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Foreign Secretary's remarks at ASEAN Foreign Minister's Meeting in Laos

Foreign Secretary's remarks at ASEAN Foreign Minister's Meeting in Laos

25 July 2024 - 23:00 Speech

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

The Foreign Secretary spoke at the UK Post Ministerial Conference with ASEAN member states, highlighting the UK's commit...

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Drivers still paying too much for road fuel says CMA

Drivers still paying too much for road fuel says CMA

25 July 2024 - 23:00 Press Release

Competition and Markets Authority

Increases in retail fuel margins cost drivers over £1.6bn in 2023....

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Scotland to have world’s first peatland UNESCO World Heritage site

Scotland to have world’s first peatland UNESCO World Heritage site

25 July 2024 - 23:00 Press Release

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The Flow Country has been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List...

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Man fined for failing to clear illegal waste site

Man fined for failing to clear illegal waste site

25 July 2024 - 23:00 Press Release

Environment Agency

Illegal waste site: A man has been fined for failing to comply with a court order to clear waste from the site after an ...

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Government acts after report highlights failings at regulator

Government acts after report highlights failings at regulator

25 July 2024 - 23:00 Press Release

Department of Health and Social Care

Significant failings found at health and social care regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC)....

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Change of British High Commissioner to Solomon Islands: Paul Turner

Change of British High Commissioner to Solomon Islands: Paul Turner

25 July 2024 - 23:00 News Story

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mr Paul Turner has been appointed British High Commissioner to Solomon Islands....

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Energy Secretary convenes COP leaders past, present and future to offer UK support and leadership in responding to the climate crisis

Energy Secretary convenes COP leaders past, present and future to offer UK support and leadership in responding to the climate crisis

25 July 2024 - 23:00 News Story

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero met with COP leaders in London to discuss the need for greater u...

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Foreign Secretary's meeting with China's Director of Foreign Affairs Commission Office and Foreign Minister, July 2024

Foreign Secretary's meeting with China's Director of Foreign Affairs Commission Office and Foreign Minister, July 2024

25 July 2024 - 23:00 Press Release

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

The Foreign Secretary met China's Director of Foreign Affairs Commission Office and Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the ASEA...

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Young aviators encouraged to Reach for the Sky in skills and outreach programme

Young aviators encouraged to Reach for the Sky in skills and outreach programme

25 July 2024 - 23:00 Press Release

Department for Transport

Giving young people from under-represented groups the opportunity to pursue a career in aviation....

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The Russian Federation is increasing its malign activities and interference: UK statement to the OSCE

The Russian Federation is increasing its malign activities and interference: UK statement to the OSCE

25 July 2024 - 20:02 Speech

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Deputy Ambassador Deirdre Brown underlines the increased scale and intensity of the hybrid threat now faced by many part...

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Report by the Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Astana: UK response, July 2024

Report by the Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Astana: UK response, July 2024

25 July 2024 - 16:00 Speech

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Deputy Ambassador Deirdre Brown thanks head of OSCE mission in Kazakhstan Dr Frobarth for his and his team's work, espec...

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Britain back open for business, Chancellor to tell G20

Britain back open for business, Chancellor to tell G20

25 July 2024 - 15:43 Press Release

HM Treasury

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves to attend first G20 meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....

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KBC Bank NV, London Branch joins UKEF financing scheme

KBC Bank NV, London Branch joins UKEF financing scheme

25 July 2024 - 12:30 Press Release

UK Export Finance

KBC Bank NV, London Branch becomes 10th bank to offer working capital loans accredited by the UK government....

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New Great British Energy partnership launched to turbocharge energy independence

New Great British Energy partnership launched to turbocharge energy independence

25 July 2024 - 11:56 Press Release

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband announce first major partnership between Great British Ener...

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Time for Russia to give straight answers on its commitment to OSCE principles: UK statement to the OSCE

Time for Russia to give straight answers on its commitment to OSCE principles: UK statement to the OSCE

25 July 2024 - 11:11 Speech

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Ambassador Holland expresses concern at the mounting evidence of Russia's violations of international law and demands an...

