MoD smooths the way for companies to do business with Defence – (MoD: UK to increase training to Iraqi forces ~ MoD: New baseline profit rate for defence contractors announced)
VAPC: Veterans urged to tell NHS England what you think about mental health services
BIS: The race is on: campaign launched to name the UK’s state-of-the-art £200m polar research ship
ScotGov: Glasgow lands additional investment – (ScotGov: Scottish clans boost visitor spend ~ ScotGov: More support for postgrad students ~ ScotGov: Scotland’s new Makar ~ ScotGov: Livestock numbers increase ~ ScotGov: £10m to support community energy ~ Scotland helps address Malawi food crisis ~ Additional funding for mountain rescue teams ~ A96 bottleneck uncorked ~ ScotGov: £50m for charitable bonds )
CCC: Maintain Scottish ambition to tackle climate change & deliver 61% emissions reduction by 2030
WAG: Publicity campaign highlighting signs of domestic abuse – (‘Operation Fetch’ sniffs out illegal tobacco ~ WAG: Work starts on £57m Eastern Bay Link Road in Cardiff)
LGA: Extra powers over local services needed, councils tell Chancellor ahead of budget – (LGA responds to academy school reports about plans to convert all schools to academy status ~ LGA: Councils respond to relaxation of planning rules for phone masts ~ LGA responds to removal of war pension 'penalty' for veterans)
Defra: £700m boost for flood defences brings £150m more for Yorkshire & Cumbria ~ LGA: Councils respond to extra £700m funding for flood defences in Budget 2016 ~ Environment Agency: £700m boost for flood defences brings £150m more for Yorkshire & Cumbria)
LGO welcomes commitment to giving parents a route to an independent ombudsman
HEFCE: £1.7m awarded to 28 projects to develop engineering & computer science conversion courses – (HEFCE: Funding of £3.7bn for higher education in 2016-17)
Electoral Commission concludes two party finance cases
Ofcom: Statement on party election broadcast regulations
Food Standards Agency: New online educational resource launched by the FSA in Wales
Natural England: Countryside Stewardship opens its doors for 2016 – (NE: England Coast Path takes step forward as Somerset section opens)
TfL publishes 2016/17 budget & business plan – (TfL: Full steam ahead for Crossrail 2 ~ TfL: Arriva named as new operator for London Overground ~ TfL selects Exterion Media as its media partner for the world’s largest rail advertising contract)
Arts Council England: 7 organisations awarded £2.5m to engage more people with art & culture – (ACE: Government continues to recognise value of art & culture)
FDA: Smoke & mirrors Budget is a political con trick that doesn’t match commitment to resources
TUC calls for young people to be on higher minimum wage rates – (TUC: Downgrades of growth & wages shows this is no budget for the next generation ~ TUC: Government giving China green light to dump steel ~ TUC: Government’s Shaw Report right to dismiss Network Rail privatisation ~ TUC launches new guidance to recruit more union members and health & safety reps)
techUK: Modern Slavery Act: new tools to support compliance)
CAB: EDF Energy edges ahead of SSE in complaints league table
National Archives: Magna Carta resource triumphs for a second time
Unicef: Malawi tests first UAV flights for HIV Early Infant Diagnosis – (Unicef: Malnutrition on the rise in Zimbabwe as El Nino takes its toll)
WWF: Sky supports Earth Hour – (WWF: Historic low levels of Arctic sea ice signal trouble for Arctic wildlife ~ WWF Response to The Budget)
UKSA: Mars launch heralds start of UK’s search for life on red planet
GCA: 2016 Groceries Sector Survey – Now open
CCW: Water companies challenged to show how they are helping customers
National Archives: Committee announces newly accredited archive services
Ordnance Survey: Great Britain is officially taller
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