MoD: Government flies flag for armed forces – (Wales Office: Secretary of State praises role of Welsh military at Armed Forces Day in North Wales ~ UK Provides Further Equipment to Kurdish Fighters Tackling ISIL ~ MoD: Armed Forces Day Flag flies across Whitehall ~ Armed Forces Minister praises female cadets on graduation from Afghanistan’s Officer Academy ~ MoD: HMS Enterprise to replace HMS Bulwark in the Mediterranean ~ F-35B jet begins first ski-jump launch and weapons testing ~ Army Reserves take flight to broaden their horizons ~ Aldershot barracks revamped for army medics’ arrival ~ UK Defence Secretary meets King of Jordan ~ Employers & Reservists celebrate Reserves Day ~ Mighty engine brings HMS Queen Elizabeth to life)
Cabinet Office fly iconic rainbow flag to celebrate Pride – (CO: Special Envoy on Intelligence and Data Sharing: summary of work)
HM Treasury: Lloyds share sales raise over £12bn for the taxpayer – (HMT: Equitable Life Payments Scheme payouts pass £1.06bn)
HMRC acts to improve customer service
Ofsted: Focused inspection of Oasis Multi-Academy Trust
DH: New programmes to protect against meningitis and septicaemia ~ ScotGov: Meningitis B added to routine vaccinations)
Crown Commercial Service: New agreement launched to help NHS reduce reliance on agency staff
NHS England: Our Learning Disability Engagement team is putting the theme of LD Week into practice – (NHS England: Moving forward together ~ Working to deliver the care mental health patients deserve ~ NHS England: Bring us your experiences of maternity services ~ The NHS is not just about doctors & nurses ~ NHS England: Commissioners take centre stage ~ NHS England: Sampling the Debenham experience – Professor Alistair Burns and Professor John Young)
NHS Confederation and NAPC response to Hunt's new deal for general practice
CQC: Celebrating great adult social care as part of Care Home Open Day – (CQC: Slimming clinic successfully prosecuted for failing to register with CQC ~ CQC: Join a national data workshop ~ CQC responds to RCGP call to 'halt' inspections)
Monitor: East Anglian foundation trust to fix its finances – (Monitor defers foundation trust application of NHS trust in West Midlands)
National Ombudsmen: Julie Mellor to stand aside as Chair as and when Public Services Ombudsman Bill receives royal assent
LGA: Investing in the NHS alone is a false economy – (LGA: Councils join up to increase adoption rates ~ LGA calls for updated laws to tackle 'legal highs' – some more potent than illicit drugs ~ LGA: Reform of business rates appeals needed to protect local services ~ LGA: Invest £5.2bn in prevention to overhaul health & social care, Government urged ~ LGA: Calls from councils for disruption orders to combat child grooming)
DfE: Nicky Morgan statement on the death of Chris Woodhead – (DfE: Record numbers benefiting from thriving childcare market ~ Number of teenagers in education & training hits all-time high)
HEFCE: National consortium to improve research visibility and collaboration
DWP: Universal Credit in 10 more Jobcentres across England, Scotland & Wales
Ofcom: Easier broadband switching – (Ofcom: Better broadband for small businesses)
Ofgem: National women in engineering day: a bright future beckons for engineers at Ofgem ~ Time for employers to accept that most professional, technical & managerial jobs need ‘Brains not Brawn’
Ofgem calls for a level playing field for prepayment customers ~ CAB: Prepay energy customers still paying more for less
National Archives: Dan Snow’s Periscope explores our collections – (The National Archives receives first born-digital records from government departments)
TfL: Official Night Tube map is launched – (New Overground trains on the way ~ Cracking down on rogue HGVs to improve road safety ~ TfL: DLR to join RidewithPride)
ScotGov: Affordable homes boost for north east – (ScotGov: Further fall in organic land ~ ScotGov: Future of forestry in Scotland ~ £38m projects given go ahead ~ ScotGov: Ewing invites UK Energy Secretary to Scotland)
JRF responds to the Prime Minister’s speech on welfare reform ~ JRF comment on the child poverty measure
Welfare reforms will consign millions of working families to poverty, warns TUC ~ IEA: Child poverty measures lead to narrow thinking ~ IEA: The focus of welfare reform must be broader for substantial savings
UNICEF: Nepal Earthquakes: Unicef speeds up response to prevent child trafficking – (UNICEF: Millions of world’s poorest children left behind despite global progress ~ Unicef UK and Pearson Announce Innovation Talks ~ Statement by Unicef Executive Director on brutal violence against children in South Sudan ~ UNICEF: Children at risk from cholera outbreak in South Sudan)
TUC urges government to remove last hurdle to equality for same-sex couples
EHRC: Hidden 'scandal' of LGB & T hate crime exposed
Met Office: Scientists show a decline in solar activity could not halt global warming
WWF: Business should care or beware
‘Spend money on libraries, not property speculation’, Unite tells Bromley councillors
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