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Parents prioritising primary schools with free breakfast clubs

Department for Education

Over 300,000 children are set to benefit from Best Start free breakfast clubs in April, as the government prioritises su...

Foreign Secretary sets out new cooperation on illegal migration from Horn of Africa on visit to Ethiopia

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Foreign Secretary sets out how she is strengthening FCDO action to tackle illegal migration on her first visit to Africa...

New powers for Defence personnel to defeat drones following doubling of incidents near bases

Ministry of Defence

The security of key military sites will be strengthened as Defence personnel will be given stronger powers to defeat dro...

Regulator of Social Housing publishes the Rent Standard 2026

Regulator of Social Housing

The new Rent Standard sets out rent policy from 1 April 2026 onwards....

Ofsted launches children's social care survey

Ofsted

Ofsted has sent surveys to social care providers to find out about the experiences of the children, parents, staff and p...

Update on 'Do’s and Don’ts' of incorporating a CIC online

Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies

We’ve identified the most common mistakes for each document you need to submit and compiled a list of Hints and Tips to ...

West Midlands Trains services transferred

DfT Operator Limited

West Midlands Trains services are now managed by DfT Operator Ltd (DFTO)....

Foreign Secretary statement on the fifth anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Foreign Secretary statement on the fifth anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar...

High streets to receive £150 million to restore community pride

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Multi-million-pound package to turn the tide on ailing high streets, targeted in places most in need of support...

PM press statement alongside Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi: 31 January 2026

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

Prime Minister Keir Starmer's press statement in Tokyo alongside Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi....

Greater access to breakthrough trials for rare cancer patients

Department of Health and Social Care

Better chance of survival for people with rare cancers thanks to a new government approach to clinical trials and access...

Prime Minister celebrates Great British theatre in Shanghai

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

The Prime Minister has today visited the Design Innovation Institute in Shanghai to mark the growing impact of British t...

From precision-bred hemp to Sunshine Tomatoes: £21.5m to drive farm innovation in England

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

£21.5m is backing 15 England-wide projects to turn new crops and low-emission farm tech into ready-to-use tools that boo...

Billions in exports and investment deals secured as PM concludes visit to China

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

Billions of pounds worth of?export?and?investment?deals for the UK have been secured, as the Prime Minister wraps up his...

MMO secures a second successful MPA byelaw prosecution

Marine Management Organisation

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has secured a second successful prosecution for a contravention of an MMO Marin...

18th century dog sculpture at risk of leaving the UK

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

A temporary export bar has been placed on an 18th century terracotta sculpture of a dog by Anne Damer...

UK statement to the extraordinary IAEA Board of Governors meeting, January 2026

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Delivered to the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors extraordinary meeting on 30 January 2026...

DVLA warns ‘nobody wins’ as new campaign targets untaxed vehicles

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

DVLA has launched a new campaign featuring a talking clamp to remind drivers to tax their vehicles and underlines the co...

Marine licencing supporting coastal restoration, defence infrastructure and offshore wind

Marine Management Organisation

Recent marine licencing decisions are supporting kelp restoration in the northeast, MOD facility maintenance at Weymouth...

Liz Kendall’s speech at Bio Industry Association

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Secretary of State for Science, Innovation, and Technology, Liz Kendall, delivered a speech at Bio Industry Association ...

New facility to boost UK space SMEs opens with £3.9 million government backing

UK Space Agency

A new facility designed to help small businesses thrive in the UK space sector has opened at Airbus Defence and Space’s ...

Moving on

Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain

After six years as the Traffic Commissioner for Wales, Victoria Davies has announced her resignation from the role to ta...

PM meeting with President Xi Jinping of China: 29 January 2026

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

The Prime Minister met the Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. ...

Kidlington: Two further arrests for illegal waste dumping

Environment Agency

Two men arrested as part of Environment Agency investigation, supported by the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit....

PM meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang: 30 January 2026

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

The Prime Minister met the Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Beijing today....

London Northwestern Railway and West Midlands Railway services return to public ownership

Department for Transport

From 1 February 2026, passengers who travel with London Northwestern Railway and West Midlands Railway will benefit from...

New review of single living accommodation to transform military housing standards

Ministry of Defence

Independent review launched to fix substandard military accommodation for around 80,000 single and unaccompanied service...

Energy bill support extended for millions of families

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Warm Home Discount has been extended so millions of families will receive the £150 energy bill discount for the rest of ...

We are pleased that this resolution maintains the mission’s existing resource on protection of women and children, who are particularly vulnerable to the extreme levels of violence in Haiti: UK Explanation of Vote at the UN Security Council

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Explanation of Vote by Ambassador Archie Young, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, at the UN Security Council...

Prime Minister secures Scotch whisky tariff cut in China worth £250 million

The Prime Minister has secured a Scotch whisky tariff cut in China worth £250 million to the UK economy....