General News (Archive)

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

How Lambeth Council undertakes effective know your citizen (KYC) / ID checks to prevent fraud