External team undertaking root and branch review of UK defence bolstered. New members include a NATO Assistant Secretary General and a former Defence Minister in the previous Government. SDR work already underway at pace, with public submissions welcomed to help shape future of UK defence. A root and branch review of UK defence was launched by Prime Minister Keir Starmer last month to make Britain secure at home and strong abroad for decades to come. An externally led review is a first of its kind for the UK and has been widely welcomed. The three external reviewers leading the SDR…
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Joining forces with charities, broadcasters and a range of partners, the campaign will encourage pensioners to check their eligibility and apply Up to 880,000 pensioners could be missing out on this cash boost worth on average up to £3,900 per year Hundreds of thousands of pensioners are being urged to apply for a benefit that could be worth on average £3,900 per year as the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is launching a campaign to increase Pension Credit take-up on Monday 2 September. With as many as 880,000 pensioners missing out, the Pension Credit Week of Action aims to…
We want to create wealth everywhere, but first we must fix the foundations of our country. In the first few weeks of this Government, an audit found a £22 billion black hole in the public finances. It means we’ve had to take tough decisions, like means-testing the Winter Fuel Payment. Our Budget in October will be difficult. But we have already taken action to improve the lives of working people in every corner of the country, from unlocking planning decisions to help build 1.5 million new homes to setting up Great British Energy, to create good jobs and provide clean…
UKGI is an arm’s length body of His Majesty’s Treasury (HMT), and is the government’s centre of expertise in corporate governance and corporate finance. Vindi Banga was appointed Chair of UKGI in September 2021. Alongside this he is also Chair of Marie Curie, Chair of Council at Imperial College, a NED of The Economist Group and Partner of CD&R. He has 33 years of executive experience at Unilever, where his last role was President of the Global Foods, Home and Personal Care businesses, and served on the Unilever Executive Board. This reappointment was made by Tulip Siddiq, the Economic Secretary…
Applications open on September 16 for the Future Leaders Scheme – which gives up-and-coming civil servants the chance to fast-track their development into senior leadership roles. The 12-month programme is open to high-performing individuals who are currently Grade 7 or Grade 6 civil servants and is designed to give them the skills and experience they need to take on positions at the very highest levels. Growing as a leader Scheme alumnus Vimbai Chinhoyi, pictured, head of portfolio management at DEFRA said: The scheme helped me embrace ownership of my own career, grow and learn as a leader and recognise how…
Monday 2 September 12:00 hr Cooking at Casa Rica – British Products Casa Rica Molas López Open access, free of charge 19:00 hr British Film Celebration: Shaun of the Dead – Grand opening Cinemark Paseo La Galería Event by invitation only 20:30 hr Play ‘‘Algo de Ricardo o Historia de un jabalí’’ (Something about Ricardo or Story of a wild boar) Museo del Archivo Nacional (Mariscal Estigarribia casi Iturbe) Event with prior reservation via WhatsApp at 0991400094 Tuesday 3 September 11:00 hr Documentary “Una cama para la Virgen” (A bed for the Virgin) with Ysanne Gayet ANGLO English…
Joint MOD and charity conservation project will help improve the local marine environment. Native European flat oysters (Ostrea edulis) are being grown in crates in Portsmouth to re-establish a healthy population of the species. Few native European flat oysters remain in the area, having been replaced by the invasive Pacific oyster. European flat oysters are being reintroduced to the Solent through a joint MOD conservation project aiming to boost marine life and help clean the waters of the strait between the Isle of Wight and the Hampshire coast. It is hoped that the re-introduction of 2,000 oysters to the area…
Colleagues, as we discuss the situation in Ukraine today, we are once again compelled to highlight the continued barbarity of President Putin’s tactics against the Ukrainian people. Last weekend, Ukraine marked its third Independence Day since Russia’s illegal invasion. Instead of celebrating, Ukrainians were fighting for their country, their land and their families. They are also fighting on behalf of all our countries, in defence of the principles that this institution, the United Nations, was founded: that every Member State has the right to sovereignty and territorial integrity, and borders cannot be redrawn by force. Let us be clear: under…
Teaching standards, guidelines and lesson plans will form a new optimised content store which will train generative AI to make it more reliable for teachers in England new project will bring teachers and tech companies together to develop and use trustworthy AI tools that can help mark homework and save teachers time comes as new research shows parents want teachers to use AI to reduce out of hours work and boost time spent teaching children Artificial intelligence will be better at helping teachers mark work and plan lessons under a new project announced by the UK government today. The project, backed…
£2 million in funding has been allocated between four innovative organisations to develop remote site sensing and monitoring technologies The Remote Monitoring of Sensitive Sites: Phase 2 competition was run on behalf of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) The competition sought proposals for a complete autonomous security alarm and interdiction network (ASAIN). The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA), and Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) are pleased to announce that four innovators have been awarded a share of £2 million funding to develop remote sensing innovations to help monitor legacy nuclear sites. The funding, secured from the Remote Monitoring of Sensitive Sites:…