UK and State of North Carolina hold Third Working Group Meeting
Businessman ordered to pay nearly £11,000 for waste offences
We continue to work intensively with the UN and partners to get more aid into Gaza: UK statement at the UN Security Council
Foreign Secretary meeting with Executive Vice-President Å efÄoviÄ
Press release: International community urged to come together or face losing the global contest of ideas, Lord Chancellor to warn in landmark speech in Washington
Norfolk – a county where children & young people FLOURISH.
Norfolk has a shared ambition to be a county where every child and young person can flourish. Through the work of the Children & Young...
Food Standards Agency annual report and accounts 2022/23
ESFA Update: 31 January 2024
Plumber handed suspended sentence for spending Covid loans on holiday, gambling and puppy
Joint Communique issued at the end of the UK-Ghana Business Council meeting
News story: New Head of Office appointed
There has been widespread media coverage today (Wednesday 31 January) on the introduction of new border controls for animals, plants and plant products imported to Great Britain from...
New DASA Competition launched to enhance the detection of trace explosives
Youth Mobility Scheme for Uruguayan and British citizens
New international arrangements expand opportunities for UK youth
Industry Transparency Code on Music Streaming announced by government
CMA investigates Vifor Pharma to safeguard essential anaemia treatment
Government takes major step in improving biosecurity and preventing diseases
RPC holds Better Regulation Framework launch
Postponement of the UK-African Investment Summit
Extramural Studies Placement 2024
Secretary of State's speech on the Safeguarding the Union Command Paper
Putinâs War of Aggression has come at a significant cost to Russia and galvanised democratic nations: UK statement to the OSCE
Minister for Europe in Poland to show support for NATO troops
News story: Sellafield Ltd announces £2.8m funding for digital and gaming hub
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) launched its Data Strategy in August 2022 and since then we’ve been making progress against the goals we set out. We’re also looking to the future - planning our roadmap for...
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Shirley scything grass in one of her voluntary roles
A Lasting Power of Attorney (also known as an LPA) is a legal document. It allows you to nominate someone...
Environment Agency: reaching net zero
Safeguarding the Union
The Prime Minister's Business Council 2024
MHRA announces two new UK Approved Bodies to certify medical devices
His Majesty King Charles III Green Apprenticeships
News story: First meeting of 2024 for SLC Customer Panel
Research: Public trust and confidence in the private security industry
Press release: 6 in 10 UK adults have trust and confidence in private security professionals
SLC Supplier Spend December 2023
SLC Supplier Spend November 2023
Child and family social workers: agency rules statutory guidance
UK-Greece Strategic Bilateral Framework: second annual review, 2024
Aerial panorama over a Cotswold landscape
We are pleased to announce the publication of step-by-step guidance taking you through the biodiversity net gain process.
Developer step-by-step guidance...
Honeybee on a purple cornflower bloom, among colourful flowers in a rural garden
Mike Burke, Head of Sustainable Development, Natural England, writes about two new templates developed by Natural England...
Aerial view of River Dee in Chester at dusk including Queens Park Bridge and The Old Dee Bridge, Cheshire, England, UK
Habitat management and monitoring are integral to effective biodiversity net gain (...
Aerial view of London outskirts (Source: Getty Images)
We are pleased to confirm that biodiversity net gain will go live on 12 February 2024. From this date major development (unless otherwise exempt) ...
Man doing DIY at home (Source: Getty Images)
What are the exemptions?
The exemptions to the mandatory requirement were set out in the government response to the BNG regulations and policy consultation...
A chalk stream - Misbourne River, Chiltern Hills (Source: Getty Images)
Guest blog by Mike Burke, Natural England Programme Director – Sustainable Development
Informed by 10 years of development...
Small skipper on viper’s bugloss, taken by Peter Roworth - Natural England
On 31 January, the one-year anniversary of the Environmental Improvement Plan, we will permanently expand this Land Use...
Taken by Jess Everett, Defra
Welcome. This is the first post on our new Defra Environment blog.
We’ve expanded the previous Land Use blog so that we can showcase a greater range of stories about...
Water vole - credit Paul Lacey, Natural England
My name is Rob, and I work in the Environmental Strategy division at Defra. It’s a treat to be writing the first ‘proper’ post on our new blog.
Part...
Atlantic puffin - credit Allan Drewitt, Natural England
Today, one year exactly since the publication of the Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP), we are taking further actions to halt and reverse...
