On Tuesday, Lord Burnett of Maldon, the Lord Chief Justice, launched a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) in partnership with the University of Law (ULaw) and hosted on online platform, FutureLearn. This ...
Can you introduce yourself?
I am Tom Quarton-Manuel and I’ve been sitting as a magistrate on the Nottinghamshire bench since I was appointed in 2008, at the age of 22. I am also the Chair of the...
Business and International Trade Secretary gives speech on global prosperity
Secretary of State Lucy Frazer's speech at the Creative Coalition Festival
Business and Trade Secretary gives speech on global prosperity
The people of Syria deserve a sustainable, inclusive and just peace
Government Chemist Conference: 20-21 June 2023
LGBTIQ+ leaders in Guatemala supported by UK project
"The [social care nursing] advisory councils will bring considerable experience, knowledge, innovation and wisdom to the table to better inform the development of nursing practice across all [health and care] ...
Publication date: 28 Feb 2023. Category: Anonymity. Originator: Metropolitan Police Service.
We went to the Isle of Wight to meet agreement holder Caroline Knox. In this film, Caroline explains how the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) works hand in hand with commercial maize and rye production on...
After two years of online-only conferences, DCDC23 returns both in-person and online from 11-13 July at Durham University with the theme Radical reimagining: interplays of physical and virtual .
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eAlert: 22 February 2023
Cardiff Students’ Union hosts first counter-terrorism exercise for Welsh security operatives
Attorney General's Civil Panel Counsel London open for competition
Jane Holleran
My experience of applying to clinical vet roles in the UK was that it was generally very straight-forward; provide a CV, and if you meet the experience level for that position, you are likely...
Publication date: 28 Feb 2023. Category: Anonymity. Originator: Metropolitan Police Service.
Publication date: 28 Feb 2023. Category: Anonymity. Originator: Metropolitan Police Service.
Publication date: 28 Feb 2023. Category: Anonymity. Originator: Metropolitan Police Service.
Publication date: 28 Feb 2023. Category: Anonymity. Originator: Metropolitan Police Service.
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Press release: Cardiff Students’ Union hosts first counter-terrorism exercise for Welsh security operatives
Draft affirmative coming for Economic Crime (Anti-Money Laundering) Levy (Amendment) Regulations 2023. See other results for details.
Speech to the Social Market Foundation
New guidance to help businesses co-operate on environment
New cultural exchange scheme opens to young talent in the UK and India
Businesses urged to get ready for reforms to cut packaging waste
Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne visits Kazakhstan to progress bilateral trade
New Chief Executive for defence regulator
Joint statement on international collaboration on cleaning up nuclear legacy sites
Royal Army Chaplains' Museum attracts global visitors
DBS Leader reaches finals of UK Customer Satisfactions Awards
News story: Joint statement on international collaboration on cleaning up nuclear legacy sites
If you ever dreamed about helping Captain Planet save the world, Florian Paviot offers ideas for three easy steps that you can take to reduce your digital carbon emissions.
Our digital era...
School uniforms can create a sense of identity and community for a school and its pupils, reduce peer pressure for the latest clothes and help children feel settled and prepared for lessons, but they ...
Yardley Chase Training Area hosts a unique system of woodland and meadow ponds which provide habitats for a range of wildlife [Copyright Jeff Blincow]
Yardley Chase Training Area in Northamptonshire is ...
We are encountering an increasing number of heavy goods vehicles with large HIAB-type loader cranes where vehicles have often been converted to accommodate cranes of 80 tonnes lifting capacity or more.
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Highly Protected Marine Areas to be designated in English waters
Students invited to apply for 23/24 student finance
Speech to the Social Maket Foundation
Thames Water fined £2m for “foreseeable and avoidable” pollution
News story: Students invited to apply for 23/24 student finance
Consultation outcome: Mental Capacity Act: Small Payments Scheme
New national hub for fintech to be launched at Leeds event
How To Get An Organisation To Net Zero: News You Can Use
Home building and renting probed to help buyers and tenants
Near miss with a track worker at Teignmouth Boat Yard
FTSE 350 hits boardroom gender balance target three years early
Transparency data: MOJ: spending over £500 on a GPC 2022
Consultation outcome: Mental Capacity Act: Small Payments Scheme
'Today the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act 2022 comes into force.
The Act makes two key changes:
It raises the legal age of marriage and civil partnership to 18 in England and Wales. ...
I hereby give notice of the Scotland Office’s intention to seek a repayable cash advance from the Contingencies Fund. The Department requires an advance to meet the Scottish Government’s cash requirements...
