Press release: High quality evidence helps government deliver better public...
The government-funded network, which is made up of 10 independent What Works Centres, was created to improve the use and generation of robust evidence in policy areas such as health, education and...
View ArticleDetailed guide: What Works Network
Updated: Latest report details added. IntroductionThis initiative aims to improve the way government and other organisations create, share and use (or ‘generate, transmit and adopt’) high quality...
View ArticleCorrespondence: Caroline Nokes responds to Innovate UK report
Many of our critical services, from telecommunications to transport, rely on global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) to operate. GNSS provide signals from satellites orbiting in space to give us...
View ArticleGuidance: Open standards for government
Updated: Addition of the approved Time and Date standard for use by the government.The UK government selects open standards for use in government technology. The aim is to apply these consistently...
View ArticleCollection: Open government
Updated: Updated to invite involvement in the UK's fourth Open Government National Action Plan (2018-2020).The UK’s third Open Government National Action Plan 2016-18 (NAP), published during the Prime...
View ArticlePress release: David Lidington in Wales and Scotland for talks on business...
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster David Lidington MP will visit Wales and Scotland this week, where he will meet with business leaders and politicians to discuss the economy and the UK’s...
View ArticleCorporate report: FSET: annual report 2016
The Fast Stream is the Civil Service’s graduate development programme. It aims to equip some of the brightest graduates with the knowledge, skills and experience they need to be the future civil...
View ArticleStatement to Parliament: Oliver Dowden MP, Minister for Implementation speaks...
Mr Speaker, I have been asked to comment on the stock market update issued by Capita plc yesterday and its impact on the delivery of public services.I completely understand that this is a matter of...
View ArticleGuidance: List of Cabinet Committees
Updated: Updated as of February 2018. Cabinet and Cabinet Committees are groups of ministers that can take collective decisions that are binding across government. The Cabinet is the supreme...
View ArticleNews story: Government spend on digital services passes £3bn mark
Thousands of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are now signed up to provide their digital, data and technology services to government, and public bodies are utilising their expertise to drive...
View ArticleNews story: UK Government holds 'helpful' Brexit talks with First Minister of...
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster David Lidington MP is encouraged by the bilateral discussion he had in Cardiff today with the First Minister of Wales Carwyn Jones AM on the UK’s preparations...
View ArticleTransparency data: Cabinet Office: spend data over £25,000
Updated: November 2017 data added. In line with UK government commitments to increase transparency, we are now publishing details of spend over £25,000 since 1 April 2010 and over £500 from 1 April...
View ArticleTransparency data: Cabinet Office: Government Procurement Card spend over £500
Updated: November 2017 data added. In line with UK government commitments to increase transparency, we publish details of spend over £500 from 1 April 2011. We will continue to publish this data...
View ArticleNews story: Government harnesses advances in Behavioural Insights with new...
Government has long seen the benefits of using behavioural insights to tailor public services to citizens, and the new CCS Behavioural Insights framework offers a wider choice of suppliers including...
View ArticleCollection: Areas of Research Interest
Updated: Added Health and Safety Executive (HSE) areas of research interest.ARI also include information on:departmental research systemsresearch and data publication policiesresearch and development...
View ArticlePress release: New Electoral Laws proposed to combat intimidation in public life
In a speech today (6 February) to mark the centenary of women’s suffrage, the Prime Minister reflected on the nature of public life and reiterated her concerns about the increasing intimidation and...
View ArticlePress release: Youth Democracy Ambassadors to celebrate Suffrage centenary
The Minister visited the school to speak to students ahead of the 100-year anniversary of the first women getting the right to vote.She heard how students will learn about and celebrate our democracy...
View ArticleCollection: Greening Government Commitments
Updated: Added the 2016 to 2017 annual report. The Greening Government Commitments set out the actions UK government departments and their agencies will take to reduce their impacts on the environment.
View ArticlePress release: Government announces Mr Justice Langstaff will lead inquiry...
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, David Lidington, today (8 February) announced that Mr Justice Langstaff will chair the public Inquiry into the infected...
View ArticlePolicy paper: A democracy that works for everyone: British citizens overseas...
In October 2016 the Government published a policy statement on amending the voting rights of overseas electors so that British citizens who have lived abroad for more than 15 years can vote in UK...
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