MoD: Defence Secretary discusses security threats with Egyptian President – (MoD: Corporates urged to remember veterans ~ Defence Secretary welcomes employment pilot for veterans ~ MPs pay respect at Guards Chapel service ~ Post-war wedding film brings generations together for Armistice Day ~ UK Armed Forces lead NATO exercise in the Baltics ~ MoD: UK-India Defence & International Security Partnership ~ New medical facilities for US Air Force at RAF Croughton)
CLG: Greg Clark - remember UK war graves too
Wales Office: Welsh Secretary marks Remembrance Day at The Royal Mint
Demos: An Invisible Failing - Veterans Need Targeted Support to Rehabilitate & Fulfil their Potential
NHS England: Winter messages highlighted at Self Care Conference – (NHS England: Improvements to FFT data submission system for GPs ~ Clinical Entrepreneur training programme will nurture leaders of new innovation culture ~ NHS England clinical commissioning policy on adalimumab for children with uveitis)
DH: Big data driving earlier cancer diagnosis in England – (Almost half of people who inject drugs unaware they have hepatitis C)
Kings Fund: Mental health services take a 'leap in the dark' on patient care)
NHS Confederation: Response to King's Fund on mental health under pressure – (NHS Confederation: Letter to Treasury urges for critical leap of logic in upcoming spending review)
CQC: Changes to cosmetic surgery
NICE issues first guideline on menopause to stop women suffering in silence ~ NICE: Women with symptoms of menopause should not suffer in silence
WAG: New training standards for Wales’ healthcare support workers
ESRC: Orchestra helps boost confidence & mood for those with dementia – (ESRC: Pen pal is powerful boost to prisoner wellbeing)
DWP: Employment rate reaches new record high
Defra: Technology key to unlocking farming’s potential
BCS introduces RITTech - A new standard for IT Technicians
HEFCE: Falling surpluses risk sustainability of higher education sector – (HEFCE: Student protection)
ScotGov: Planning for the future – (2.2% increase in average private 2-bed rents ~ ScotGov: Junk food TV advertising ~ ScotGov: Celebrating science stars)
WAG: An adventure trail with the new chair of the Tourism Advisory Board – (WAG: Minister visits Rhyl to open town’s £15m coastal defence works ~ Tourism industry gears up for a successful 2015 as Wales Rally GB gets underway ~ WAG: Minister launches new Student Parliament and sports facility at Pen Y Dre High)
NIA: Speaker announces he will not be seeking re-election to the Assembly
LGA: Councils warn a lack of academy sponsors could hinder education standards – (Businesses should have a say in how much they pay in business rates, say councils ~ Plans to give police more control of firefighters are 'unnecessary & unhelpful', say fire chiefs ~ LGA responds to DCLG savings agreement ahead of the spending review ~ LGA responds to Mind press release about mental health funding ~ LGA responds to scope report 'Disabled people in crisis' ~ LGA responds to Respublica report on care home crisis)
techUK: Vote Now in techUK's Women in Tech Council Chair Election – (techUK: Superfast broadband reaches an additional 3.3m UK premises through BDUK)
GDS: New ministerial group created to drive through digital reforms
Environment Agency: Penzance community flood risk drop-in – (EA urges people to be ‘flood aware’ in Devon & Cornwall)
Natural England: Breaking new ground on protecting our waterways
STFC: UK Neutrino researchers win $3m Breakthrough Prize for Physics – (STFC: Science goal to double battery life in electric vehicles)
Met Office: Studying the causes of extreme weather in 2014
UK Space Agency: UK poised to wave astronaut Tim Peake on his journey to space
Cefas leads the marine "Open Data" revolution
TfL: UK school children to debate role of women in transport – (TfL wins 2 international road safety awards ~ Tube customers better connected as WiFi reaches 100 more stations ~ Major safety improvements on Westminster Bridge proposed ~ Mayor announces real terms fares freeze & extends free travel for children)
TUC: Number of commuters spending more than 2 hours travelling to & from work up by 72% in last decade – (TUC: Slave-state Qatar faces ILO investigation ~ Shaw Report must not lead to more privatisation, says TUC)
National Archives: Thousands of Second World War home front heroes remembered online
English Heritage: Bolsover Castle station sign discovered
Unicef: Concern over Iraq cholera outbreak prompts accelerated response – (Children’s lives at stake as El Niño strengthens: Unicef ~ Unicef supports efforts to strengthen protection of conflict-affected children in Libya ~ EU grants €2m to Unicef to meet urgent needs of child refugees & migrants on the move in the Western Balkans)
Arts Council England: Touring fund awards £2.4m in latest round
FSCS: Countdown to a new deposit limit in January
IEA: A teaching assessment tying fees to scores is wrongheaded
Consumer Council for Water: Be winter wise – wrap up your home
EHRC welcomes race equality in the workplace report
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