Daily update from GOV.​UK.

Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

Emissions-cutting trucks and next-gen hydrogen buses closer to hitting the road with £54 million government-led funding

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Innovative green projects creating the next generation of electric trucks and hydrogen-powered buses are set to secure nearly 10,000 UK jobs and save millions of tonnes of carbon emissions.

First published.

COVID-19: Guidance for small marriages and civil partnerships

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Guidance for people planning to get married or form a civil partnership in England.

Change made:
Updated to reflect the ‘COVID-19 Response – Spring 2021’ setting out the roadmap out of the current lockdown for England.

Over 50,000 households to get warmer, greener homes in £562 million boost

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A nationwide home upgrade will help households save up to £450 a year on their energy bills and support around 8,000 green jobs annually.

First published.

Two Scottish space companies secure £8.5 million

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Two Scotland-based space companies have received £8.5 million under the European Space Agency to take pioneering launch technologies to market.

First published.

North Sea deal to protect jobs in green energy transition

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High-skilled oil and gas workers and the supply chain will not be left behind in transition to low carbon future as landmark North Sea Transition Deal is agreed with industry.

Change made:
We have removed an inaccurate line about establishing carbon capture usage and storage in 2 industrial clusters by mid-2020s, which included a reference to Project Acorn.

Working safely during coronavirus (COVID-19)

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Find out how to make your workplace COVID-secure.

Change made:
Providers of grassroots sport and sport facilities – Updated to include information on reasonable adjustments, changes to NHS Test and Trace regulations and changes to national restrictions from 29 March, as well as a new shorter format focussing on actions to make your workplace COVID-Secure.

Department for Education

Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance for children’s social care services

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Advice about coronavirus (COVID-19) for local authorities and their partners to help support and protect vulnerable children.

Change made:
Update to guidance on asymptomatic testing expansion for foster carers and staff of open residential child

Asymptomatic testing: secondary schools and colleges

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Information for schools and colleges about testing from January.

Change made:
We have revised the guidance to provide information on home testing and symptomatic testing of staff, students and pupils.

Asymptomatic testing: primary and maintained nursery school staff

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Information on rapid asymptomatic coronavirus (COVID-19) testing for staff in primary schools, school-based nurseries and maintained nursery schools.

Change made:
Updated the guidance to include information on who should be offered testing, how the testing works, testing pupils and what staff with symptoms or a positive test result need to do.

Asymptomatic testing: early years staff in different settings

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How staff in early years settings can access regular rapid coronavirus (COVID-19) testing.

First published.

Early years and childcare: coronavirus (COVID-19)

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What early years providers need to do during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

Change made:
Added guidance on ‘Asymptomatic testing: early years staff in different settings’ to the collection.

School places sufficiency survey data

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Significant changes to school capacity between 2019 and 2020, as well as planned places to be added by local authorities in the future.

First published.

Actions for schools during the coronavirus outbreak

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What all schools will need to do during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

Change made:
We have updated the information in the operational guidance on Test and Trace support payments, the expectations for clinically extremely vulnerable pupils and staff, educational visits, wraparound provision and extra-curricular activity, physical activity in schools and inspections. We have also added guidance on year 11 to 13 exam cohort attendance and provision for the 2021 summer term.

Actions for FE colleges and providers during the coronavirus outbreak

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Find out what you’ll need to do during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak to maintain provision.

Change made:
We have updated the operational guidance to set out our expectations for the summer term in line with the coronavirus (COVID-19) roadmap steps. We have also added new information on extra-curricular activity, sports activities and educational day, residential and international visits.

Protective measures for holiday or after-school clubs and other out-of-school settings for children during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak

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Protective measures for providers of community activities, holiday or after-school clubs, tuition and other out-of-school settings offering provision to children during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

Change made:
Changes made to the sections ‘Considering group sizes’, ‘Promote and engage in asymptomatic testing’, ‘Educational visits and trips’, and ‘Staff who are clinically extremely vulnerable’.

Guidance for parents and carers of children attending out-of-school settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak

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Guidance for parents and carers of children attending community activities, holiday or after-school clubs, tuition and other out-of-school settings.

Change made:
Changes made to the sections ‘Bubbles and group sizes’ and ‘Children with health concerns’.

Special schools and other specialist settings: coronavirus (COVID-19)

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What all special schools and other specialist settings will need to do during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

Change made:
Guidance updated on advice for those who are clinically extremely vulnerable, LFD testing in post-16 settings, Test and Trace support payments.

Coronavirus (COVID-19): assessment processes for selective school admissions

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Guidance on entry testing for admission to state-funded selective schools during the coronavirus outbreak.

Change made:
Guidance updated.

Department for International Trade

Liz Truss announces creation of four major new Trade and Investment Hubs across the UK

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New trade hubs will channel the economic benefits of international trade directly into Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, and the North of England.

UAE and UK launch sovereign investment partnership with initial £1 billion in life sciences

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Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company to invest £800m, alongside £200m from the UK, boosting the next generation of British life science companies.

 

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