Breaking the bias – why I’m celebrating International Women’s Day
Stella Power, Chief Operating Officer in Defra’s Digital, data and technology function, shares her career experiences as we celebrate International Women’s Day, the theme of which this year is #BreakTheBias.
How I forged my career in Defra
As National Careers Week gets underway, our Head of Strategic Resourcing and Organisational Development Maggie Bosniak shares her reflections of a 25-year career working in various parts of Defra group and highlights the many opportunities for young people to join us.
The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill becomes law
The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill received royal assent on 8 February 2022 and became law. The Act, which the government describes as “one of the most significant improvements to property law in a generation” will abolish ground rents for qualifying residential long leases once the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has […]
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Agency workers and the right to be notified of job vacancies
Agency workers have a ‘day one’ right to be notified of job vacancies to the same degree as direct workers of the employer/hirer; this is established by Regulation 13 of the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 (AWR). But does that right to be notified also extend to a right to apply and to be considered for […]
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What can digital do? Exploring the primary healthcare landscape
A CDPS team is on the ground talking to users of GP services in Wales about how they perceive patient-facing digital systems.
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Beyond incremental change: How (and why) we’re setting the pace for sustainable technology
Will McGeehin, our Interim Deputy Director for Digital Technology Strategy, tells us how Defra has opened his eyes to the possibilities of truly sustainable technology and the many challenges that come with IT going green.
Why I’m celebrating World Book Day
On the 25th anniversary of World Book Day, Defra librarian Abbi Smith shares her passion for reading and explains how this passion has been passed to her 10-year-old son, Walt, who is already an avid reader himself.
Tell us: how do we bring Digital Service Standards to life?
How would you, the Welsh public service community, like CDPS to bring digital service standards to life?
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Keep. It. Simple… Content design
To do our work, we all have to read a mass of papers. Nearly all of them are far too long’ – Winston Churchill
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