MoU between the Peruvian Government, NEC Contracts and the UK Government

The UK calls on South Sudan to deliver peaceful, credible, and inclusive elections: UK statement at the UN Security Council

Chemical spill in Walsall

Major breakthrough in rail dispute could signal end of national strikes

Prof Sallie Bailey, Chief Scientist

I am excited to have started my role as Chief Scientist and recently attended my first meeting of Natural England’s Science Advisory Committee (NESAC). NESAC is a formal...

UK Hydrographic Office 2023-2024 Annual Report released

Fourth health and climate adaptation report: call for evidence, summer 2024

Business leaders and unions to work hand in hand to deliver new plans to Make Work Pay

Royal Air Force missions fuelled sustainably

UK Hydrographic Office 2023-2024 Annual Report released

GOV.UK Notify has finished our migration from GOV.UK Platform as a Service (PaaS). In our previous blog post we talked about how we migrated our database. In this post, former Notify...

Hi, I’m Nicole Villani and I’ve been working as a summer intern with RPA’s Grants Service team, based in Nottingham.

I got the nine-week role as part of the Civil Service’s summer internship programme...

Rare breed pig farmers Sarah and Byron Odell are visited on their Shropshire farm by adviser Karen Fisher from the Soil Association.

The Farming Resilience Fund offers free, tailored business support...

Defence Equipment and Support: Corporate Plan (financial years 2024 to 2027)

National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside Annual Report and Accounts 2022 to 2023

Why I recommend the Line manager Induction Programme

Royal Air Force takes to Indian skies to participate in exercise Tarang Shakti

Iron Age ruler’s coin at risk of leaving the UK

Meet Southport's community heroes

Check what undergraduate student finance you can apply for depending on your nationality and residency

Jim O’Neill, the Forestry Commission’s Agroforestry Development Manager, shares new funding available for agroforestry.

I have spent over 30 years working with farmers and land managers in East Cumbria...

Discover how our Small Claims Mediation Service is helping to resolve disputes without the potential stress of having to go to court.

In this episode, we’ll explore the benefits of mediation and hear the...

How do we make sure that a Large Language Model (LLM) understands a task, and completes it as accurately as possible?

If you’ve experimented yourself, or read the advice of major LLM providers (such as...

The Deputy Prime Minister visited Stoke-On-Trent yesterday (13 August) where she heard first-hand from those who were impacted by recent violent disorder.

There has been coverage of the visit in...

DSIT Main Estimate memorandum 2024 to 2025

FCDO Services spending over £500, May 2024

FCDO Services spending over £500, June 2024

Change of Office

MHRA Approves Zolbetuximab

News story: SLC Gives Students Advice for Clearing 2024

News story: Major demolition project approved for Sizewell A

Home Office main estimates memorandum 2024 to 2025

GERS stats show higher public spending for Scotland as part of UK

My name is Dan Hayter and I work for the Environment Agency in East Anglia. Part of my job involves monitoring the number of fish we have in our rivers and one way I do this is through fish surveys. Today...

GPC spend over £500: July 2024

Departmental spend over £25,000: July 2024

DLUHC: workforce management information, June 2024

Fusion industry unites to help shape future of skilled workforce

Change of British High Commissioner to Maldives: Nick Low

UK House Price Index for June 2024

British High Commissioner to Bangladesh calls on Government of Bangladesh’s Adviser for Foreign Affairs

The toxicity unfolding online and on our streets over recent weeks has been shocking and disturbing. The events have demonstrated how easily vocal minorities can exploit division and incite violence.

In January, we published a new research report on children with complex needs in children’s homes. The report was based on a national survey of local authorities and children’s home providers across...

Workers spreading moss rich nurse crop by hand onto areas of bare peat. Credit: J W Bainbridge Contractors Ltd.

Peatlands are precious habitats.  

They lock in carbon, create important habitats ...

Charity regulator praises constructive campaigning during General Election

Palestinians have nowhere safe to turn: UK statement at the UN Security Council

Yorkshire toy maker grows with government backing

DASA funding boosts 6 innovative future space technologies

His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant Certificates of Merit awards

In this blog post, I wanted to explain the work we’re doing at the minute to improve our digital services and when you might start to see some of that.

It’s really important that we offer a modern...

OAG Spending over £500 on a GPC for July 2024

OAG spending over £25,000 for July 2024

Changes to rules - the Care Quality Commission (easy read)

A guest blog from James Grove, Events Manager, Operational Delivery Profession team

Civil servants at the Operational Delivery Awards 2024.

Being an Event Manager in the Civil Service is quite unusual. ...

This opportunity set me on a good path to achieve further employment within the public sector, I am confident it can do the same for others

As the year progresses, we are reminding Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) agreement holders to submit their annual declaration.  

What is the Annual Declaration? 

The annual declaration...

The programme facilitator role involves working with groups of offenders who are completing mandatory courses as part of their probation conditions. We spoke with two programme facilitators, Simone and...

