1306338/2020
Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Paraguay
A new research project, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, will give health care workers space to recount their experiences of racism and the pandemic, visualising their traumas and those of ...
There is no evidence to suggest that pets directly transmit the virus to humans
COVID-19 confirmed in pet cat in the UKYesterday the UK’s Chief Veterinary Officer confirmed that the virus responsible...
Miss E Bailey v Vista Training Solutions Ltd – Liquidation: 3200496/2020
UK Troops reach training milestone ahead of UN Peacekeeping deployment to Mali
News story: Pride at Home
Building on previous work in Serbia with political parties and organisations, WFD intends to expand its work into different aspects of political engagement focusing on organisation, policy making and capacity...
The new Trade and Agriculture Commission was formally launched today (Tuesday 28 July) and has so far been covered in the Daily Mail, and trade titles such as Farming UK and Food Manufacture...
I am proud of the immense efforts of health and social care staff across the country and all those who have contributed to the colossal effort in responding to the pandemic. We created seven new Nightingale hospitals...
Ms M Cation v Fife Council and Midlothian Council: 4110140/2019
Applications open for £50 million funding to boost UK customs intermediaries
Understanding the reasons for vulnerability to COVID-19 and the differential social, cultural and economic impacts of the pandemic on minority ethnic groups.
Understanding the reasons for vulnerability to COVID-19 and the differential social, cultural and economic impacts of the pandemic on minority ethnic groups.
The Legal Services Board (LSB) has today confirmed that the requirements for all nine approved regulators to separate their regulatory and representative functions have been achieved. Consumers expect the regulation...
As a core part of BPDTS's organisational culture, we’re creating an environment where learning is key to everything we do – where time spent working equals time spent learning. The BPDTS Product Talks provide...
Thursday 30 July is World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, and to mark the occasion Civil Service Local will be holding an online event for civil servants across the United Kingdom.
Safe use of emollient skin creams to treat dry skin conditions
Giant leap for UK spaceflight programme as consultation launches
When women take part in politics, the whole of society benefits. That is the main finding of a new report from Westminster Foundation for Democracy and the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership
Flexible payments from pensions
Preventing famine and ensuring unrestricted humanitarian access in Yemen
Predictive coding has been trialled on some of our recent investigations to help us spot relevant evidence quickly. Complex cases involve reviewing vast numbers of electronic documents and this is where...
Transfers to Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Schemes
Dowden: ‘Jump-start’ for UK’s leading creative industries
Penalties for not telling HMRC about Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme grant overpayments - CC/FS48
Embrace data to deliver for the public, Chief Secretary tells Whitehall
The Local Digital Collaboration Unit at MHCLG is delighted to announce the 11 projects that will be awarded funding through the Local Digital COVID-19 Challenge. This special edition of the ...
Local restrictions: areas with an outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19)
Foreign Secretary call with Chinese Foreign Minister - 28 July 2020
Ahead of an exciting milestone, and having just taken the reins as acting Director of Digital, Data and Technology, it seemed timely to share some recent updates and achievements as we continue to work...
If you've claimed too much or not enough from the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
Dstl awards £300 million weapons research contract
BlogThe pandemic has seen a rapid roll-out of virtual NHS consultations. Working with National Voices and Traverse we've found out how they are working for people, and created tips on how to get the most out...
Advice and InformationWorking with National Voices and Traverse we've put together some tips on how to get the most out of the virtual health and care appointments both for patients and health and care professionals...
Student guide to post-16 qualification results: summer 2020
Highway’s England makes £114 million pledge to improve roads in East of England
Four researchers have been awarded fellowships to support international climate negotiations ahead of the 26th Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26) through the...
Overwhelming evidence shows that human activity has a dangerous impact on the climate and our ecosystems. Yet, most political systems have failed to address climate and other environmental crises. Strong environmental...
Hairdresser Hare & Bone has been busy with customers desperate for a post-lockdown cut after reopening safely.
Owner Sam Burnett talks us through the measures he has put in place to ensure ...
Mr G Graham v Liverpool John Moores University: 2414743/2019
Mr M Wills v Vauxhall Motors Ltd and Adecco Group UK & Ireland: 2417092/2019
UK scientists help NASA answer the question, 'was there life on Mars?'
By Rafael Jimenez Aybar, WFD’s Environmental Democracy Adviser
In June 2019, six House of Commons Select Committees called a citizens assembly to understand people’s preferences for how the UK should tackle...
Nature of crime tables: year ending March 2020
June 2020 Price Paid Data
Parliaments across the world are facing increased demand to deliver the dividends of democracy and hold government to account while representing the interests and aspirations of the people. At the very outset...
We want to explore the widest possible pool of talent, and applications are encouraged from all sections of the community. Please visit the Public Appointments website for more information and to apply. The closing...
COVID-19: paediatric surveillance
Government launches new Queen’s Award for Enterprise category to promote social mobility
Ivan Radojevic, Programme Manager, WFD HUGEN Western Balkan project
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a wide range of responses from government institutions around the world, and parliaments are not...
The Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs v Kickabout Productions Ltd: [2020] UKUT 0216 (TCC)
Safer Streets Fund to tackle burglary and theft
COVID-19: Letter to Secretary of State from SSAC
Promoting women’s political leadership is central to WFD’s work. Having women in positions of leadership results in better outcomes for women and girls and society as a whole. It delivers progress in policy...
PHE recently published new guidance for the annual competency assessment of screening technicians in the NHS AAA Screening Programme. This guidance replaced the previous 2-yearly re-accreditation...
Review of The Highway Code to improve road safety for cyclists, pedestrians and horse riders
PM kickstarts £2bn cycling and walking revolution
Our guidance is clear that we do not expect children to wear face coverings at school. This position is based on the best scientific advice. Public Health England does not currently recommend the use ...
The jetty will be used by the Royal Navy's existing vessels and is being refurbished to make it suitable for the new aircraft carriers [Crown Copyright/MOD2020]
One of the biggest projects underway across...
In 2018 we began transforming the First-tier Immigration and Asylum Tribunal and making improvements as part of our reform of Courts and Tribunals. The changes we made took on board feedback from legal professionals...
Equine owners urged to microchip horses ahead of 1st October deadline
Cycle infrastructure design (LTN 1/20)
Truss formally launches Trade and Agriculture Commission
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Invitation to tender: analysis of the digital acess landscape in Brazil
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As announced in our news story published today (27 July 2020), HM Land Registry is now accepting dispositionary deeds (such as transferring , creating leases and ...
Cabinet Secretary lecture at The Blavatnik School of Government
Ahead of an exciting milestone, and having just taken the reins as acting Director of Digital, Data and Technology, it seemed timely to share some recent updates and achievements as we continue to work...