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Rolls-Royce SMR selected to build small modular nuclear reactors

Rolls-Royce SMR selected to build small modular nuclear reactors

09 June 2025 - 23:00 Press Release

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Rolls-Royce SMR selected as preferred bidder to build country’s first small modular reactors. ...

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UK and partners unite to sanction ministers inciting West Bank violence

UK and partners unite to sanction ministers inciting West Bank violence

09 June 2025 - 23:00 Press Release

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

UK sanctions Israeli government ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich in response to their repeated incitements...

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Jo Farrar appointed as new Ministry of Justice Permanent Secretary

Jo Farrar appointed as new Ministry of Justice Permanent Secretary

09 June 2025 - 23:00 Press Release

Cabinet Office

Dr Farrar is the current Chief Executive at NHS Blood and Transplant....

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Government pledges £5 million to transform public space in memory of Bebe King, Elsie Stancombe & Alice Aguiar

Government pledges £5 million to transform public space in memory of Bebe King, Elsie Stancombe & Alice Aguiar

09 June 2025 - 23:00 Press Release

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

The funding will contribute to the renovation of Southport's Town Hall Gardens, which became a beacon of support and sol...

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Driving innovation – 38,000 jobs on the horizon as pilots of self-driving vehicles fast-tracked

Driving innovation – 38,000 jobs on the horizon as pilots of self-driving vehicles fast-tracked

09 June 2025 - 23:00 Press Release

Department for Transport

From 2026, self-driving cars without a safety driver could be available for people to book via an app for the first time...

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AI revolution to give teachers more time with pupils

AI revolution to give teachers more time with pupils

09 June 2025 - 23:00 Press Release

Department for Education

Government driving forward AI tools to deliver excellence everywhere for every child, as part of Plan for Change....

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Foreign ministers' joint statement on measures targeting Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich

Foreign ministers' joint statement on measures targeting Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich

09 June 2025 - 23:00 News Story

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Joint statement by the foreign ministers of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway and the UK on measures targeting Itam...

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PM meeting with Secretary General of NATO Mark Rutte: 9 June 2025

PM meeting with Secretary General of NATO Mark Rutte: 9 June 2025

09 June 2025 - 18:37 Press Release

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

The Prime Minister hosted NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at Downing Street this afternoon....

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UNOCA’s role in early warning, preventive diplomacy and regional coordination is more vital than ever: UK statement at the UN Security Council

UNOCA’s role in early warning, preventive diplomacy and regional coordination is more vital than ever: UK statement at the UN Security Council

09 June 2025 - 16:06 Speech

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, at the UN Security Council meeting ...

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Appointment of Axel Heitmueller as the PM’s Expert Adviser on Health

Appointment of Axel Heitmueller as the PM’s Expert Adviser on Health

09 June 2025 - 16:01 Press Release

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

Axel Heitmueller has been appointed as the Prime Minister’s Expert Adviser on Health. ...

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Fairer system for debt collection to boost protections for financially vulnerable

Fairer system for debt collection to boost protections for financially vulnerable

09 June 2025 - 15:46 Press Release

Ministry of Justice

Government to consult on regulation of enforcement sector as well as increase protections for those facing debt enforcem...

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Woman invented business to claim Covid loan then sent money to Poland

Woman invented business to claim Covid loan then sent money to Poland

09 June 2025 - 14:49 Press Release

The Insolvency Service

Jagoda Rubaszko guilty of fraud after inventing a business to apply for a £50,000 Covid Bounce Back Loan which she then ...

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DTEP funding for SCI the CHERI on the cake

DTEP funding for SCI the CHERI on the cake

09 June 2025 - 14:43 News Story

Defence and Security Accelerator

Cambridge-based SCI Semiconductors secure funding through the Defence Technology Exploitation Programme...

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First meeting of defence industry body to forge new partnership and industry mobilisation

First meeting of defence industry body to forge new partnership and industry mobilisation

09 June 2025 - 13:40 Press Release

Ministry of Defence

Defence Secretary John Healey co-chairs the first Defence Industrial Joint Council meeting today, bringing together defe...

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Chikungunya vaccine (IXCHIQ) temporarily paused in people aged 65 and over as precautionary measure
Government proposes to extend ban on destructive bottom trawling

Government proposes to extend ban on destructive bottom trawling

09 June 2025 - 12:21 Press Release

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Government proposals to ban bottom trawling in more vulnerable marine habitats aim to protect important and rare underwa...

