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11th May 2025 Communications and press
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has today announced new support for local authorities to help them freeze council tax next year. New appointments to Englands National Park Authorities and the …
Applications for flu jab close today
9th May 2025
Apply for you annual flu jab now. See flu jab guidance.
Lichtenstein: A Retrospective exhibition
7th May 2025 1 comment
Sign up for a staff viewing of the Tate Modern exhibition.
Improving aviation security screening
5th May 2025
This is filler text pulled randomly from government press releases, designed to show how a template works. The Department for Transport and the Home Office are to invest up to …
Local election guidance
25th April 2025
From 11 April to 2 May please follow guidance on your role and conduct during the local election period.
Are you getting your 5 a year?
23rd April 2025
Reform Plan commitment for every civil servant to receive 5 days of training a year.
Annual UK – Poland talks
21st April 2025
Updated: Updated with the latest humanitarian summary dated 22 JulyThe crisis in Syria is gravely concerning. The Government has today launched a formal consultation on a new general anti-abuse rule …
UK creative industries
11th April 2025
The UKs creative industries will benefit from tax reliefs that are among the most generous in the world, under Government plans announced today. Mitochondrial disease is passed from mother to …
Launch of the Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS)
9th April 2025
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen and thank you Christine [Hodgson, Chair, Careers & Enterprise Company] for that introduction. A new UN panel will help women around the world to get …
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Chocolate Flower Cake
7th May 2025 
Candy Calorie
My Chocolate Flower Cake concept from last spring is getting a fall makeover! An oversized bloom made of chocolate is a fun and easy way to quickly dress up a …
Room styles
30th April 2025 
Sarah Sparkle
The key thing you need to keep in mind when it comes to home decor styles is that there is such a wide variety of different home interior styles because …
Frankencakes
23rd April 2025 Candy Calorie
Method Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Line a muffin tray with 9 paper cases. Sift the flour, cocoa powder and baking powder into a bowl. Add the sugar and …
Intranet goes into open source
16th April 2025 
The GovIntranet WordPress theme was released on gitHub today. The Chancellor has today launched the National Loan Guarantee Scheme (NLGS), helping smaller businesses across the UK (with an annual group …
Law made simple
9th April 2025
It will mean that owners can be prosecuted if they fail to stop their dogs attacking someone on their own or someone elses private property. He hopes to reschedule his …
Modern decor
2nd April 2025 Sarah Sparkle
If you’re looking for completely up to date and contemporary modern interior decor style in your choice of lighting fixtures, furniture and even interior space design, you might like this …
Privy Council discussion
26th March 2025
Somalia has rejoined the world community. A serious food crisis in the Sahel region of West Africa last year has meant that many people in the region are still recovering …
CSS tips
19th March 2025 
Need to find a special CSS3 effect with instructions on how to implement it, plus the complete, downloadable and ready-to-use code to boot? You can get all that for free …
Office of Tax Simplification (OTS)
12th March 2025
The Chancellor George Osborne and Exchequer Secretary David Gauke today established the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS). An overview of all the sections in the pupil projection guide including links …
Corporate blog
Infrastructure Cost Review programme
Sun 18th May 2025 11:00 amThe Main Supply Estimates for central government departments, presented to the House of Commons today, seek Parliamentary authority for expenditure in 2012-13. Thank you for inviting me to join the …
Intranet Now
Sun 25th May 2025 9:00 am 18 Albert EmbankmentOur second Intranet Now conference is coming up, and we have a fantastic day planned for you – even bigger and better than last year (which was a leviathan). You’ll learn …
Design Week
Sun 1st June 2025 9:00 am 106 Clerkenwell WorkshopsOpen House activities. The Government has this week signed an agreement with the United States to improve international tax compliance and implement FATCA. The Government has today announced that from …
Events
New building entry system
28th August 2017
The new building entry system starts this week. You will have been issued with a secure staff pass. Swipe the pass on the entry barrier to enter the building.
Press conference
5th August 2017
The foyer will be used for a press conference today. Please use alternative entrances.
