CMA joins global partners to consider approach on pharma mergers

Tuesday, 16 March 2021 Competition and Markets Authority

The CMA has joined forces with counterpart organisations in the U.S., Canada and Europe to consider its approach to investigating pharmaceutical mergers....

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UK agrees fishing catch limits with EU and Norway

Tuesday, 16 March 2021 - 14:10 Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Press Release

The UK, Norway and the European Union have today signed a trilateral agreement on catch limits in 2021....

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Millions of students back in class

Tuesday, 16 March 2021 - 14:07 Department for Education Press Release

94% of primary school children and 89% of secondary school students in class as of Monday 15 March...

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Appointment of Jo Farrar as Second Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Justice

Tuesday, 16 March 2021 - 14:00 Ministry of Justice News Story

The Ministry of Justice Permanent Secretary has today (16 March 2021) announced that Jo Farrar has been appointed as the new Second Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Justice....

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2020 Sanctuary Award winners announced

Tuesday, 16 March 2021 - 13:00 Ministry of Defence News Story

The MOD’s Sanctuary Awards 2020 champion sustainability and celebrate the work of our people in defence-wide projects....

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Special feature: GAD role in Analysis in Government month 2021

Tuesday, 16 March 2021 - 12:43 Government Actuary's Department News Story

Analysts play a key role in leading government projects and supporting government decision making. To celebrate this work, the Government Analysis Function is set to hold its first Analysis in Governm...

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Home Secretary to strengthen Police and Crime Commissioner role

Tuesday, 16 March 2021 - 11:57 Home Office News Story

The changes will make PCCs more accountable to the public....

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Serious Violence Reduction Orders to be piloted in 4 police forces

Tuesday, 16 March 2021 - 11:56 Home Office News Story

Police in Thames Valley, West Midlands, Merseyside and Sussex will trial the new orders, which give police powers to stop and search convicted knife carriers....

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Southampton communities work together to tackle plastic pollution

Tuesday, 16 March 2021 - 11:51 Environment Agency Press Release

Ambitions to reduce avoidable plastic waste in the Southampton area have taken a step forward at a virtual workshop run by the Environment Agency. ...

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Families reap the benefits of Tax Free Childcare

Tuesday, 16 March 2021 - 11:46 HM Revenue & Customs Press Release

Thousands of families are using Tax-Free Childcare to pay for childcare and benefitting from the 20% government top-up....

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More than Zero: why Net Zero alone won’t save the planet and what will

Tuesday, 16 March 2021 - 11:35 Environment Agency Speech

Speech by Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, to the Whitehall and Industry Group on 16 March 2021...

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Five new Nightingale courtrooms open in London, Wolverhampton and Liverpool

Tuesday, 16 March 2021 - 11:16 HM Courts & Tribunals Service News Story

New moves across the country keep HMCTS on track to open 60 Nightingale courtrooms by the end of March....

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8 out of 10 last minute attempts by immigration offenders to avoid removal are rejected, study finds

Tuesday, 16 March 2021 - 10:35 Home Office News Story

Figures raise concerns that last-minute claims are being used to delay and time out removal from the UK....

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Liz Barclay named as Small Business Commissioner to lead crackdown on late payments to small businesses

Tuesday, 16 March 2021 - 10:10 Closed organisation: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Press Release

New Commissioner named to champion small businesses and tackle issue of delayed invoices....

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UN Human Rights Council 46: UK statement for the Universal Periodic Review Adoption – Republic of Belarus

Tuesday, 16 March 2021 - 09:57 Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Speech

The UK's Ambassador to the WTO and UN in Geneva, Julian Braithwaite, delivered this statement during the Universal Periodic Review Adoption for the Republic of Belarus. ...

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PM to publish review defining the UK’s place in the world

Tuesday, 16 March 2021 - 00:15 Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street Press Release

The Integrated Review creates a framework for government policy in the coming years, to enable the UK to shape a more open international order where democracies flourish....

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Government moves to provide reassurance to women and girls: 15 March 2021

Monday, 15 March 2021 - 20:48 Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street Press Release

Following a meeting of the Criminal Justice Taskforce, chaired by the Prime Minister, the Government is taking immediate steps to provide further reassurance for women and girls....

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Marking the tenth anniversary of the Syrian conflict

Monday, 15 March 2021 - 20:47 Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Speech

Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the Security Council briefing on Syria...

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More countries added to red list to protect UK vaccination programme against variants of concern

Monday, 15 March 2021 - 18:10 Department for Transport News Story

Ethiopia, Oman, Somalia and Qatar to be added to England’s red list. Portugal (including Madeira and the Azores) and Mauritius to be removed from England’s red list....

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Tenth anniversary of the Syrian uprising: joint statement

Monday, 15 March 2021 - 17:22 Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Press Release

Foreign ministers of the United States of America, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Italy gave a statement on the Syrian uprising's 10th anniversary....

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