General News (Archive)

MoD:  Changes to Jobseeker’s Allowance to benefit Armed Forces families – (MoD:  New signs on Salisbury Plain aim to protect precious environment ~ Specialist engine facilities for Typhoon jets at RAF Lossiemouth ~ MoD:  UK-French defence cooperation reaffirmed on fifth anniversary of Lancaster House Agreement ~ Joint complex weapons agreement with France as UK & French relations deepen ~ MOD investment in Caerwent training area, Monmouthshire ~ Veterans lack joined up support network ~ Final Army moves from Germany set for 2019 ~ Members of the Armed Forces record poems on the London Underground ~ Defence Secretary discusses security threats with Egyptian President)

NHS England:  Allied Health Professionals take up the innovation challenge – (NHS England:  Reducing variation in gender identity services ~ Helping dental services get the most from the Friends & Family Test ~ Sir Bruce Keogh on junior consultant contract debate ~ Momentum building for better maternity care – Baroness Julia Cumberlege ~ NHS England:  Cold weather alert)

CQC:  Dr Paul Lelliott comments on 'Homes not hospitals' – (CQC:  Fees for care providers: your views ~ NHS Confederation responds to CQC's proposed changes to fees ~ New work review process for junior doctors will help to inform hospital inspections)

ESRC:  The under diagnosis of male mental illness may help us explain why 75% of suicides are among men – (Britain lags behind in reducing infant mortality & child poverty ~ Veterans lack joined up support network)

ScotGov:  ‘Don’t ignore 3 week cough' – (ScotGov:  Mental health of teenagers)

WAG:  New Ysbyty Glan Clwyd MRI scanner Wales first for NHS hospital – (New measures to ensure faster mental health treatment in Wales ~ Dementia friendly A&E departments in Wales ~ WAG:  New single body to plan the education & training of the NHS Wales workforce to be scoped)

Patients Association response to Hospital Parking Charges Bill ~ Hospital Parking Charges (Exemption for Carers) Bill 2015-16 ~ Patients Association response to NHS 111 scandal)

NHS Confederation responds to junior doctor contract offer

HM Treasury:  Equitable Life Payments Scheme payouts approach £1.08bn

DWP:  Universal Credit now available in 470 jobcentres – (DWP:  Benefit fraud and error at record low)

Ofcom:  Tackling pirate radio could save Londoners £1m

HMRC:  Tax summaries on their way confirming higher spending on health and state pensions

ScotGov:  Key high value fish stock increase – (Scotland ready to welcome Syrian refugees ~ First Bridge Beams Installed On Aberdeen Bypass Project ~ ScotGov:  Pen Y Dre High in Merthyr - official launch of school’s Student Parliament and opening of its newly refurbished sports facility ~ ScotGov:  2016 a landmark year for the fishing industry)

WAG:  New enhanced enforcement powers to tackle waste crime in Wales – (WAG:  All Welsh waters reach tough new EU standards ~ Rhondda Cynon Taf set for fun & games thanks to £124,000 grant ~ Climate change top of the agenda for Welsh pupils ahead of COP21)

Wales Office:  Alun Cairns sees how Universal Credit rollout is transforming lives across Wales

Wales Audit Office:  Survey launched on audited bodies’ linguistic preferences

ESRC:  Journalist murderers escaping justice – (ESRC:  The Transformative Research scheme – outcomes of the third round ~ ESRC:  Taxi drivers & bouncers could help tackle child sex abuse ~ ESRC:  Fake breast-look 'increasingly appealing' to women)

LGA Responds to Public Accounts Committee Report on Care Leavers' Transition to Adulthood – (LGA:  Local services threatened as councils forced to spend £450m topping up planning fees)

Environment Agency urges people to be ‘flood aware’ – (EA:  Major sea defence upgrade between Sea Palling and Winterton)

ICO:  Has the search result ruling stopped the internet working?

techUK:  Parliamentary Scrutiny Essential for Investigatory Powers Bill ~ techUK:  Draft Investigatory Powers Bill Requires Careful Scrutiny - A Detailed Response

HEFCE response to BIS Green Paper

STFC:  Pushing the boundaries of physics

Dstl:  Spooky spider science

Food Standards Agency:  Help shape the EFSA Strategy 2020

TUC:  Poverty pay on the rise in UK – (Employers & government need to pick up the pace on living wage, says TUC ~ TUC:  Government right to drop social media plans in Trade Union Bill ~ Minimum wage leaving younger workers behind, warns TUC)

TfL:  Cycling schemes get green light – (TfL:  Wimbledon tram stop reopens with new platform ~  Half of London’s schools branded as ‘STARS’ for promoting road safety ~ Black Cab tops the list of London’s transport ‘Design Icons’)

Consumer Council for Water:  Efforts to reduce the risk of sewer flooding highlighted in Taunton

WWF-UK reaction to the UNFCCC review of national climate pledges

Woodlands Trust: Government urged to show more Planting Ambition

Unicef:  Violence denies millions of children across Iraq access to education – (Unicef:  Number of children seeking asylum in Europe near double that of 2014)

NCFE issues plea on adult education to the new Conservative government

National Archives:  The 1939 Register is now available online

RoSPA health & safety awards reaches 60-year milestone

CESG releases new guidance for secure voice technology ~ Next generation of Ectocryp Blue is certified

RUSI launches new website

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