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Pilots to improve supported housing for vulnerable people extended

Four pilots to improve the standard and quality of supported housing in England have been extended, backed by an additional £2.3 million....

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Dr Nicola Byrne to be the National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care

Friday, 19 March 2021 - 11:07 National Data Guardian News Story

The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has appointed the next National Data Guardian...

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Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group reappoints seven members

Friday, 19 March 2021 - 10:44 Closed organisation: Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group News Story

Seven members have been reappointed for a second term to the Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group....

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Timothy Brehmer’s sentence increased by the Court of Appeal

Friday, 19 March 2021 - 10:42 Attorney General's Office News Story

Timothy Brehmer has had his jail sentence increased after it was referred to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence (ULS) scheme. ...

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Normal jobcentre opening hours resume from 12 April

Friday, 19 March 2021 - 10:00 Department for Work and Pensions Press Release

From 12 April, jobcentres in England, Scotland and Wales will return to their pre-lockdown opening hours....

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Area SEND inspections to restart

Friday, 19 March 2021 - 09:30 Ofsted News Story

Revisits to areas with a written statement of action will start from April 2021. Full inspection will resume from June 2021....

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Government raises £1.1 billion from sell down of NatWest Group shareholding

Friday, 19 March 2021 - 09:09 HM Treasury News Story

The government has successfully completed a £1.1 billion sale of part of its holding in NatWest Group plc (NatWest, formerly the Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc), it announced today (19 March 2021). ...

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Secretary of State for the DCMS and the Information Commissioner sign Memorandum of Understanding on Data Adequacy

Oliver Dowden, Secretary of State for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, now holds powers to make independent UK data adequacy arrangements....

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£5.5 million to drive improvements to UK’s ‘motorways in the sky’

Friday, 19 March 2021 - 09:00 Department for Transport News Story

For the first time since the 1950s, airport modernisation receives support to help make journeys faster, quieter and greener....

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CMA requires Countryside and Taylor Wimpey to remove leasehold terms

Friday, 19 March 2021 - 07:00 Competition and Markets Authority Press Release

The CMA is requiring Countryside and Taylor Wimpey to remove certain contract terms that mean leaseholders have to pay ground rents that double every 10 or 15 years....

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UK, Italy and Singapore engage with youth to tackle sustainability issues at the Singapore COP26 Youth Climate Dialogue

Friday, 19 March 2021 - 03:58 Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Press Release

First COP26 Youth Climate Dialogue jointly organised by British High Commission in Singapore, Embassy of Italy and Singapore partners...

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Millions pledged for schools and hospitals in rural Scotland to ‘go gigabit’

The UK government has expanded plans to deliver next-generation broadband to hundreds of NHS surgeries, schools and other public sites in the hardest-to-reach parts of Scotland....

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Defra announces funding boost and new partnership with Forest for Cornwall

Friday, 19 March 2021 - 00:15 Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Press Release

Funding boost and new woodland creation partnership formed between Defra and Forest for Cornwall. ...

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Dartmoor line rail services will be restored for first time in half a century

Friday, 19 March 2021 - 00:15 Department for Transport News Story

Line between Exeter and Okehampton set to reopen later this year, as government delivers first project of its Restoring Your Railway Fund in the south west....

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New National Lottery and government partnership to help more vulnerable people

Expanded £64 million Changing Futures programme will help more adults facing multiple issues such as homelessness, substance misuse and domestic abuse....

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Ice hockey to receive £2.7 million in latest round of Sport Winter Survival Package funding

Thursday, 18 March 2021 - 22:30 Closed organisation: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Press Release

The Sports Minister has announced that elite, national and regional ice hockey will receive an unprecedented £2.7 million of Government funding in the latest round of the Sport Winter Survival Package...

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PM call with President Sisi: 18 March 2021

Thursday, 18 March 2021 - 20:29 Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street News Story

Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke to President Sisi of Egypt....

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Delivering for countries most vulnerable to climate change

Thursday, 18 March 2021 - 18:04 Cabinet Office Speech

COP26 President Alok Sharma at the UK-Caribbean Ministerial Forum's 'Look Ahead to COP26' ...

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PM statement at coronavirus press conference: 18 March 2021

Thursday, 18 March 2021 - 17:40 Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street Speech

Prime Minister Boris Johnson made a statement at the coronavirus press conference....

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