MoD signs £14m contract for lifesaving medical technology – (MoD: Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal names new jetty for Navy’s giant aircraft carriers ~ Defence Minister and Prince Harry celebrate 200 year relationship with Nepal ~ Defence Secretary pays tribute to Sikh community)
ScotGov: Supporting veterans into work
WAG: Welsh innovation receives global recognition for helping to save & improve lives
PC&PE: MoD must resolve challenges of unsustainably large estate
NAO: Capability in the Civil Service ~ FDA: Civil service must have the tools for the job as Article 50 looms ~ FDA: Ministers cannot ignore growing calls to get real about civil service capacity
NO: School transport policy changes causing upheaval for increasing numbers of children, according to LGO ~ LGA responds to Local Government Ombudsman's report into school transport ~ LGA responds to Localis Report on Industrial Strategy
LGA responds to figures showing fall in teenage pregnancies – (LGA: London councils to work with design experts to tackle tough social issues ~ EA; Illegal angler hooks hefty fine)
Environment Agency: Join Anglian flood & coastal committee – (EA: Thames Water ordered to pay record £20 million for river pollution ~ WWF comment: Thames Water fined a record £20.3m for polluting the Thames)
ScotGov: Final chance for students to submit 2016-2017 SAAS Applications
WAG: Education Secretary praises Newport school’s role in developing Wales’ digital curriculum
ACE: Literacy, coding & soft play - opportunities for everyone in our life-changing libraries – (ACE: Celebrating Sgt. Pepper at 50 ~ ACE: Acrobatic Ambition for Excellence – celebrating 250 years of modern circus)
Committee on Standards in Public Life: Members of Parliament: outside interests ~ CSPL: MPs' outside interests - Committee announces short review
Natural England reduces red tape on badger class licences
Ofcom: Plusnet fined £880,000 for billing former customers – (Ofcom: Compensation for landline and broadband customers when things go wrong)
Ofqual: 2017 National Reference Test successfully completed
Ofwat: Customers should be engaged in shaping the future of water
ONS: Testing for the 2021 Census
EHRC: Brexit plans lack ambition for equality & human rights
ESRC: Cross legged & talking tongues - the winners of 'Making Sense of Society' announced
TfL: Safety work to start at Westminster Bridge
Electoral Commission: New report finds electorate grew in 2016, but ambitious reforms are needed to keep pace with change – (Electoral Commission: Electoral fraud: high stakes highlighted in new report)
National Archives: Committee announces newly Accredited Archive Services
Met Office: New Clouds named in WMO Cloud Atlas
UK online centres: What would you like to learn?
TUC: Government ‘sleepwalking into another living standards crisis’ – (TUC: UK in the relegation zone for decently-paid maternity leave in Europe)
‘Gravy train’ for management consultants involved in NHS shake-up plans condemned by Unite
UK Space Agency: SatelLife competition winners announced ~ SatelLife competition winners announced
Land Registry: Reduced regulation of English social housing providers - registration requirements
IPPR: Female speakers in majority at first summit of North’s civil society
Unicef: Nearly 600m children will live in areas with extremely limited water resources by 2040 – (South West neonatal units lead the way in achieving Unicef Baby Friendly standards) |