UK Space Agency spending report: June 2024

UK Space Agency spending report: July 2024

Access to the SIA's contract register and procurement strategy

New guidance for data ethics and data driven technologies in policing

UK Government Minister for Scotland reacts to LMS for August 2024

News story: Student Loans Interest Rates and Repayment Threshold Announcement

Back in March we wrote about the challenge of creating a process to ensure the safe and responsible use of AI within DBT.  This looked at establishing the groundwork for the AI governance process...

The National Underground Asset Register (NUAR) is a government-led programme, which is creating a combined, standardised repository of buried asset data in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. That data...

GLO compensation scheme: financial redress reports for 2024

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Fleur Anderson visits Cookstown

New RSV vaccine could prevent 5,000 infant hospitalisations

First Recipients of ASEAN-UK SAGE Women in STEM Scholarships

Safety digest 07/2024: Littlehempston

British Forces Cyprus receive Beam electric vehicle charging kit

Health and Social Care Secretary Responds to CQC Review

Bandwidth boost for 70,000 homes and businesses as UK Government vows to fix broadband divide in Wales

312,000 rural homes and businesses  to get access to faster broadband in overhaul of old infrastructure

New Freedom of Information findings reveal a worrying picture of pharmacy closures across England, hitting older people and rural communities the hardest. We have warned decision makers that the ongoing closures...

Joint Statement from the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Italy on the Middle East

PM call with President Pezeshkian of Iran: 12 August 2024

Soldiers from the Scots Guards training in Belize in 2021. [Crown Copyright MOD 2021]

Facilitating military training anywhere in the world is an important job. The primary role of DIO (Belize) Range Control...

One of the most pressing challenges facing the legal sector is unmet legal need. Too many people in England and Wales do not get the help they need when faced with a legal problem, particularly if they are on...

The Coal Authority annual report and accounts 2023 to 2024

Reckitt Benckiser make charity payment for breach of Regulations

New member appointed to the police and NCA pay bodies

Swanton Lane site closed down by the Environment Agency

Maximum-term bankruptcy restrictions for investment scheme fraudster

The Office for Place is recruiting for a new Chief Executive Officer

Permanent African representation on the UN Security Council is a matter of urgency: UK statement at the UN Security Council

There has been widespread coverage across multiple media outlets of government plans to strengthen protections for water company customers when their basic water services are disrupted.

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Cabinet Office Digital (CO Digital) has teamed up with the Resilience Directorate to transform the online event and emergency response service ResilienceDirect.

ResilienceDirect plays a...

British Tourist Authority framework document 2024-2027

Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects: updated advice pages

Over the last 12 months at the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), we've published 12 GOV.UK Forms, and we've received more than 14,000 form submissions. We've also developed a clear backlog of forms ...

Product safety recalls: summer safety 2024

Latest statement in response to small boat crossings

Results day 2024: What's next after picking up your A level, T level and VTQ results?

Significant progress with final disposal of radioactive waste at Repository site

New Caldicot Joint Cadet Centre

Advantis awarded means testing debt collection contract

Fobbing Marsh holding water following completion of the project. Photo credit: Essex Wildlife Trust

My name is Nicola and I work as a Catchment Co-ordinator in the East Anglia Environment Programme team...

Thursday 15 August is results day for AS, A level, T Levels and a range of vocational and technical qualifications (VTQs) taken in subjects such as engineering and health and social care.

Marking and grading...

Companies House business plan 2024 to 2025

Water and sewerage: changes to the service standards

Learner drivers warned about the risks of driving test cancellation finders

Joint statement on the Middle East: 12 August 2024

Bella Murfin is the Director for the Nature for Climate Fund Tree Programme in the Department for the Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs (Defra). This is her final blog in the role.

Back in 2021, ...

Water bill compensation to double for poor customer service

Would you like to represent the views of archive users and help to improve The National Archives’ services? If you are a regular archive user, then we would love to hear from you.

We are seeking...

UK statement: Israel's revocation of Norwegian diplomats' status

CrossCountry service performance

Statement from Chair of the YJB on violent disorder in the UK

Milprazon Chewable 12.5 mg/125 mg Film-coated Tablets for Dogs Weighing at Least 5 kg - recall

Work to save rare British moth from extinction in England

4th anniversary of the fraudulent presidential election in Belarus: joint statement

Liverpool City Council: Letter to Council Leader (5 August 2024)

Liverpool City Council: Commissioners’ update on property services (13 May 2024)

Liverpool City Council: Representation (13 May 2024)

Grade 7 Senior Private Secretary to the Chief Scientific Adviser

National Crime Agency Annual Report and Accounts: 2023 to 2024

Close Supervision Centres Action Plan

A chance to manage and conserve inshore fisheries

Letter from Secretary of State for Defence to serving and former members of the armed forces

Resumption of ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas: Foreign Secretary's statement

UK announces new Belarus sanctions to mark anniversary of sham election

GAD, innovation and the Analysis Function

TRA proposes increase to Category 1 steel imports quota

UK shows commitment to Indo-Pacific following major exercises

Appointment of Bangladesh interim government: Foreign Secretary statement

Press release: More than 150 people already in court following violent disorder

August nights bring one of the best meteor showers of the year, a chance to see a conjunction of Mars and Jupiter, and watch our Moon pass in front of ringed-planet Saturn.

