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Welsh groups awarded 2024 King's Award for Voluntary Service

Welsh groups awarded 2024 King's Award for Voluntary Service

14 November 2024 - 15:20 Press Release

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Five organisations in Wales are to receive The King’s Award for Voluntary Service in recognition of their outstanding co...

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UK confirms help for developing countries to tackle climate change and build greener future

UK confirms help for developing countries to tackle climate change and build greener future

14 November 2024 - 14:58 Press Release

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

UK delivers more support for vulnerable developing countries at the forefront of the climate crisis. ...

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Three members appointed to the Independent Family Returns Panel

Three members appointed to the Independent Family Returns Panel

14 November 2024 - 14:23 News Story

Independent Family Returns Panel

Members appointed to the Independent Family Returns Panel....

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62nd Round of the Geneva International Discussions: UK statement to the OSCE

62nd Round of the Geneva International Discussions: UK statement to the OSCE

14 November 2024 - 13:53 Speech

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Deputy Ambassador Brown thanks the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions for their work in the 62nd round of...

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New coal mining licences will be banned

New coal mining licences will be banned

14 November 2024 - 13:07 Press Release

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Legislation will be introduced to restrict licences for new coal mines as UK embraces clean energy future....

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New controls across government to curb consultancy spend and save over £1.2 billion by 2026

New controls across government to curb consultancy spend and save over £1.2 billion by 2026

14 November 2024 - 12:13 Press Release

Cabinet Office

New controls on the use of consultancies across government are being brought in to cut unnecessary spending and save £1....

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Postgraduate Income Contingent Student Loans repayment threshold to apply from 6 April 2025.

Postgraduate Income Contingent Student Loans repayment threshold to apply from 6 April 2025.

14 November 2024 - 11:18 News Story

Student Loans Company

The Department for Education (DfE) and Welsh Government has today confirmed the Postgraduate Income Contingent Student L...

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Winter safety campaign reminds people ‘Stay Safe, Tell Security’

Winter safety campaign reminds people ‘Stay Safe, Tell Security’

14 November 2024 - 11:16 Press Release

Security Industry Authority

The Security Industry Authority (SIA) has launched its new winter safety campaign, urging people to ‘Stay Safe, Tell Sec...

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Approaching 1000 days of Russian atrocities and Ukrainian resilience: UK statement to the OSCE

Approaching 1000 days of Russian atrocities and Ukrainian resilience: UK statement to the OSCE

14 November 2024 - 10:39 Speech

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Ambassador Holland marks the grim forthcoming milestone of 1000 days of Russia's illegal full-scale invasion of Ukraine....

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Remembrance-themed military heritage trail improves safe access at Pirbright

Remembrance-themed military heritage trail improves safe access at Pirbright

14 November 2024 - 09:30 News Story

Defence Infrastructure Organisation

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) is proud to have delivered a new military heritage trail at Pirbright enab...

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The MHRA seeks views on pre-market regulations for medical devices to improve patient access and strengthen patient safety

The MHRA seeks views on pre-market regulations for medical devices to improve patient access and strengthen patient safety

14 November 2024 - 09:14 News Story

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

Responses will help shape reforms that will boost UK patients’ access to safe and innovative medical products...

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Youth Justice Board appointments

Youth Justice Board appointments

14 November 2024 - 09:00 News Story

Ministry of Justice

The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice has approved the appointment of Karin Phillips MBE as a member an...

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Government backs next generation of tech scale ups

Government backs next generation of tech scale ups

14 November 2024 - 08:00 Press Release

Department for Business and Trade

The Department for Business and Trade has announced four tech scale up businesses as winners of the Unicorn Kingdom Path...

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£24 million boost for criminal legal aid to support most vulnerable

£24 million boost for criminal legal aid to support most vulnerable

14 November 2024 - 00:01 Press Release

Ministry of Justice

Criminal legal aid will be bolstered by £24 million, as part of government work to tackle crisis in the justice system a...

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Awardees of The 2024 King's Award for Voluntary Service announced

Awardees of The 2024 King's Award for Voluntary Service announced

14 November 2024 - 00:01 Press Release

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

281 organisations throughout the United Kingdom are to receive The King’s Award for Voluntary Service in recognition of ...