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Spreadex and Sporting Index merger raises provisional competition concerns

Spreadex and Sporting Index merger raises provisional competition concerns

25 July 2024 - 11:00 Press Release

Competition and Markets Authority

An independent panel has provisionally found that Spreadex has bought its only remaining rival in licensed online sports...

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Introductory Veterinary Wholesale Qualified Person Training Course

Introductory Veterinary Wholesale Qualified Person Training Course

25 July 2024 - 10:56 News Story

Veterinary Medicines Directorate

In-person training course at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole on Wednesday 16 October 2024....

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Killer driver who fled scene has sentence increased

Killer driver who fled scene has sentence increased

25 July 2024 - 10:04 Press Release

Attorney General's Office

A dangerous driver under the influence of drink and drugs who killed a 13-year-old boy and fled the scene has had his se...

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Hundreds of wildflowers helping to attract rare bees to Walsall

Hundreds of wildflowers helping to attract rare bees to Walsall

25 July 2024 - 10:00 Press Release

Natural England

Volunteers helped to plant 400 wildflowers at Purple Horizons Nature Recovery site in Walsall to attract rare bees. ...

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Four major high street banks broke CMA rules

Four major high street banks broke CMA rules

25 July 2024 - 09:27 Press Release

Competition and Markets Authority

Four high street banks – HSBC, Lloyds, TSB and Allied Irish Bank (AIB) – failed to comply with banking rules put in plac...

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Channel Queen report published

Channel Queen report published

25 July 2024 - 09:00 News Story

Marine Accident Investigation Branch

Grounding and loss of a commercial swim event support vessel near the Needles, Isle of Wight, England....

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New warning as Ips typographus tree pest found on new species

New warning as Ips typographus tree pest found on new species

25 July 2024 - 08:30 Press Release

Forestry Commission

Eight-toothed spruce bark beetle found on Sitka spruce trees in the UK for the first time...

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Nearly £50 million unlocked for world-leading UK Biobank following new industry backing

Nearly £50 million unlocked for world-leading UK Biobank following new industry backing

24 July 2024 - 23:01 Press Release

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Amazon Web Services (AWS) will provide around £8 million worth of cloud computing storage access to support UK Biobank, ...

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Change of His Majesty’s Ambassador to Cuba: James Hooley

Change of His Majesty’s Ambassador to Cuba: James Hooley

24 July 2024 - 23:00 Press Release

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mr James Hooley OBE has been appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Cuba in succession to Sir George Holl...

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Major refurbishment project delivers new conference centre for Aldershot Garrison

Major refurbishment project delivers new conference centre for Aldershot Garrison

24 July 2024 - 23:00 News Story

Defence Infrastructure Organisation

A disused Junior Ranks bar at St Omer Barracks, Aldershot, has been converted into a modern conference centre as part of...

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Criminals and immigration offenders removed on charter flight

Criminals and immigration offenders removed on charter flight

24 July 2024 - 23:00 News Story

Home Office

Forty six foreign criminals and immigration offenders have been returned to Vietnam and Timor-Leste on a groundbreaking ...

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Economic ties with Southeast Asia strengthened as Foreign Secretary makes first visit to Indo-Pacific

Economic ties with Southeast Asia strengthened as Foreign Secretary makes first visit to Indo-Pacific

24 July 2024 - 23:00 Press Release

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Foreign Secretary David Lammy arrives in Laos for the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. ...

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The UK’s commitment to support Ukraine is ironclad: UK statement at the UN Security Council

The UK’s commitment to support Ukraine is ironclad: UK statement at the UN Security Council

24 July 2024 - 23:00 Speech

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Statement by UK Spokesperson to the UN Mungo Woodifield at the UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine. ...

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What is Great British Energy and what does it mean for me?

What is Great British Energy and what does it mean for me?

24 July 2024 - 23:00 News Story

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

Great British Energy will be a company owned by the British people, to deliver power back to the British people. ...

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Joint Defence Declaration signed with Germany on 48-hr defence diplomacy drive by defence secretary

Joint Defence Declaration signed with Germany on 48-hr defence diplomacy drive by defence secretary

24 July 2024 - 15:12 Press Release

Ministry of Defence

A new joint defence declaration with Germany has been signed by the Defence Secretary...

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