Regulator investigates spiritualist charity as disputing trustees and finances spark serious concerns
Bangladeshi national receives honorary British award
Online Safety Act: new criminal offences circular
Credit: Michael Brown
The horticultural sector is a vital part of the UK economy. It contributed £4.3 billion in 2022. Ornamental growers make a significant contribution to promoting wellbeing...
A national advisory body for ethics in policing
CITB annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023
Draft regulations: amendment to The Mutual Societies (Transfers of Business) (Tax) Regulations 2009
My Rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Victoria Atkins) has made the following Written Statement:
I have requested that the Care Quality Commission (CQC) conduct a special...
I have requested that the Care Quality Commission (CQC) conduct a special review of mental health services in Nottinghamshire under s.48 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008.
Like many of my Parliamentary...
Following my written statement of 22 January 2024, I wish to provide a further update to the House on the actions that the Government and health system are taking in response to an increase in measles cases in...
Social housing is a finite resource and in any compassionate society it is incumbent upon the Government of the day to ensure it is utilised in the most effective way to support those who truly need it and those...
I am today along with my hon Friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Nigel Huddleston), publishing the annual report and accounts of the Independent Office for Police Conduct. The report has been laid...
Our points-based immigration system allows us to control who comes to the UK to work, study and visit. It enables the Government to prioritise the skills and talent we need to help our economy grow and support...
As part of our delivery of wave 4 T Levels and our assessment of overlap between T Levels and Technical Qualifications we have been consulting with employers and representatives from many sectors.
After...
Today I am notifying the House about the Government’s decision regarding the equivalence assessment for states in the European Economic Area (EEA), including European Union (EU) member states, under the...
Dual agreements cement UK-Canada science and innovation ties
Omjjara licensed for anaemic myelofibrosis patients to treat the symptoms of their disease
£1,000 National Insurance cut boosts Britainâs paychecks
£15 million boost for cultural venues to level up access to the arts across England
Cyberflashing, epilepsy-trolling and fake news to put online abusers behind bars from today
2024 Business Council launched
New valproate safety measures apply from 31 January
Healthwatch Impact Award shortlist announced. Find out about eighteen projects chosen for their work to improve care using your feedback.
Our first Board meeting of 2024 focussed on the important workstreams which will address the challenges outlined in the Reshaping Legal Services Strategy for the current year and beyond. It was exciting to welcome...
A hen harrier with chicks and eggs in a nest
Hen harriers are rare birds of prey that breed in the uplands of northern England. While we have welcomed increases in breeding numbers in recent years
Image: Getty Images
By Alan Law, Deputy Chief Executive, Natural EnglandThis time last year, Defra’s Secretary of State launched the Environmental Improvement Plan to an audience of nature conservation...
How do we know if we are healthy? What do we look out for? We have a regular temperature, we know our energy levels, our body doesn't ache. These are indicators of good health.
Much like the body, we...
Defra: spending over £25,000, November 2023
Defra: spending over £500, November 2023
NRS Wylfa Site Environmental Management Plan
Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations: public register
HMRC: spending over £500, December 2023
HMRC spending over £25,000, December 2023
Universal Credit Local Housing Allowance rates: 2024 to 2025
Protected Landscapes Targets and Outcomes Frameworkâ¯
Lowland agricultural peat: water for peat pilots
Nature recovery to be accelerated as the government delivers on measures to protect land and sea
Update on review into mental health inpatient services
PM call with Taoiseach Varadkar of Ireland: 30 January 2024
ââA2 Dominion's severe maladministration findings by the Housing Ombudsman
Sovereign Housing Association's severe maladministration findings by the Housing Ombudsman
Peabody Housing Association's severe maladministration findings by the Housing Ombudsman
Wandle Housing Association's severe maladministration findings by the Housing Ombudsman
British Embassy Montevideo "Leader for a Day" 2024 competition
Safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment in the international aid sector: FCDO progress report 2022 to 2023
Safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment: cross-sector progress report 2022 to 2023
Recovered appeal: land adjacent to HMP Springhill and HMP Grendon, Springhill Road, Grendon Underwood (ref: 3307860 - 30 January 2024)
Lord Parkinson speech at the Annual Banquet of the Worshipful Company of Arts Scholars
Experts demand accelerated change in multi-agency safeguarding practice
AAIB reporting line: Essential maintenance on Wednesday 31 January 2024
UK and Greece bolster trade and security cooperation
âWorst caseâ of making false records commissioner has seen
What kind of shopper are you? Do you buy exactly the same things when you shop? Or maybe you’re happy with whatever’s on offer?
