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25 April

Correspondence: MOJ response to The Victims’ Commissioner’s report into the Crown Court backlog
Correspondence: MOJ response to The Victims’ Commissioner’s report into the Crown Court backlog
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Latest statement in response to small boat crossings
Latest statement in response to small boat crossings
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My measles journey: ‘I woke to find a rash all over my body’
Posters from the Why We Get Vaccinated community engagement campaign in Bengali

Saijal Ladd, Prescribing Advisor - Medicines Planning and Operations, NHS North Central London Integrated Care Board (ICB), ...

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Register of Ministers’ Gifts and Hospitality: February 2025
Register of Ministers’ Gifts and Hospitality: February 2025
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Clients award GAD high ratings in feedback
Clients award GAD high ratings in feedback
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Regulator investigates charity over property dispute and governance issues
Regulator investigates charity over property dispute and governance issues
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The UK stands with the Syrian people as they seize this historic moment: UK statement at the UN Security Council
The UK stands with the Syrian people as they seize this historic moment: UK statement at the UN Security Council
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Brent Libraries - Impact of The Libraries Improvement Fund

The Government has announced that public libraries will soon be able to apply for a share of a share of the £5.5 million Libraries Improvement Fund as part of the Government’s commitment to ...

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Keeping services alive

What happens after services go live? What happens once large scale digital transformation programmes end?   

We work on live services at HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS), as part of...

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Platform-based delivery with DEFRA’s Core Delivery Platform

Digital services within the government are traditionally developed through DevOps practices. This approach combines Delivery and Operations teams working together to automate processes through Continuous...

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Gulf Strategy Fund, UAE: call for bids 2025 to 2026
Gulf Strategy Fund, UAE: call for bids 2025 to 2026
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Acoramidis approved to treat wild-type or variant transthyretin amyloidosis in adults with cardiomyopathy
Acoramidis approved to treat wild-type or variant transthyretin amyloidosis in adults with cardiomyopathy
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Primacy of voluntary trusteeship stressed in new payment guidance
Primacy of voluntary trusteeship stressed in new payment guidance
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Redesigning and rebuilding ‘Check if you can get legal aid’
Redesigning and rebuilding ‘Check if you can get legal aid’
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International crackdown on cannabis smuggling
International crackdown on cannabis smuggling
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Immigration offenders returned on flight to Nigeria and Ghana
Immigration offenders returned on flight to Nigeria and Ghana
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Career Insight: Ellen, Trainee Solicitor, GLD
Career Insight: Ellen, Trainee Solicitor, GLD
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Government signs new international agreement in boost to British business
Government signs new international agreement in boost to British business
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Guidance: The SIA: setting the record straight
Guidance: The SIA: setting the record straight
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Departmental spend over £25,000: March 2025
Departmental spend over £25,000: March 2025
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GPC spend over £500: March 2025
GPC spend over £500: March 2025
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PM call with Prime Minister Modi of India: 25 April 2025
PM call with Prime Minister Modi of India: 25 April 2025
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PM meeting with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen: 24 April 2025
PM meeting with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen: 24 April 2025
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Government announces preferred candidate for Independent Football Regulator Chair
Government announces preferred candidate for Independent Football Regulator Chair
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Menopause Employment Ambassador partners with industry leaders to support women to stay in work.
Menopause Employment Ambassador partners with industry leaders to support women to stay in work.
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Planning Inspectorate Performance update – April 2025
Planning Inspectorate Performance update – April 2025
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Thousands of UK jobseekers helped into workplace training.
Thousands of UK jobseekers helped into workplace training.
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Career Insight: Mustafa, Trainee Solicitor, CMA
Career Insight: Mustafa, Trainee Solicitor, CMA
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New Chair of the Parole Board announced - Alexandra Marks CBE
New Chair of the Parole Board announced - Alexandra Marks CBE
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NDA group deliver defueling milestone with EDF
NDA group deliver defueling milestone with EDF
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The appointment of Alexandra Marks CBE as Chair of the Parole Board
The appointment of Alexandra Marks CBE as Chair of the Parole Board
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Speech by the PFD: Katherine Gieve Memorial Lecture – ‘Cleveland: Deja Vu?’

It is a most sad honour, but honour none the less, to be invited to speak at this event held in the memory of Katherine Gieve, whose death last year has left a void for many of us who knew her and greatly valued...

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CMA: workforce management information March 2025
CMA: workforce management information March 2025
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CMA board meeting minutes: March 2025
CMA board meeting minutes: March 2025
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Online Safety Act Implementation – Protecting Children (Baroness Jones of Whitchurch)

I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP.