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Insolvency Service appoints first dedicated crypto specialist to help recover online assets such as Bitcoin

Insolvency Service appoints first dedicated crypto specialist to help recover online assets such as Bitcoin

09 June 2025 - 12:08 Press Release

The Insolvency Service

New crypto specialist will help the agency trace rising number of digital assets held by individuals in bankruptcy and c...

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Focus on industry and innovation during Defence Secretary and NATO Secretary General’s Sheffield factory visit

Focus on industry and innovation during Defence Secretary and NATO Secretary General’s Sheffield factory visit

09 June 2025 - 11:35 Press Release

Ministry of Defence

Government delivering on Strategic Defence Review to turbocharge UK defence industry and drive ‘NATO-first’ approach...

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Prime Minister’s remarks at London Tech Week 2025: Monday 9 June

Prime Minister’s remarks at London Tech Week 2025: Monday 9 June

09 June 2025 - 11:00 Speech

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

Prime Minister Keir Starmer's remarks at London Tech Week 2025....

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Updated guide to raising concerns about a charity

Updated guide to raising concerns about a charity

09 June 2025 - 10:43 Press Release

The Charity Commission

The Charity Commission for England and Wales has today published refreshed guidance and an updated online form to help a...

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'Our Living Soils' by Emma Rosen and Rhiannon Thomas out now

'Our Living Soils' by Emma Rosen and Rhiannon Thomas out now

09 June 2025 - 10:40 Press Release

Natural England

Natural England has commissioned a children's illustrated book to teach young children about soil. ...

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Vacancy: Personal Assistant to the Chief Inspector

Vacancy: Personal Assistant to the Chief Inspector

09 June 2025 - 10:04 News Story

Air Accidents Investigation Branch

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch is recruiting for a Personal Assistant (EO) to the Chief Inspector...

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New steering group to champion disabled people in elected office

New steering group to champion disabled people in elected office

09 June 2025 - 10:00 Press Release

Office for Equality and Opportunity

A new steering group will support disabled candidates in elections, advising on a fund for disability-related expenses t...

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Scotland Office: First government trade mission since UK-EU deal

Scotland Office: First government trade mission since UK-EU deal

09 June 2025 - 09:27 Press Release

Scotland Office

Minister Kirsty McNeill teams up with the Scottish Chambers of Commerce to champion Scotland and the UK in Spain...

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Underwater robot could improve pipeline and cable security

Underwater robot could improve pipeline and cable security

09 June 2025 - 07:00 News Story

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory

Dstl has trialled an underwater robot which can prevent adversaries from sabotaging undersea cables and pipelines by dis...

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Fisheries and Seafood Scheme reopens with around £6 million of investment

Fisheries and Seafood Scheme reopens with around £6 million of investment

08 June 2025 - 23:00 News Story

Marine Management Organisation

The latest round of the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme (FaSS) in now open, supporting projects that strengthen England’s s...

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UK to become world leader in drug discovery as Technology Secretary heads for London Tech Week

UK to become world leader in drug discovery as Technology Secretary heads for London Tech Week

08 June 2025 - 23:00 Press Release

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

New project to make the UK a leader in AI-drug discovery, as Imperial College also partners with the World Economic Foru...

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Compensation to postmasters reaches £1 billion milestone

Compensation to postmasters reaches £1 billion milestone

08 June 2025 - 23:00 Press Release

Department for Business and Trade

More than £1 billion has been paid out to over 7,300 postmasters affected by the Horizon IT scandal – one of the biggest...

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PM unveils AI breakthrough to slash planning delays and help build 1.5 million homes: 9 June 2025

PM unveils AI breakthrough to slash planning delays and help build 1.5 million homes: 9 June 2025

08 June 2025 - 23:00 Press Release

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

Planning permissions will be sped up as the Government rolls out a new AI tool which can scan hundreds of files in secon...

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Nine million pensioners to receive Winter Fuel Payments this winter

Nine million pensioners to receive Winter Fuel Payments this winter

08 June 2025 - 23:00 Press Release

HM Treasury

Everyone over the State Pension age in England and Wales with an income of, or below, £35,000 a year will benefit from a...

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