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Editor’s choice of ICT items of note:

NCSC CEO at UK-INDIA Week 2023

Record numbers looking to kickstart new careers in cyber

Online Safety Bill bolstered to better protect children and empower adults

Data science skills in the UK workforce

Data and technology innovations will transform UK border

UK-Singapore data and tech agreements to boost trade and security

AI safeguards ‘inadequate’, watchdog warns
 
Cyber Security Conference: Free-to-attend, one-day conference 09.30am - 16.45pm, 04 July 2023 London

FINAL CALL! Free-to-attend, one-day conference 09.30am - 16.45pm, 04 July 2023 London

The ever-evolving threat landscape: How can we improve cybersecurity in the public sector?

With a week remaining until theCyber Security Conferenceand the range of insightful topics awaiting you, places are limited and filling up quickly. Therefore, we encourage you to secure your pass today,which is free for all public sector attendees.

In addition to gaining valuable insights, the conference provides an excellent networking opportunity, including thedrinks receptionat the end of the day.

Connect with cyber teams from across the public sector and discover more about the major challenges and the significant cyber threats affecting public services and the UK's national security.

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Editor’s choice of Health, Social Care & Homelessness related items of note:

Government seeks views on learning disability and autism training

NICE launches public consultation on updates to health technology evaluations manual

More evidence needed to recommend Type 2 diabetes treatment tirzepatide

Health Secretary's Oral Statement on lung cancer screening

NHS’s cancer director pays tribute to Dame Deborah James on anniversary

New resources to prevent young people from falling into homelessness

Rough sleeping in London soars by 21%

Bids invited for £1 million defibrillator fund

Government acts to improve patient safety in mental health care

Schools encouraged to participate in NHS survey on smoking, drinking and drug use

Record recruitment and reform to boost patient care under first NHS Long Term Workforce Plan
 
Editor’s choice of Business / Commercial items of note:

UK Government funding to save pubs for communities

Swimming Pool Support Fund open for applications

Better bus services in the North East thanks to a further £45 million funding boost

Read all about it: new funding to support local journalism in Wales

Community projects supporting Hong Kongers receives £2.6M funding

Putting nature on road to recovery with Species Survival Fund

UK funders invest £4.25m into new eating disorders research

Essex group providing horse riding for people with disabilities receives over £180,000 of National Lottery funding

Islands Forum discusses sustainable economic growth at second meeting
 
Editor’s choice of Policy & General items of note:

Public urged to help protect fish this summer

Consultation open for Wisbech incinerator permit

Increasing access to diabetes technology

Literature review into overrepresentation in complaints about potential misconduct made to SRA published

GOV.UK One Login: June 2023 update

TfL publishes new data on London’s e-scooter rental trial as it celebrates its second anniversary

LGBTQ+ community stories told on the TfL network to mark Pride 2023

Paedophile who went abroad to sexually abuse children jailed for 21 years

IOPC investigation recommends search wands to be introduced into all forces following shooting of Sergeant Matt Ratana

Community projects to celebrate, support and memorialise nuclear test veterans announced

Merthyr Tydfil Welsh language conference

How does climate attribution science relate to Loss and Damage?
 
SME Supplier Locator update...

With the officially stated target and ongoing drive for SME’s to receive £1 of every £3 spent on government contracts, UK public sector spend with SME’s is continually on the increase.

Against this ambitious backdrop, the WiredGov Supplier Locator service has been developed specifically to embrace the SME Agenda and provide the ideal platform for SME’s to promote their services, solutions, accreditation and success stories directly to our ever increasing audience across all government and public sector verticals and Tier 1 suppliers.

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Our Latest Updates

Housing Secretary Michael Gove MP writes exclusively for the NRLA
In what is a huge coup for the NRLA, Housing Secretary Michael Gove has written exclusively for members in NRLA members’ magazine Property. He says independent landlords are vital to ensuring a fair and functioning private rented sector and provide tenants ‘with flexibility and choice, and the value for money options that go with them’. Read the full story here.

Renters Reform: A deep dive into periodic tenancies
While most of the media attention has been focused on the removal of section 21 notices, the Renters (Reform) Bill makes some fairly radical changes to the structure of the tenancies you will be able to offer. Here NRLA policy manager James Wood takes a deep dive into the issue of periodic tenancies.

Win for NRLA as Labour u-turns on rent controls
The Labour Party has abandoned plans to introduce rent controls should it come to power, with Shadow Housing Secretary Lisa Nandy admitting proposals could in fact increase homelessness.

NRLA: Labour right to say rent controls would not work
The NRLA responds to comments made by Shadow Housing Secretary Lisa Nandy MP which confirm that Labour is rejecting calls for the introduction of rent controls.

Chancellor needs to act as interest rate hike hits renters and landlords
In light of the news that the Bank of England has once again raised interest rates, the NRLA has provided its view on how the Government must act urgently to support the private rented sector.