World
European Space Agency Contracts Find Their Way Home
European Space Agency contracts return more value to UK space organisations, while the national receipt floats bravely through orbit.
Hedgewick Thistleton
A self-proclaimed horticultural sovereign, Hedgewick once attempted to broker a peace treaty between the Flowerbed Federation and the Weed Uprising of '23. He spends his days dictating new lawn ordinances from his stately compost heap and has an unshakable belief that the squirrels are spying on him.
Health & Lifestyle
Health Data Research Service Opens One Door To A Room Full Of Forms
The planned Health Data Research Service promises one secure route to national health data, then meets Britain’s determined love of a form.
Travel & Transport
East West Rail Consultation Invites Britain To Point At A Map
East West Rail consults on proposals linking Oxford, Milton Keynes, Bedford and Cambridge, while Britain practises pointing at maps.
Business & Economy
Aberdeen Energy Zone Promises A Future With A Very Large Number
Aberdeen Energy Zone gets an ambitious investment forecast, a jobs projection and the paperwork needed to keep both safely in the future tense.
World
Regulatory Innovation Office Funding Frees Innovation Into A Queue
Regulatory Innovation Office funding aims to cut red tape around drones and AI public services, while bureaucracy schedules its liberation.
UK Politics & Public Life
Test And Learn Policy Finds Password Reset In Spam
The test and learn approach hopes public services can trial digital ideas before committing to a portal nobody can enter.
Culture & Entertainment
Museum And Library Fund Turns Leaks Into Cultural Policy
More than £30 million is set aside for museum and library repairs, including the radical cultural luxury of a dry public building.
Sport
Physical Activity Awards Ask Trophy To Mark Its Own Homework
Physical activity awards refine their judging process, leaving one trophy to provide balanced feedback on its own achievement.
Travel & Transport
Greater Anglia Public Ownership Meets The Folder
Greater Anglia enters public ownership as the railway begins a simpler future involving new acronyms, folders and officially managed responsibility.
Health & Lifestyle
GP Funding Formula Review Finds Fairness Needs A Form
A review of the GP funding formula aims to replace outdated data with fairer NHS funding, while paperwork prepares to measure fairness.