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MoD:  UK military chief visits British training team in Nigeria – (Defence Secretary Michael Fallon hosts US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter ~ MoD:  The Sun Military Awards return to highlight British heroes ~ Defence Business Services customer satisfaction survey 2015 ~ MoD:  Army regiment supports BBC's DIY SOS team to transform homes for veterans ~ New credit union service launched for the Armed Forces ~ MoD:  The British Army, Royal Air Force & Dstl make the Top Apprenticeship Careers list)

DCMS:  Remembrance Sunday 2015 – (DCMS:  Government plans to commemorate the Battle of Jutland centenary)

NHS England:  Nurses are in the vanguard of leading change & creating value – (NHS England:  supports Get Online Week ~ Winter campaign starts with largest flu vaccination programme ~ NHS England:  Passport’ style brief of young people’s mental health launched ~ NHS 111 opens new front door to improved urgent care)

Monitor:  Improving NHS productivity in elective care will reduce costs & cut the time patients spend in hospital

CQC:  State of Care report launched ~ The Patients Association’s response to the CQC report on the state of care ~ NHS Confederation response to CQC report emphasises the need for a fundamental shift in the way we regulate care – (CQC:  Consultation launched on special educational needs provision)

NICE:  Speeding up the adoption of health technologies – (NICE:  Kindness & trust are at the core of the NHS and social care ~ NICE launches initiative to speed up adoption of health technologies ~ NICE products can help NHS deliver a fair & effective system of care ~ NICE approach to managing urinary incontinence in women wins 2015 Shared Learning Award)

Chatham House:  Radical new business model for pharmaceutical industry needed to avert antibiotic resistance crisis

Kings Fund - NHS providers heading towards unprecedented deficit – (NHS performance frameworks need radical simplification & alignment, The King’s Fund review finds)

The Patients Association’s response to the NHS deficit ~ NHS Confederation:  New figures show why NHS urgently needs funding certainty in upcoming Spending Review – (Patients Association:  Pioneering report reviews how well hospitals prevent inpatient falls)

Young people are setting a prudent example – CMO ~ Welsh NHS Confed. comments on CMO’s report

LGA:  Dignified care for elderly & disabled at risk due to lack of funding, councils warn – (LGA responds to PM announcement on house building ~ LGA:  Councils can double savings if government invests in prevention)

ESRC:  Toolkit to tackle fast food takeaways in the war on obesity ~ The toolkit – (ESRC:  Festival of Social Science celebrates 50 years of the ESRC)

Innovate UK:  Improving urgent medical care - apply now for innovation funding

HM Treasury:  Lloyds share sales have now raised £15.5bn for the taxpayer – (HMT:  Edith Cavell commemorative coin marks 100th anniversary of her death)

Cabinet Office:  Camden’s Five Pancras Square wins Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award 2015

BIS:  Government to begin disposal of its remaining Royal Mail shareholding ~ Government completes final sale of its stake in Royal Mail at 455p per share ~ BIS:  More people than ever doing an apprenticeship)

DECC:  Bill payers missing out on £2.2bn

BIS:  Merseyside beats global competition to build £200m polar research ship

Home Office:  Border Force cutters return from Mediterranean search & rescue operations

DfT:  Transport Secretary unveils state-of-the-art Thameslink train facility

Environment Agency:  Police dog to help protect water vole colony – (EA:  'Moor’ spaces available on Thames thanks to pilot scheme success)

Ofcom brings regulation of ‘video-on-demand’ in-house

Ofgem:  Utilita to pay £560,000 for blocking customers from switching

Ofsted:  Focused inspection of The Education Fellowship

CMA advises schools & suppliers over uniform prices

HEFCE highly respected by stakeholders

TfL celebrates independent retailers named in ‘Small Biz 100’ campaign – (TfL:  Debating the role of women in transport ~ Santander Cycles app gets new interactive map to help customers find closest docking stations ~ Hybrid bus boost for London ~ TfL:  Support London’s small businesses ~  Enforcement Partnership to make London’s streets safer ~ Good resolutions for New Year’s Eve fireworks ~ Unions walk out of talks risking Night Tube delivery)

ScotGov:  Cancer patients get say on care – (ScotGov:  Scottish Midwives celebrated in new exhibition at National Records of Scotland ~ Winter Fleet at Full Strength ~ Scotland’s first digital skills academy opens its doors ~ LMO payments begin ~ Cereal harvest ‘better than expected’)

Electoral Commission concludes assessment of allegations against Business for Scotland and the Scottish National Party

WAG:  Minister launches UK’s first Software Academy – ( £45m City Centre Campus is ‘inspirational development’ says First Minister ~ Wales is full of fantastic people doing exceptional things, says FM ~ Healthy workplaces in Wales celebrated ~ WAG:  Praise for Powys peatland project)

Wales Office:  Media choice in Wales is good news for audiences in era of rapid technological change

Wales Audit Office:  How safe is your community?

NIA:  Assembly screens films made to mark World Mental Health Day

Government labour exploitation proposals must be properly resourced, says TUC – (TUC hits out at delays to collective pension schemes ~ TUC supports call for eradication of all asbestos in Britain ~ Parliamentary group calls for eradication of all asbestos in Britain)

CCW:  Households urged not to let water bill savings slip down the plug hole

techUK:  Apps for Good – (techUK:  The future direction of Earth Observation instrumentation in the UK ~ techUK:  One year on from the Three Point Plan)

STFC:  Calling entrepreneurs - funding support on offer

SOCITM:  Better connected launches online

FSA:  Call for proposals for FSA and ITaaU Network Plus pilot studies

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority:  Research breakthrough to accelerate Sellafield decommissioning

Committee on Climate Change:  Latest science & international commitments set parameters for UK efforts to tackle climate change ~ ScotGov:  Countdown to climate change talks

Unicef and WHO ready to support immediate polio vaccination campaign in Ukraine – (Unicef:  Natural born winners - children put sports stars to the test)

WWF:  Oak Furniture Land keeps timber supply chain a mystery

UKTI:  GREAT Week: Feeding the planet

Arts Council England launches Cultural Education Challenge – (ACE’s ‘cultural education challenge’)

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Awarded 2015 Chatham House Prize

Trade Union Share Owners group questions David Forsey’s ability to lead change needed at Sports Direct