I wish to inform the House that today the Department for Work and Pensions will start expanding the Additional Jobcentre Support pilot following testing in Coalville, Crawley, Partick and Pontefract Jobcentres...
£3.1million of contracts to accelerate UK fusion industry
42nd Universal Periodic Review of human rights: UK statement on Sri Lanka
Institute of British Sign Language surrenders Ofqual recognition
HRC52: Joint Statement on the death penalty in Iran
Futuristic visions from sci-fi writers offer insights for defence
Transparency data: MOJ: spending over £500 on a GPC 2022
There are currently six different apprenticeships available in the legal pathway, which is an ever-growing part of IfATE's legal, finance and accounting route. From paralegal to licensed conveyancer, there are...
UK and US Energy Secretaries meet as Shapps pledges greater energy independence for the UK
England Rare Diseases Action Plan to tackle health inequalities
Campaign to help parents with introducing babies to solid food
PM statement to the House of Commons: 27 Feb 2023
Windsor Framework unveiled to fix problems of the Northern Ireland Protocol
New strategy launched to protect biodiversity and economy from non-native species
Libyan power-holders must compromise and agree the conditions for elections: UK Statement in the Security Council
Guidance: The care and management of individuals who are transgender
We spoke to probation officer, Alex, to discover what made him choose to become a probation officer and to find out about his journey so far.What inspired you to want to become a probation officer?
As the Head of the Government Geography Profession, I want to take the opportunity to mark the fact that five years ago today we posted our first blog as the Government Geography Profession.
https://defrafarming.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/246/2023/02/lisa-warne-john-and-charlie-renner-next-steps-for-environmental-land-management-1.mp3In episode 11 of the Defra Farming podcast...
Dame Julie Kenny DBE DL appointed Commissioner of Historic England
Driving examiner strike: March 2023
Vehicle tester and traffic examiner strike: March 2023
UN Conference on Disarmament 27 February 2023: Minister for Europe statement
UK companies to provide services for future Moon missions
UN Human Rights Council, February 2023: Foreign Secretary's statement
Structured Dialogue between the United Kingdom and Turkmenistan
Top British brands embark on first UK fashion and beauty sales mission to India
New kit as Jubilee flood relief channel approaches 21st year
Stonegate offers to change non-compliant rent review terms in MRO agreements
Government Geography Profession announce new leadership team
Joint Statement: UK-Indiana Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Delegation
PM speech on the Windsor Framework: February 2023
Guidance: Managing Conveyance of Unauthorised and Illicit Items Policy Framework (Open Establishments)
Guidance: The care and management of individuals who are transgender
Next month, The National Archives will start moving Discovery, our catalogue, to a Cloud-based platform as part of ongoing work to improve the resilience, reliability and security of our public services. This...
Trade-boosting North America Roadshow visits 12 UK cities in 12 days
Pledging Conference on the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen: Minister for Europe statement
Guidance: The care and management of individuals who are transgender
New Chair of the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody appointed
Guidance: Managing Conveyance of Unauthorised and Illicit Items Policy Framework (Open Establishments)
From: DHSC Assessment Date: 28/07/2022 Stage: alpha Result: conditional met Service Provider: NHSBSA (Business Services Authority)
Condition of meeting the standard
In order to meet...
Recruitment for a Business Compliance Manager
Recruitment for International and Training Project Support Officer
Form: Student finance application forms and notes for continuing 2023 to 2024 full-time students
Form: Student finance application forms and notes for new 2023 to 2024 full-time students
Form: Disabled Students' Allowance application forms and notes for 2023 to 2024 full-time students
Form: Support your child or partner’s student finance application – 2023 to 2024
Guidance: Managing Conveyance of Unauthorised and Illicit Items Policy Framework (Closed Estate)
The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are the most prestigious awards for UK businesses and are a globally recognised royal seal of approval for UK companies.
The Queen's Award to Industry, the scheme's original...
The UK’s leading microbiological testing and regulatory specialist, MSL Solution Providers, is delighted to be awarded with the prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade.
Founded...
Since its inception in 1986, Primeast has always held itself to the highest standard in terms of the products and services it provides to its clients. Operating in a competitive market, providing culture transformation...
Ruth Partington, CEO of Empower Translates, reflects on their journey to being recognised with The Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade.
It was a rainy Tuesday in Chepstow, Wales – nothing...
EnerQuip was just five years old when it was awarded The Queen’s Award for Enterprise in 2020, for outstanding achievement in International Trade and there is no doubt that this prestigious accolade has provided...
SYNALOGiK are a leading provider of data aggregation, automation and risk identification software solutions for compliance and fraud investigations. Following their achievement of a Queen’s Awards for Enterprise...
UK businesses have less than one week left to apply for The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise.
