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Government plans for warmer homes and cheaper bills for renters

To try to tackle rising energy costs and create better living conditions for UK citizens, the government is rolling out a plan to upgrade private rented homes across the country.

Productivity and efficiency in English acute hospitals

James Thompson, Senior Research Analyst at the King’s Fund asks whether the Carter Review guides us to productivity and efficiency in acute hospitals… In June...

Settlement archaeology in Egypt and Nubia

Julia Budka, Professor of Egyptian Archaeology and Art at LMU Munich sheds light on the missing link to a more direct understanding of Pharaonic...

Cuts to public health budgets could impact obesity fight

The slashing of public health budgets could have a detrimental impact on the ability of councils to tackle obesity… Public health budget cuts could prevent...

Johnson: Brexit does not mean “abandoning” UK’s friends

New Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has reiterated the UK plans to keep relationships with its EU neighbours… In his first step onto the international stage,...

HS2 gets thumbs up from new Transport Secretary

New Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has said he has no plans to stop the controversial HS2 project… Upon taking office Chris Grayling has made it...

Mapping the European Climate

Per Undén, Senior Scientist, Coordinator at the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Instute (SMHI) highlights UERRA – the FP7 pre-operational Copernicus Climate Change Service...

£34k Smart Technology investment for Cardiff

The City of Cardiff Council has invested £34,000 in Smart Technology to help Civil Enforcement Officer… Forty-eight Civil Enforcement Officers (CEO) across Cardiff will be...

EU funding will give 100 Telford businesses superfast broadband

Funding from the EU could give more than 100 extra businesses in Telford access to Superfast Broadband… Telford businesses could benefit from Superfast broadband due...

Shropshire town councils given more time to find funding

Town councils in Shropshire have been given an extra 12 months to find ways of funding services such as libraries and leisure centres… Shropshire Council...

Climate changes suffers major blow after DECC cut

The department that tackles climate change was cut in yesterday’s cabinet reshuffle, leading to criticism… When David Cameron first got into power he pledged his...

MicroRNA and its role in preventing psychiatric disease

Hermona Soreq, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem discusses how MicroRNA guardians prevent psychiatric disease by controlling brain-expressed non-coding ‘pseudogenes’... Psychiatric diseases such as schizophrenia or manic-depressive...

UK-France Data Innovation Taskforce explores innovative use of data

A number of recommendations have been published outlining how the UK and France can work together to use data for the good of society… The...

Theresa May reshuffles cabinet as she takes office

In the past 24 hours new Prime Minister Theresa May has been making ministerial appointments. AG looks at who is in and who is...

Harnessing the potential of eHealth to live longer and healthier in Europe

In an exclusive article for AG, Vytenis Andriukaitis, EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety highlights how eHealth has the potential to help Europe live...

Liverpool and Salford councils agree to digital transformation programme

A new deal between software firm SAP and two city councils has been reached to provide a new technology platform aimed at improving services… Enterprise...

Organic sector in need of improvements for animal health

Prof. Dr. Albert Sundrum, Head of Department Animal Health and Animal Nutrition at the University of Kassel highlights progress made by the organic dairy...

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