- Air Traffic Management 3000 Series update delayed until 4th February – (UK stands shoulder-to-shoulder with Pakistan ~ Military recognised in Stonewall’s top 100 ~ Annual Chief of the Defence Staff’s RUSI Lecture 2014 ~ Celebrating 15 years of lesbians, gays & bisexuals being allowed to serve in the UK's Armed Forces)
- HEFCE evidence & input to the 2014 government consultations on the Science & Innovation Strategy and Science Capital Roadmap – (HEFCE: Survey shows good progress on EU funding for local growth ~ Bloomsbury Research Institute awarded £7.5m by HEFCE Catalyst Fund ~ The future of quality assessment in higher education)
- TUC shocked by 35,000 rise in young people not being paid the minimum wage ~ Government names & shames 37 National Minimum Wage offenders – (Austerity cuts are threatening the future of local authority services in England, says TUC)
- Pension Wise unveiled - will offer free & impartial guidance to people on the new pension freedoms
- TfL is offering over 40 free guided walks as part of its annual 'Winter Wanders' weekend 24 & 25 January – (Walk yourself to health)
- Allowing London taxis to use bus lanes and not private hire vehicles does not involve State aid – (TfL welcomes ECJ judgment on bus lane policy)
- TfL: Boost for freight industry as FORS goes national
- FDA: Scottish Government underspend must be re-allocated for public services, says FDA
- BBC Trust Chairman is formally appointed
- IEA: Politicians must be honest about the scale of the UK's debt challenge
- Briefing on Ofcom’s consultation on party election broadcasts
- WAG: 3D printed replica of Hedd Wyn’s iconic Y Gadair Ddu (The Black Chair) to be unveiled by FM – (Rebecca Evans leads lamb trade mission to Norway ~ WAG: Cardiff & Valleys Lines 34% rail discount for free bus pass holders)
- Women win the battle of the taxes and send in their tax return on time
- CQC's Chief Inspector of Hospitals has published his first report on the quality of care provided by South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust – (Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust rated as Good overall ~ CQC has rated the quality of care provided by Julia's House, a hospice based in Broadstone, Dorset, as Outstanding ~ CQC: Special measures to help GP practices improve)
- What's happening at Socitm in January/February...
- LGA: 1m unemployed people receiving no government help into work, councils warn – (LGA: Councils fear school place tipping point - £12bn cost of creating places for the 900,000 extra pupils over the next decade ~ LGA: Councils forced to spend £ms topping up drinks industry over the past decade)
- Future management of Sellafield announcement
- HL: Designed by experience - the new manifesto to end homelessness
- January energy detox: leaner tariffs in half the time
- Ofgem's response to E.ON's price change
- Emergency services network contract removed - Industry commitment to improve poor mobile signal areas negates need for fourth contract.
- Land Registry: New addresses for applications and correspondence from business customers
- Unicef Iraq Distributes Over 200,000 Sets of Winter Clothing
- Ofsted: London SMEs & training providers need to work better together – (Government hosts international conference on importance of basic skills)
- Ofcom: Promoting competition & investment in superfast broadband
- At risk of export: A ‘lost’ Tyndale Translation? The earliest English version of Erasmus’s ‘Handbook of the Christian knight’
- Commemorative medal marks 70 years since the end of the Holocaust
- ScotGov: Further £3m for A83 - Funding to help keep communities connected in the event of landslides – (ScotGov: Ebola test negative)
- Science minister launches year of ESRC anniversary celebrations
- STFC: A UK-led telescope is beginning its search for planets around bright and nearby stars – (STFC supported astronomer a RAS Gold Medal winner)
- TNA: Second phase in moving towards 20-year rule, instead of 30, came into effect
- NICE announces new joint committee for improving care in general practice and supporting better quality NHS
- NICE outlines draft guidance for safe nurse staffing in A&E – (ScotGov: Christmas & New Year A&E figures: 88.8% of patients within 4 hours ~ Busiest December for Welsh A&E departments in five years)
- ACE: 2new International funds: International Showcasing and Re:Imagine India
- Universities & colleges asked to support student voter registration drive ahead of the UK General Election
- DCLG: Enter the Great British High Streets competition 2015
|