Now more than ever, is a vital time for great UK businesses to be celebrated and recognised, so The ...
Does your company have a flair for innovation?
The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise’s Innovation category recognises businesses who demonstrate strong commercially successful innovative products or services...
Being awarded with The Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade in both 2019 and 2022 has helped Coltraco Ultrasonics expand their global reach.
Coltraco Ultrasonics achieved their...
In 2016 it was clear to entrepreneurs and co-founders David Hampstead and Simon Smiley that international brands were not capturing the full market opportunity in China. Together, they set out to build a business...
The National Archives is delighted to announce that Westminster Adult Education Service (WAES) will be the first provider to run the off-the-job training for the Level 7 Archivist and Records Manager apprenticeship...
Correspondence from The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to Lord Evans about CSPL report, ‘Leading in Practice’
UK merger control in 2023
Train striking debris at Yarnton
GCA 2023 annual survey now closed
Form: Support your child or partner’s student finance application – 2023 to 2024
Form: Disabled Students' Allowance application forms and notes for 2023 to 2024 full-time students
Form: Student finance application forms and notes for continuing 2023 to 2024 full-time students
Form: Student finance application forms and notes for new 2023 to 2024 full-time students
New transgender prisoner policy comes into force
Name of new Yorkshire prison revealed
Guidance: Managing Conveyance of Unauthorised and Illicit Items Policy Framework (Closed Estate)
PM call with G7 leaders: 24 February 2023
900,000 more households to benefit from £400 of government energy bill support
Coal Authority granted Category 2 responder status
Thousands more households in Northern Ireland on course to benefit from £600 government help with energy bills
Correspondence from The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to Lord Evans about CSPL report, ‘Leading in Practice’
*Updated 25 February*
This fact sheet sets out the Department of Health and Social Care’s position on industrial action by NHS staff.
Statement issued on 24 February
Health and Social Care...
John Clarke announced as new Companies House chair
£15 million funding boost to strengthen supply of critical minerals
UK Promotes Great Presence for World Pride
Legal age of marriage in England and Wales rises to 18
Social housing managers must be qualified under new laws to protect residents
*Updated 25 February*
This fact sheet sets out the Department of Health and Social Care’s position on industrial action by NHS staff.
Statement issued on 24 February
Health and Social Care...
King Charles III continues Queen Elizabeth’s legacy by giving His Majesty’s name to prestigious awards
As LGBT+ History Month 2023 draws to a close on Tuesday 28 February, we spoke to Mike, a Senior Investigator for the National Crime Agency (NCA) about what we can do to keep that awareness alive throughout...
Yesterday the government brought forward a package of measures to address energy costs for our most energy-intensive industries, which includes companies in important strategic sectors that attract significant...
Displaced Ukrainians in line for thousands of tickets for Eurovision Song Contest
APHA’s ninth annual Avian Science Day was held in October 2022.
Zoe Treharne, APHA's Avian Species Expert Group Lead, talks about our first face-to-face annual Avian Science Day event held in three years...
On 18 January 2023, judges from the South Eastern Circuit hosted a Judicial Diversity and Inclusion webinar for legal practitioners.
The session provided attendees with an insight into the judicial...
At the one year mark of Russia’s invasion, UK support for Ukraine will never be time-limited: Foreign Secretary James Cleverly statement at the UN
Streamlined asylum processing: OISC position.
UN Security Council session on Ukraine, 24 February 2023: Foreign Secretary's statement
PM call with G7 leaders on Ukraine anniversary: 24 February 2023
Riyadh International Humanitarian Forum 2023: Minister Mitchell's speech
Joe Tetley, IT Service Manager, DWP Digital
Embracing our history helps us all understand our past. Unless you know where you come from, it’s very difficult to plan where you’re going. As an openly...
Being around teachers and friends in a school or college environment is the best way for pupils to learn and reach their potential. Time in school also keeps children safe and provides access to extra-curricular...
As LGBT+ History Month 2023 draws to a close on Tuesday 28 February, we spoke to Mike, a Senior Investigator for the National Crime Agency (NCA) about what we can do to keep that awareness alive throughout...
Tickets are now sold out for the UK Space Agency's Ignite Space event, which will be held at Aerospace Bristol on Tuesday, 7 March 2023.
If you have booked a ticket and can no longer attend, please release...
The RPC’s latest IVB report confirms that regulatory measures introduced by Government over the last year increased net direct costs to business by £9.9 billion.
When combined with the...
Draft affirmative coming for Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (Corporate Joint Committees) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2023. See other results for details.
Draft affirmative coming for Service Police (Complaints etc.) Regulations 2023. See other results for details.