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Pandemic Accord Negotiations at the World Health Organization and the International Health Regulations (Ashley Dalton)

I would like to update the House regarding the final round of negotiations on the international agreement on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response – the Pandemic Accord – at the World Health...

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Men’s Health Strategy call for evidence (Ashley Dalton)

In November 2024, Secretary of State announced his commitment to publish a call for evidence to support the development of England’s first Men’s Health Strategy.

Today we are publishing the ...

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Schedule 6B Northern Ireland Act 1998: Windsor Framework decisions (Nick Thomas-Symonds)

On 29 April, I will be meeting with the European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, Maroš Šefčovič for this Government’s first meeting of the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee...

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Personal Liability Consultation (Diana R. Johnson, Member, Crime and Policing Bill Committee)

The Government is today publishing its response to the public consultation on establishing personal liability measures on senior executives of online platforms and marketplaces who fail to remove illegal content...

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Use of PAVA in public sector Young Offender Institutions in England (Shabana Mahmood)

This Government inherited a crisis in our criminal justice system. This extends to the Children and Young People’s Secure Estate which has seen increased levels of violence and instability in the past decade...

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Online Safety Act Implementation – Protecting Children (Peter Kyle)

Today, I am laying in Parliament Ofcom’s draft codes of practice for child safety duties under the Online Safety Act, setting out the statutory duties providers face and the measures they must take to fulfil...

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Toughest measures yet to protect children from knife content
Toughest measures yet to protect children from knife content
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Minister for European Union Relations' Lecture at the Conference on Baltic Studies in Europe
Minister for European Union Relations' Lecture at the Conference on Baltic Studies in Europe
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Unlocking Accessibility: Frontend developers discuss semantic HTML and accessible code
Unlocking Accessibility: Frontend developers discuss semantic HTML and accessible code
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DWP: workforce management information March 2025
DWP: workforce management information March 2025
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Public invited to line Mall for VE Day 80 procession and fly past
Public invited to line Mall for VE Day 80 procession and fly past
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Unlocking the power of Engineering Biology
Unlocking the power of Engineering Biology
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British satellite to map Earth’s forests in 3D for the first time to help combat climate change
British satellite to map Earth’s forests in 3D for the first time to help combat climate change
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24 April

Polluting water bosses face up to two years in prison
Polluting water bosses face up to two years in prison
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Foreign Secretary statement on the situation in El Fasher, Sudan: 24 April 2025
Foreign Secretary statement on the situation in El Fasher, Sudan: 24 April 2025
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Draft legislation: carbon border adjustment mechanism  
Draft legislation: carbon border adjustment mechanism  
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Windfarm Capable of Powering Half of Scotland’s Homes
Windfarm Capable of Powering Half of Scotland’s Homes
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Scottish Secretary Increases Scottish Government Borrowing Powers
Scottish Secretary Increases Scottish Government Borrowing Powers
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British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference (BIIGC) Joint Communiqué
British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference (BIIGC) Joint Communiqué
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PM remarks at the IEA Future of Energy Security summit: 24 April 2025
PM remarks at the IEA Future of Energy Security summit: 24 April 2025
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Men's Health Strategy for England - share your views
The Government launched a call for evidence to inform the development of a men's health strategy for England. Share your views by 17 July 2025.
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Teachers’ pension scheme payments: 2024 to 2025
Teachers’ pension scheme payments: 2024 to 2025
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DfE and executive agency ePCS spend over £500: 2024 to 2025
DfE and executive agency ePCS spend over &pound;500: 2024 to 2025
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DfE prompt payment data: 2024 to 2025
DfE prompt payment data: 2024 to 2025
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DfE and executive agency spend over £25,000: 2024 to 2025
DfE and executive agency spend over &pound;25,000: 2024 to 2025
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Data on responses to correspondence from MPs and peers, 2024
Data on responses to correspondence from MPs and peers, 2024
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FCDO workforce management information: March 2025
FCDO workforce management information: March 2025
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Register of Ministers’ Gifts and Hospitality: March 2025
Register of Ministers’ Gifts and Hospitality: March 2025
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FOI Log - January 2025
FOI Log - January 2025
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Department for Business and Trade (DBT) prompt payment data January to March 2025
Department for Business and Trade (DBT) prompt payment data January to March 2025
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DBT: spending over £25,000, February 2025
DBT: spending over &pound;25,000, February 2025
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DBT: senior officials’ business expenses, hospitality, and meetings, October to December 2024
DBT: senior officials’ business expenses, hospitality, and meetings, October to December 2024
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FOI Log - March 2025
FOI Log - March 2025
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FOI Log - February 2025
FOI Log - February 2025
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DBT: spending over £500, January 2025
DBT: spending over &pound;500, January 2025
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Planning for new energy infrastructure: 2025 revisions to National Policy Statements
Planning for new energy infrastructure: 2025 revisions to National Policy Statements
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Offensive Weapons Act 2019 Section 31 grant to Trading Standards: 2024 to 2025
Offensive Weapons Act 2019 Section 31 grant to Trading Standards: 2024 to 2025
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Future of Energy Security summit: Energy Secretary opening remarks
Future of Energy Security summit: Energy Secretary opening remarks
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Patients with asthma reminded of the increased risk of severe asthma attacks from overusing blue inhalers
Patients with asthma reminded of the increased risk of severe asthma attacks from overusing blue inhalers
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Westminster Insight - Women and Girls in Sport Conference
Westminster Insight - Women and Girls in Sport Conference
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Letter from the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland regarding Windsor Framework declarations and decisions under Schedule 6B Northern Ireland Act 1998
Letter from the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland regarding Windsor Framework declarations and decisions under Schedule 6B Northern Ireland Act 1998
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YJB response to government's PAVA announcement
YJB response to government's PAVA announcement
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Should trees be planted within a productive farming landscape?

