This new tool provides a safe and secure environment to bring together data, which enables us to develop and deliver more responsive services for patients and will help the health service drive the recovery in elective care.”

Work capability assessments (WCAs) will be changed to consider if a person could work from home, which the government believes will reduce the number of people being accepted for disability benefits. In theory, this means that everywhere on the planet should get 12 hours of daylight and darkness on those days, although this is complicated slightly by the Earth’s atmosphere affecting the way we see sunlight. He said that, despite the noise from Conservatives about immigration, the economy "is the most important issue for voters", followed by the NHS. The software will bring together existing NHS data, making it easier for staff to access key information to provide improved and more timely patient care.They have been preparing for government for some time and have factored in the possibility of a spring election. He believes the Tories are facing electoral disaster on the scale of 1997, when after 18 years in power the party, led by Sir John Major, was defeated in a landslide by Labour's Sir Tony Blair. Under the current Universal Credit sanctions regime, claimants subject to an open-ended sanction will have a deduction applied to their standard allowance until they re-comply with their requirements (e.g., attend a meeting with their work coach). If a claimant continues to dis-engage they will remain on the UC system and continue to be sanctioned.

He said: "The Conservatives trail Labour by 18 points in the latest polling, a swing sufficient to give Sir Keir Starmer a healthy majority at the coming election. Particularly in the temperate zone, which is the region between the tropics and the polar regions, spring is also the time when the cold of winter begins to give way to warmer weather, though this varies substantially from one region to another.These changes mean there’s help and support for everyone – but for those who refuse it, there are consequences too. Anyone choosing to coast on the hard work of taxpayers will lose their benefits. He told Sky News: "At the moment there is no good reason for them to do anything other than play it long." In fact, the increase is greatest in the days surrounding the spring equinox. After that, days still get longer, but at an ever-decreasing rate. On the longest day of the year, the summer solstice, the day-to-day difference reaches zero. NHS England has consulted and engaged widely on the FDP requirements, including with patient and professional representative bodies such as the Royal Colleges, the Patients’ Association ( www.patients-association.org.uk/Blog/taking-patients-with-us-on-the-federated-data-platform) and National Voices. We plan ongoing public engagement throughout the period of the contract consistent with recent public commitments on the use of health data by the NHS ( National public engagement on the use of health data – Data saves lives – NHS Transformation Directorate (england.nhs.uk))

The astronomical season is less straightforward as it depends on the date of the spring equinox, which means the date comes later and can vary slightly from year to year. A cold March is 1.5 times more likely this year than normal, according to the Met Office, though it's still not the most likely scenario. Equinoxes get their name from the Latin for “equal night”, and mark the only two points in the year when the equator is the closest part of Earth to the sun, with both the northern and southern hemispheres sharing sunlight equally. The Bank is particularly concerned about something called the wage-price spiral. Unemployment is low in the UK as businesses struggle to find workers to fill many vacant roles.Following an open and competitive tender process, the contract to provide the software has been awarded to a group led by Palantir Technologies UK, with support from Accenture, PwC, NECS and Carnall Farrar. And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.