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CMA finds fundamental concerns in housebuilding market

CMA finds fundamental concerns in housebuilding market

26 February 2024 - 07:00 Press Release

Competition and Markets Authority

The CMA has concluded its housebuilding market study in England, Scotland, and Wales....

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Local leaders to receive £4.7 billion to transform transport across the North and Midlands

Local leaders to receive £4.7 billion to transform transport across the North and Midlands

26 February 2024 - 06:30 News Story

Department for Transport

Unprecedented transport budget targeted at smaller cities, towns and rural areas will fund projects that matter most to ...

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UK condemns confirmed Daesh use of chemical weapons in Syria

UK condemns confirmed Daesh use of chemical weapons in Syria

26 February 2024 - 00:00 Press Release

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Minister Lord (Tariq) Ahmad gave a statement after publication of an OPCW report that found Daesh responsible for a 2015...

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Speech to launch Charity Commission's new 5-year strategy

Speech to launch Charity Commission's new 5-year strategy

26 February 2024 - 00:00 Speech

The Charity Commission

In a speech delivered at an event at Coin Street, in London, Orlando Fraser launches the Charity Commission's new 5-year...

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Support for tech entrepreneurs will boost livelihoods

Support for tech entrepreneurs will boost livelihoods

26 February 2024 - 00:00 Press Release

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

New UK funding for innovative mobile phone technology will help change lives in the poorest countries around the world....

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Trade Secretary fights for free and fair trade at global summit

Trade Secretary fights for free and fair trade at global summit

26 February 2024 - 00:00 Press Release

Department for Business and Trade

UK Trade Ministers attend World Trade Organization's Conference to defend free and fair trade and protect UK businesses ...

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10th anniversary of the Russian annexation of Crimea: UK statement

10th anniversary of the Russian annexation of Crimea: UK statement

26 February 2024 - 00:00 News Story

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

The UK government gave a statement on the 10th anniversary of the Russian annexation of Crimea....

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PM to host Cabinet meeting in Yorkshire and the Humber

PM to host Cabinet meeting in Yorkshire and the Humber

25 February 2024 - 00:15 Press Release

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will chair Cabinet meeting in Yorkshire and the Humber on Monday, confirming unprecedented tr...

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Only 10 Days Left to Claim Pension Credit and Secure £299 Cost of Living Boost

Only 10 Days Left to Claim Pension Credit and Secure £299 Cost of Living Boost

25 February 2024 - 00:01 Press Release

Department for Work and Pensions

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is urging retirees to check if they qualify for the benefit....

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UK steps up health support for women and girls in Gaza

UK steps up health support for women and girls in Gaza

25 February 2024 - 00:00 Press Release

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

£4.25 million in UK aid will help ensure UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, can provide li...

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Nuclear Threat Reduction: P3 Statement

Nuclear Threat Reduction: P3 Statement

24 February 2024 - 16:00 Press Release

Cabinet Office

The United Kingdom, United States and France release the following joint statement. ...

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Joint Statement from Australia, Bahrain, Denmark, Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and United States on Additional Strikes Against the Houthis in Yemen: 24 February 2024

Joint Statement from Australia, Bahrain, Denmark, Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and United States on Additional Strikes Against the Houthis in Yemen: 24 February 2024

24 February 2024 - 00:00 News Story

Ministry of Defence

In response to the Houthis' continued attacks against commercial and naval vessels transiting the Red Sea and surroundin...

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UK to boost Ukraine's artillery reserves with £245 million munitions package

UK to boost Ukraine's artillery reserves with £245 million munitions package

24 February 2024 - 00:00 Press Release

Ministry of Defence

The UK will spend £245 million throughout the next year to procure and invigorate supply chains to produce urgently need...

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Statement on Air Strikes against Houthi military targets in Yemen: 24 February 2024

Statement on Air Strikes against Houthi military targets in Yemen: 24 February 2024

24 February 2024 - 00:00 News Story

Ministry of Defence

Four Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4s, supported by two Voyager tankers, again participated in a deliberate coalition strik...

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G7 Leaders' Statement: 24 February 2024

G7 Leaders' Statement: 24 February 2024

24 February 2024 - 00:00 Press Release

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

The leaders of G7 countries issued a joint statement on the second anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukrain...