Mark Broadmeadow, Head of Climate Change at the Forestry Commission, shares his thoughts on whether woodland creation should always avoid the best and most versatile agricultural land.

There’s a lot...

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Channel Islands Marine Spatial Planning Game

Rosie Bailey and Charlotte Stadden from the Marine Management Organisation’s marine planning team recently delivered two Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) games hosted in Guernsey. The sessions aimed to increase...

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Happy 100!

Today we’re proud to celebrate a landmark: our 100th post on the Public Policy Design blog.

Over 4-years, this blog (aimed at people who use design in government) has become a place to...

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Nearly 200 people respond to UK NSC stakeholder survey

At the end of February we announced, via this blog, a review of the  UK NSC stakeholder engagement strategy and stakeholder engagement activities.

We kicked off the review with...

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Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation annual report 2023
Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation annual report 2023
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EM on UK/EU Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee decision
EM on UK/EU Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee decision
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EM on a UK/EU Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee decision
EM on a UK/EU Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee decision
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EM on decision of the UK/EU Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee
EM on decision of the UK/EU Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee
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Revenue and Customs Brief 2 (2025): the use of VAT grouping within the care industry
Revenue and Customs Brief 2 (2025): the use of VAT grouping within the care industry
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Russia's missile attacks against Ukrainian civilians over Easter demonstrate its attitude towards peace: UK statement to the OSCE
Russia's missile attacks against Ukrainian civilians over Easter demonstrate its attitude towards peace: UK statement to the OSCE
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Membership of the Building Control Independent Panel
Membership of the Building Control Independent Panel
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Government action to improve safety in young offender institutions
Government action to improve safety in young offender institutions
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Career Insight: Joe, Trainee Solicitor, HM Revenue & Customs
Career Insight: Joe, Trainee Solicitor, HM Revenue & Customs
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Career Insight: Nadia, Trainee Solicitor, HM Revenue & Customs
Career Insight: Nadia, Trainee Solicitor, HM Revenue & Customs
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HS2 Construction Commissioner's report 32
HS2 Construction Commissioner's report 32
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Research: Reducing reoffending evidence synthesis
Research: Reducing reoffending evidence synthesis
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Person overboard from keelboat LimbItless with loss of 1 life
Person overboard from keelboat LimbItless with loss of 1 life
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DfE evaluation strategy 2025 to 2029
DfE evaluation strategy 2025 to 2029
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Men's Health Strategy for England: call for evidence
Men's Health Strategy for England: call for evidence
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Safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment in the international aid sector: FCDO progress report 2023 to 2024
Safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment in the international aid sector: FCDO progress report 2023 to 2024
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2023 Agenda for Change Deal – Nonpay workstreams (Wes Streeting)

Today I am updating the House on work underway to improve the working lives of NHS staff.

The 2023 Agenda for Change (AfC) pay deal, agreed between the previous government and the NHS Staff Council, included...

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Cornwall commercial fisheries pilot: summary report published

Since our last post, a summary report from the Developing Cornwall’s Fisheries- engagement pilot event has been shared with attendees and been published.  

The report 

The report...

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Draft affirmative coming for Scotland Act 1998 (Increase of Borrowing Limits) Order 2025
Draft affirmative coming for Scotland Act 1998 (Increase of Borrowing Limits) Order 2025. See other results for details.
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