UK Government fails to tackle online racial abuse of athletes
On Monday (12 July) there was a stark increase in online racial abuse against Bukayo Saka, Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho - with the infamously late Online Safety Bill far from becoming law, how are the Government tackling this?
France and Greece say COVID vaccine mandatory for health workers
France and Greece both made statements yesterday (12 July) declaring that the COVID vaccine was now mandatory for healthcare workers - with French workers losing wages after September, if they don't have a dose.
UK Government predicts 100,000 COVID infections daily
According to Health Secretary Sajid Javid, the UK can expect to see 100,000 COVID infections daily - doubling his earlier statement that the population could expect atleast 50,000 a day.
Caerphilly County Borough Council’s Cabinet agrees to asylum dispersal pilot
Caerphilly County Borough Council’s Cabinet has agreed to take part in a pilot to become an asylum dispersal area.
Commission allocates €25m in humanitarian funding to fight hunger in Afghanistan
The Commission is allocating €25 million in humanitarian funding from its Solidarity Emergency Aid Reserve to fight hunger in Afghanistan.
UK Government to stop mandatory masks on public transport
The UK Government has announced that masks on public transport will no longer be mandatory after 19 July - a decision met with mixed responses.
UK creates £10,000 astrophysics award for female scientists
The £10,000 award, named after the noted Caroline Herschel, will be given to a UK or Germany-based female scientist who pushes the boundaries of astrophysics further.
How to prepare online government services for Generation Z
John McMahon, Product Director at IEG4, explores how Generation Z will interact with online government services in the future.
UK Government to sell NHS patient data to third parties
The UK Government will permanently transfer all NHS patient data to a database tomorrow (23 June), which will then be sold to third parties - today is the last chance to opt-out.
UK Government promotes digitisation with national data strategy response
Here, OPEX Corporation explains why the UK Government promotes digitisation with national data strategy response.
European Commission launches EU Digital COVID Certificate
Today (14 June) the Commission formally signed legislation to create the EU Digital COVID Certificate - which will be used for 12 months, beginning from 1 July, 2021.
The ongoing data disruption of Brexit
Michael Schrezenmaier, Interim co-CEO & COO, Pipedrive, looks at the role of CRM to tackle the ongoing data disruption of Brexit.
G7 leaders agree to donate 8% of necessary COVID vaccines
The G7 meetings produced a new donation of 870 million COVID vaccines to struggling countries, with no progress on a waiver for vaccine patents.
Can the Irish Action Plan support business and human rights?
Professor Martha O’Hagan, Trinity Business School, discusses the human rights potential of a second Irish National Action Plan.
Repurposed buildings: How to best manage the vacant property until that happens?
Repurposing could be the answer to the social and affordable housing shortage. But how can we manage a vacant property until that happens? Stuart Woolgar, CEO of Global Guardians Management Ltd, explore.
Public procurement, a brave new world?
Peter Ware, Partner and Head of Government sector at Browne Jacobson, discusses public procurement and the extent to which this is a brave new world.
Queen’s Speech addresses key obesity prevention plans
Mhairi Brown, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Action on Salt and Action on Sugar, ponders the Queen's speech discussing the Government’s commitment to legislate their key obesity prevention plans by 2022.
US pushes for investigation into origins of COVID-19
President Biden asked US intelligence agencies to begin investigating the origins of COVID-19 yesterday (26 May) - the international WHO team were unable to access all available data in their March trip to Wuhan.
Property: An enabler to kick-start local economic growth
Dr Janet Young, Government Chief Property Officer for the UK government and a Director General in the Cabinet Office, explains why property is seen as an enabler to kick-start local economic growth.
The future of Europe: digital, green, but first of all democratic!
Christa Schweng, President, European Economic and Social Committee, states that the future of Europe is digital, green, but first of all, democratic!