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Unexploded bomb in Plymouth safely removed during complex disposal operation and major evacuation

Unexploded bomb in Plymouth safely removed during complex disposal operation and major evacuation

23 February 2024 - 21:28 Press Release

Ministry of Defence

More than 100 personnel from the British Army and Royal Navy have been involved in a complex operation to remove a WW2 b...

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New court approach helping get offenders off drugs

New court approach helping get offenders off drugs

23 February 2024 - 16:58 Press Release

Ministry of Justice

Offenders with drug and alcohol problems are being put back on the straight and narrow through a new US-inspired sentenc...

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Minister of State visits Ukraine Art Exhibition in Belfast

Minister of State visits Ukraine Art Exhibition in Belfast

23 February 2024 - 16:27 News Story

Northern Ireland Office

Minister of State, Steve Baker, visited the ART for LIFE exhibition at Ulster University to mark the second anniversary ...

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UK and Frontex agree work to crack down on illegal migration

UK and Frontex agree work to crack down on illegal migration

23 February 2024 - 15:29 News Story

Home Office

The government has agreed a working arrangement with Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency....

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New law to stop thousands of offenders from changing their name in secret

New law to stop thousands of offenders from changing their name in secret

23 February 2024 - 15:27 Press Release

Ministry of Justice

Thousands of offenders on community and suspended sentences will no longer be able to secretly change their name as par...

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Royal recognition for eight people

Royal recognition for eight people

23 February 2024 - 15:26 News Story

Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations (RFCA)

Eight people have been awarded the Lord-Lieutenant’s Certificate of Merit by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of South Gla...

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OSCE Reinforced Permanent Council, February 2024: UK statement

OSCE Reinforced Permanent Council, February 2024: UK statement

23 February 2024 - 14:47 Speech

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

UK Minister of State, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, addressed a Reinforced meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council, underling supp...

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Leading the cyber and electromagnetic domain

Leading the cyber and electromagnetic domain

23 February 2024 - 08:00 Speech

Closed organisation: Strategic Command

General Jim Hockenhull explained how Strategic Command leads the cyber domain for Defence during a speech at the Royal U...

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New £2 maximum stake for under 25s playing online slots

New £2 maximum stake for under 25s playing online slots

23 February 2024 - 00:01 Press Release

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Stake limits for online slot games will be introduced for the first time in September, including lower limits for young ...

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40 projects to benefit from £25 million funding for natural flood management

40 projects to benefit from £25 million funding for natural flood management

23 February 2024 - 00:01 Press Release

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

40 projects across England set to benefit from £25 million funding for using nature to increase the nation’s flood resil...

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Government backs bill to end intimidatory SLAPPs lawsuits stifling free speech

Government backs bill to end intimidatory SLAPPs lawsuits stifling free speech

23 February 2024 - 00:00 Press Release

Ministry of Justice

Corrupt elites will be prevented from making spurious legal claims to gag journalists and silence critics through a land...

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New package of measures to help families save even more on bills

New package of measures to help families save even more on bills

23 February 2024 - 00:00 Press Release

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

As energy prices fall to their lowest level in 2 years, the government is launching a package of measures to help famili...

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First black NHS matron, Beatles icon and pioneering ceramist to receive first official blue plaques outside London

First black NHS matron, Beatles icon and pioneering ceramist to receive first official blue plaques outside London

23 February 2024 - 00:00 Press Release

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Arts and Heritage Minister Lord Parkinson unveils first official blue plaque outside London — to Daphne Steele, the firs...

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£6 million fund to support English fishing industry reopens for 2024

£6 million fund to support English fishing industry reopens for 2024

23 February 2024 - 00:00 Press Release

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Highly popular Fisheries and Seafood scheme (FaSS) re-opens for 2024...

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Respect for sovereignty lies at the heart of the international system: Foreign Secretary at the UN Security Council

Respect for sovereignty lies at the heart of the international system: Foreign Secretary at the UN Security Council

23 February 2024 - 00:00 Speech

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron spoke at the United Nations Security Council meeting on Ukraine, marking 2 years sinc...

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