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Defence Secretary meets counterparts in Türkiye and Saudi Arabia to further Defence Cooperation

Defence Secretary meets counterparts in Türkiye and Saudi Arabia to further Defence Cooperation

14 November 2024 - 00:00 Press Release

Ministry of Defence

Deepening defence cooperation and urgently de-escalating tensions in the Middle East will be the focus of the Defence Se...

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Innovation and international comparisons front and centre of Sentencing Review

Innovation and international comparisons front and centre of Sentencing Review

14 November 2024 - 00:00 Press Release

Ministry of Justice

Technological innovations and international prison policies are among things being studied as part of the government’s S...

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East West Rail to boost Oxford-Cambridge region by billions

East West Rail to boost Oxford-Cambridge region by billions

14 November 2024 - 00:00 Press Release

Department for Transport

Have your say on proposals for a new rail link between Oxford, Milton Keynes, Bedford and Cambridge....

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Birth defects prevented by fortifying flour with folic acid

Birth defects prevented by fortifying flour with folic acid

14 November 2024 - 00:00 Press Release

Department of Health and Social Care

New legislation being introduced today will require millers and flour producers to fortify non-wholemeal wheat flour wit...

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Updated guidance on Statements of Common Ground for appeals 

Updated guidance on Statements of Common Ground for appeals 

14 November 2024 - 00:00 News Story

Planning Inspectorate

The revised guidance provides useful information of what to do and what to avoid as well as outlining some points of goo...

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Roll out of faster and more reliable 4G to reach thousands of businesses and households across rural Wales

Roll out of faster and more reliable 4G to reach thousands of businesses and households across rural Wales

14 November 2024 - 00:00 Press Release

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Roll out of faster and more reliable 4G to reach thousands of businesses and households across rural Wales....

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Three new non-Executive Directors appointed

Three new non-Executive Directors appointed

14 November 2024 - 00:00 News Story

Intellectual Property Office

Appointments confirmed for new Non-Executive Directors....

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UK to help give 10 million people worldwide access to clean cooking

UK to help give 10 million people worldwide access to clean cooking

14 November 2024 - 00:00 Press Release

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

At COP29 in Baku, Minister for Development Anneliese Dodds will commit to help the Global South access clean forms of co...

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Antibiotic resistant infections continue to rise

Antibiotic resistant infections continue to rise

14 November 2024 - 00:00 News Story

UK Health Security Agency

There were an estimated 66,730 serious antibiotic-resistant infections in 2023....

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Lord Khan delivers speech at the Midlands Interfaith Conference

Lord Khan delivers speech at the Midlands Interfaith Conference

14 November 2024 - 00:00 Speech

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Lord Khan, Minister for Faith, delivered a speech at the Midlands Interfaith Conference as part of this year's Inter Fai...

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Minister urges live music industry to introduce voluntary ticket levy to protect grassroots venues

Minister urges live music industry to introduce voluntary ticket levy to protect grassroots venues

14 November 2024 - 00:00 Press Release

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Creative Industries Minister calls on live music industry to introduce voluntary ticket levy on stadiums and arenas to p...

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Pension megafunds could unlock £80 billion of investment as Chancellor takes radical action to drive economic growth

Pension megafunds could unlock £80 billion of investment as Chancellor takes radical action to drive economic growth

13 November 2024 - 22:00 Press Release

HM Treasury

Biggest pension reforms in decades will merge Local Government Pension Scheme assets and consolidate defined contributio...

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PM meeting with Prime Minister Ciolacu of Romania: 13 November 2024

PM meeting with Prime Minister Ciolacu of Romania: 13 November 2024

13 November 2024 - 17:44 Press Release

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

The Prime Minister welcomed Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu to Downing Street this afternoon....

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Asian Development Bank event: Foreign Secretary's speech at COP29

Asian Development Bank event: Foreign Secretary's speech at COP29

13 November 2024 - 17:37 Speech

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

At COP29 in Baku, David Lammy spoke at an Asian Development Bank event on the Innovative Finance Facility for Climate in...

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The human cost of Russia's illegal war is appalling:  UK statement to the OSCE

The human cost of Russia's illegal war is appalling: UK statement to the OSCE

13 November 2024 - 17:27 Speech

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

The UK highlights the appalling human cost of Russia's illegal, unprovoked war against Ukraine with Russian forces suffe...

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