Look high overhead this month...

FOI release: How women and girls perceive SIA door supervisors

Yesterday the Department published its quarterly homelessness statistics from Jan-March 2024 showing record numbers of households, including those with children, in temporary accommodation.

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FOI responses published by MOD: week commencing 5 August 2024

The number of SIA licences revoked due to training malpractice

Anniversary Statement: Boeing 737-43Q, G-NPTH, 9 August 2023

UK and France to consult on commercial cyber intrusion capabilities

Four social landlords fail to meet RSH’s standards

AUKUS takes another step forward with real-time AI trials

Regulator CEO urges councils to improve compliance with trustee duties

Leading UK boiler brand is changing marketing practices following CMA action

Prison population: monthly prison figures 2024

Letter to local authority Chief Executives

PM call with President El-Sisi of Egypt: 8 August 2024

Royal Society Pairing Scheme 2024

Choose Chevening! Applications now open for Kenya's future leaders

AUKUS trilateral statement: 8 August 2024

UK 2035 Nationally Determined Contribution

Senvelgo 15 mg/ml oral solution for cats – Safety update

RAF to police NATO skies in Iceland following mission in Romania

“We cannot lose focus in the fight against Daesh”: UK statement at the UN Security Council

Image (c) Christopher Morgan/Hedgehog Street

There has been some misinformation on social media recently regarding the tagging of hedgehogs to enable identification of individuals. This blog post from ...

Services Week, the annual event series run by the Government Digital and Data community for people working in the UK public sector, grew in reach again this year. An estimated 5,000 participants took ...

Unlock UK education: Chevening Scholarships for Turkmen students

Applications for criminal legal aid

New report celebrates the positive impact of the cadet forces in Wales

Mark Adams from the Partnerships and Strategic Overview coastal team talks about progress on strengthening flood defences in North East Lincolnshire.

Last year our team began work on a three-year...

News story: Collaboration key to rooting out training malpractice

In DLUHC’s Funding Service team, we design ways to improve the user experience of applying for and distributing funding. To do that, we need to continually expand our understanding of our users...

RPC Gifts and Hospitality Register, July 2024

Regulatory Policy Committee: minutes May 2024

FOI release: FCDO Services’ BACS software supplier

Regulatory Policy Committee: minutes March 2024

Foreign flagged ships detained in the UK during July 2024 under Paris MOU.

New Aquagreen reduces flood risk for hundreds east of Hulll

DLUHC’s Funding Service team is improving DLUHC’s funding service – we are redesigning key elements to improve the user experience and reduce the administrative burden and costs of distributing...

HMRC monthly performance report April 2024

HMRC quarterly performance update: April to June 2024

HMRC monthly performance report June 2024

AAIB investigation to Boeing 737-8AS, EI-EGD

AAIB investigation to Boeing 777-236, G-YMMG

AAIB investigation to Boeing 737-4K5, G-JMCV

AAIB investigation to Rotorsport UK Cavalon, G-CLDV

National Maritime Museum Annual Report and Accounts 2023 to 2024

RPC Register of Interests, May 2024

The National Gallery Annual Report and Accounts 2023 to 2024

National Portrait Gallery Annual Report and Accounts 2023 to 2024

RPC Gifts and Hospitality Register, May 2024

Flowering plants in an alkaline fen in Oxfordshire. Photograph courtesy of Dr Tony Gillie.

I’m Justin, the Chairperson for Projects for Nature. We’re thrilled to welcome Scottish and Southern Electricity...

Whooping cough cases rise to over 10,000

Barratt given opportunity to resolve local competition concern so deal can proceed

UK envoy to Malaysia to take on new role in 10 Downing Street

Resignation of the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner

UK and Poland target green exports with €249 million financing for solar project

HS2 Ltd response to Residents' Commissioner's report 20

Accredited official statistics: Mortgage and landlord possession statistics: April to June 2024

Plans announced to redevelop Cawdor Barracks for landmark radar initiative

Government Chief Scientific Adviser and international counterparts release a joint statement agreeing to bolster science and technology cooperation

Women’s contributions are integral in all stages of peacekeeping: UK statement at the UN

RPA has now published its Annual Report and Accounts for 2023-24 which tells our story, outlines the objectives we've achieved and the challenges we've faced.

It can be accessed here Rural Payments...

MAC commissioned to review IT and engineering sectors

Darlington Government Hub Gains Planning Consent

Bedfordshire construction contractor banned as company director after Covid loan abuse

Britain is open for business: Chancellor visits North America in investment drive

First investors confirm for the International Investment Summit

Chancellor Reeves: Pension funds can fire up the UK economy

Two Crown Agents companies in liquidation: information for employees and creditors 

Charity Commission statement in response to riots and public disorder

UK response to the dissolution of the Move Forward Party

There are more than 450 designated bathing waters across England. The Environment Agency is responsible for monitoring, improving, and maintaining water quality at all designated bathing waters. Importantly...

For the past 18 months, my team and I have been leading a new initiative at MHCLG called Common Tools as a Service (CTaaS). This work has emerged from MHCLG Digital’s previous experiences and lessons ...

DWP: prompt payment data 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs): policy information