However you like to shop, we all know there’s pressure on household...
A new 60-day deadline for BPS queries and appeals is now in place. The deadline, approved by ministers, will help RPA manage the closure and administration of BPS efficiently.
We sent an email (...
Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel: annual report 2022 to 2023
Independent Office for Police Conduct annual report and accounts: 2022 to 2023
Draft affirmative coming for Occupational Pension Schemes (Funding and Investment Strategy and Amendment) Regulations 2024. See other results for details.
Draft affirmative coming for Representation of the People (Variation of Election Expenses and Exclusions) Regulations 2024. See other results for details.
£24 million boost to deliver improved rail journeys in Bradford
Urgent CPS inspection announced following the Nottingham stabbing case
Latest measles statistics published
Illegal medicines worth more than £30 million seized in the UK in 2023
45th Universal Periodic Review of human rights: UK statement on Central African Republic
British Virgin Islands: new Governor's inaugural speech, January 2024
45th Universal Periodic Review of human rights: UK statement on Malaysia
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority: Best Value Notice (January 2024)
Middlesbrough Council: Best Value Notice (January 2024)
Call for bids for English-language training in Yemen
This article was originally published on The Founder Coach by Dave Bailey.
You’ve built a product or service that you plan to sell into companies. While the development team was building it, ...
Article written by Julie Foley, our Director of Flood Risk Strategy and National Adaptation, Environment Agency
Our treasured coast is a dynamic and exciting place for all those that live, work...
The Prime Minister has set out plans to build a better and brighter future for children.
This includes the introduction of a new law to stop children who turn 15 this year or younger from ever ...
I was recently fortunate enough to visit HMP Highpoint to see a fully operational ‘Prison Industry’ digital workshop, where old or end-of-life printers are taken to be dismantled and recycled.
HMP Highpoint...
There is significant reporting on the announcement of new social housing reforms to make the system fairer and not available to those who abuse it.
The measures proposed in the new DLUHC...
FCDO prompt payment data 2023 to 2024
OME Stewardship Report 2022 to 2023
Consultation on reforms to social housing allocations
Home Secretary underlines commitment to cut net migration
Police Dog Tess enjoys retirement with owner Ian
Ofwat and CCW have today published the results of research into customers’ experience of how Thames Water handled an incident in Camberley in 2023, in which a foul smell from a sewage treatment works, which...
DBT register of board membersâ interests
NIO Equality Six Monthly Update July - December 2023
Low Pay Commission announces new Chair and Commissioners
New social housing reforms to crack down on rule breakers
Chronic hepatitis C cases in England fall by half since 2015
All photos credit: Randall Photos
Flowing through Dorset, Somerset and Devon, the 35 kilometre-long River Axe is an ecologically diverse river. Its name derives from the Celtic, meaning ‘abounding...
Biddenden Vineyard
At the beginning of the month, we published a post which summarised the recent Agricultural Transition Plan update. The update includes the full range of new and improved actions...
My Rt. Hon. Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Public Health, Start for Life and Primary Care) (Andrea Leadsom) has made the following Written Statement:
Today, the UK government...
I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Lucy Frazer KC MP:
Statement ...
I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Right Honourable Friend, the Minister for Sport, Gambling and Civil Society, Stuart Andrew MP:
We know that...
I am making this statement to fulfil the commitment to inform Parliament via a Written Ministerial Statement whenever the ambulatory reference to the UK Low Carbon Hydrogen Standard (the Standard) in the Hydrogen...
Today, the UK government with the devolved administrations have published our response to the UK-wide consultation, Creating a smokefree generation and tackling youth vaping.
Tobacco is the single...
In July 2023, the Government confirmed its intention [HCWS985] to proceed with uprating reserved and excepted party and candidate spending limits and donations thresholds to reflect historic inflation ...
We know that active people are fitter, happier and healthier, which is why we have set out our ambitious Get Active Strategy to get over 3.5 million people more active by 2030, including 1 million young people...
Statement on Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport’s decision to intervene in the anticipated acquisition of Telegraph Media Group Ltd by RB Investco Ltd
My Department has written to ...