Four Board Members appointed to Sport England
David Rossington appointed Interim Commissioner for the Gambling Commission
Progress update on compensation for postmasters subject to bankruptcy orders
Bradwell make it ‘snap-pea’ thanks to veggie power!
OSCE Reinforced Special Permanent Council 2023: Foreign Secretary's statement
Ambassador Llewellyn: 'Ukrainians fight for our freedom'
60th Culham Plasma Physics Summer School is open to applications
Earlier this year, the Cabinet Office launched a public consultation to seek views on proposed changes to the law. These aim to improve how government departments use the data they hold to make it easier...
In the first instalment of our new Sustainability Heroes series, Simone Burke shares her motivations for trying to enjoy a more sustainable life, along with insights into some of the changes she’s made...
Adam Turner, Lydia Tabbron and Florian Paviot explore the concept of Sustainable Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and ask some searching questions about what it really means.
Let...
On Tuesday 21 February, Environment Agency Chief Executive Sir James Bevan delivered a keynote speech at the World Water-Tech Innovation Summit entitled ‘Reflections on water: the good, the bad and...
There have been media reports on shortages of some fresh fruit and vegetables, including tomatoes, peppers and salads, with some supermarkets limiting the amounts of each product that customers can buy...
There has been coverage in The Guardian today on a mapping project which claims to have found elevated levels of Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at 17,000 sites across the ...
Why do reefs need protection?
Most people are unaware of the many vitally important habitats which lie offshore beneath the surface of English coastal waters. Rocky and biogenic reefs are two of...
Projects across the nation have won a share of more than £5million in funding to save and enhance lives for veterans.
The 22 innovative healthcare schemes will bring advancements in technologies...
Emma Foulkes is Chief Finance Officer for the Holy Family of Nazareth Catholic Academy Trust in the North West. Emma recently used the Get help buying for schools service to buy transport for one of the...
SIA makes a further reduction to the SIA licence fee
Updated guidance on our Scheme Rules. Including frequently asked questions and case studies.
Press release: SIA makes a further reduction to the SIA licence fee
Updated guidance on our Scheme Rules. Including frequently asked questions and case studies.
I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Right Honourable Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Stuart Andrew MP...
My hon. Friend, the Minister for Defence Procurement (Alex Chalk) has today released the following written misisterial statement.
A year ago the Ministry of Defence (MOD) published the Defence Space...
Today marks the publication of the UK’s fifth National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security (2023-2027) jointly owned by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and the Ministry of Defence...
I wish to inform the House that the Government has today published its White Paper: A Sustainable Future - Reforming Club Football Governance.
Football lies at the heart of our nation and it touches...
A year ago the Ministry of Defence (MOD) published the Defence Space Strategy (DSS), which set out a vision for the MOD to be a meaningful actor in the space domain. I now wish to update Parliament on the progress...
I am today announcing the government’s decision on pay for the National Crime Agency (NCA) for 2022/23, supporting the government’s manifesto commitment to strengthen the NCA.
The NCA...
Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) spur growth, investment and regeneration throughout the country and are vital to achieving our levelling up ambitions. That is why I am pleased to publish...
In May 2022 the United Kingdom led the world in being the first country to fully liberalise its trade with Ukraine, by removing all remaining tariffs under the UK-Ukraine Political, Free Trade and Strategic Partnership...
British Chargé d’Affaires meets the Ukrainian Ambassador to show support for Ukraine
The 3rd ROK-UK Cyber Dialogue Held in Seoul
One year on from the brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine
New sanctions ban every item Russia is using on the battlefield
Ukraine is fighting on behalf of all democracies
Tens of thousands of Ukrainian refugees helped to access UK banking services
Foreign Secretary urges international support to Ukraine for as long as it takes
Prime Minister set to address the G7 as UK pauses to mark full-scale invasion of Ukraine
ARCC extends G2G agreement with the UK to continue transforming infrastructure in Northern Peru
MHRA safety review of medicines containing pseudoephedrine
Plants cleared from gardens, plant-based food delivered to homes, dog snout scanners and adaptive designer wear…another intriguing evening of investor-innovator suspense beckoned as I settled down to watch this...
On Tuesday, Lord Burnett of Maldon, the Lord Chief Justice, launched a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) in partnership with the University of Law (ULaw) and hosted on online platform, FutureLearn. This ...
Hang on you’re thinking, this is a blog all about policy design…well it is, but you can’t really talk about designing public policy without discussing delivery. We’ve got a strategy to transform policymaking...
Citizens Advice Consumer Work Plan 2023-2024: comments from the Committee on Fuel Poverty
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland sets the NI Regional Rate
Key role for GAD at climate conference