December 2023 Transaction Data
Statement from the Secretary of State following DUP Executive meeting
Capacity Market auction parameters: letter to National Grid ESO, January 2024
New advanced materials centre of excellence
Recruitment for Senior Pharmaceutical Assessor
VOA launches new standards for agents
Gabriella Debens explains how we are supporting the new Civil Service People Plan, a key aim of which is to create and enable fairer opportunities for anyone to become qualified and experienced...
There has been widespread positive coverage today on government plans to ban disposable vapes. The measure comes as part of the government’s response to its consultation on smoking and vaping, which was...
Amendments to the guidance on the MHRA website stipulating changes to the way updates to a MAH’s PV system should be notified to the MHRA have been published. The changes aim to make administration burden less...
Children’s social care supports children, young people and families who need additional help to protect children and young people from harm.
Its main aim is to keep families together, but when...
The Energy Performance Certificates (EPC) open data site was launched in 2016. It provides both an interface and programmatic access to allow users to search for and download almost 30 million ...
Marine net gain consultation - EIR2023/23492
Coal Authority gender pay gap report 2023
SMP Explorer: Digital shoreline management tool launched
New framework to support trainee and early career teachers
Foreign Secretary returns to Middle East to support efforts towards regional stability
2023 was the hottest year on record, with worsening extreme weather events across the world. With global greenhouse gas emissions at an all time high, COP28 took important steps to try to change the direction...
Foreign Secretary meets Chief Minister of Gibraltar
We urge the Sudanese authorities and all relevant parties to cooperate fully with the ICC: UK statement at the UN Security Council
Letter from the DLUHC Secretary of State to the Independent Review Panel
Letter from the DLUHC Secretary of State to the Mayor of Tees Valley
Crime Lower Consultation
The Finance Act 2004 (Registered Pension Schemes and Annual Allowance Charge) Order 2024
RPA - 10 years of collaboration with GAD
Rezzayo approved to treat adult patients with invasive candidiasis
Farmers and rural businesses across the country have been once again helped by a strong performance from the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) in all its services across 2023.
Ensuring consistent...
Finance Bill 2023-2024 â Report Stage
Our Business Analyst development programme - what a difference a year makes
UK and US step up action to tackle domestic threat from Iran
Six-year ban for pizzeria boss who employed illegal workers
RPA continues to support farmers and rural businesses
Press release: SIA grants available for UK charities and community groups using cash confiscated from criminals
Deposit Return Scheme for single use drinks - EIR2023/25726
DSIT: workforce management information, November 2023
DSIT: workforce management information, December 2023
DESNZ: workforce management information, November 2023
DESNZ: workforce management information, December 2023
SIA licence holders with criminal records
Draft investigations code of practice issued under POCA 2002
Veterans card rolled out to streamline access to services
Joint Nature Conservation Committee Interim Chair appointment extended
CMA announces 2 new senior executive appointments
GOV.UK Pay has grown every year since launching in 2016. 2023 has been our biggest year yet with 364 public sector organisations currently using Pay to take payments for 960 different services, an increase...
Like other schools, Hall Mead School in Havering saw their attainment begin to fall following the Covid-19 pandemic. Since then, they’ve been using small group tutoring through the National Tutoring Programme...
The Regulatory Policy Committee held an event at the House of Lords on Wednesday 24th January to promote the new Better Regulation Framework and the RPC’s role in it. Around 150 stakeholders from across Whitehall...
Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority: annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023
Small skipper on viper’s bugloss, taken by Peter Roworth - Natural England
On 31 January, the one-year anniversary of the Environmental Improvement Plan, we will permanently expand this Land Use...
Secretary of State announces the appointment of a Chair and two Independent Members to the Agricultural Wages Board (AWB)
Consultation launched to review Environment Agency permit charges
Why produce BSL content?Around 150,000 people in the UK use British Sign Language (BSL), over half of whom are Deaf.
The Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID) says ‘BSL involves a ...
Self Assessment Helpline revised service offer - screening equality impact assessment
Introducing Fees in the Employment Tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal
Charge proposals for water quality permits
Former First Minister of Scotland welcomes launch of VSO project with visit to MILF camp
New UK-supported Climate Finance Access and Absorption Officer takes up post
The GPA appoints Pat Ritchie for second term as Chair
Multichannel campaign blitz begins to seize £82 billion Horizon Europe opportunities for innovation, jobs, and global impact