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UK to launch world first sanctions regime to snare people smugglers travelling upstream

UK to launch world first sanctions regime to snare people smugglers travelling upstream

08 January 2025 - 00:00 Press Release

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

The UK will develop a new sanctions regime to cripple people smuggling crime rings and starve them of illicit finance fu...

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Floods Minister and Environment Agency hold further meeting to bolster flood response and recovery

Floods Minister and Environment Agency hold further meeting to bolster flood response and recovery

07 January 2025 - 20:14 Press Release

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Minister Hardy and Philip Duffy discussed the response to flooding in the East Midlands, Lincolnshire and across the cou...

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CMA sets out initial plans as new digital markets competition regime comes into force

CMA sets out initial plans as new digital markets competition regime comes into force

07 January 2025 - 11:00 Press Release

Competition and Markets Authority

CMA expects to launch strategic market status investigations in 3 areas of digital activity over first 6 months....

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Hundreds of thousands of Brits in rural villages and towns to benefit from UK government broadband boost

Hundreds of thousands of Brits in rural villages and towns to benefit from UK government broadband boost

07 January 2025 - 00:01 Press Release

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Around 131,000 homes and businesses across the country will no longer be stuck with slow internet speeds as the UK gover...

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Cleaning out the pipes

Cleaning out the pipes

07 January 2025 - 00:00 Press Release

Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain

West Midlands Traffic Commissioner Miles Dorrington recently heard the case of The Pipe Corporation and sole director Da...

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Nine-year ban for director of more than 400 companies after he repeatedly undermined the insolvency regime

Nine-year ban for director of more than 400 companies after he repeatedly undermined the insolvency regime

07 January 2025 - 00:00 Press Release

The Insolvency Service

Key figure in scheme designed to undermine insolvency system banned as company director...

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Government sets out plan to secure the long-term future of steelmaking and safeguard steel communities

Government sets out plan to secure the long-term future of steelmaking and safeguard steel communities

07 January 2025 - 00:00 Press Release

Department for Business and Trade

The Government has launched a new Steel Council, made up of steel sector leaders, industry experts, trade unions, trade ...

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Government crackdown on explicit deepfakes

Government crackdown on explicit deepfakes

07 January 2025 - 00:00 Press Release

Ministry of Justice

Predators who create sexually explicit ‘deepfakes’ could face prosecution as the Government bears down on vile online ab...

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FCDO statement on DPRK missile launches: 6 January

FCDO statement on DPRK missile launches: 6 January

06 January 2025 - 16:39 News Story

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

The FCDO has released a statement following a ballistic missile launch by The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPR...

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Parents and carers urged to help children start New Year healthy

Parents and carers urged to help children start New Year healthy

06 January 2025 - 16:00 News Story

UK Health Security Agency

UKHSA urges parents and carers to take these simple steps to ensure children make the healthiest start to the New Year. ...

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Strategic Command personnel recognised in New Year’s Honours List 2025

Strategic Command personnel recognised in New Year’s Honours List 2025

06 January 2025 - 15:49 News Story

Closed organisation: Strategic Command

Past and present members of Strategic Command have been recognised in His Majesty, King Charles’ New Year’s Honours List...

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Joint Expeditionary Force activates UK-led reaction system to track threats to undersea infrastructure and monitor Russian shadow fleet

Joint Expeditionary Force activates UK-led reaction system to track threats to undersea infrastructure and monitor Russian shadow fleet

06 January 2025 - 15:42 Press Release

Ministry of Defence

Joint Expeditionary Force partners and NATO will be alerted by the system of any ships deemed a risk to key areas of int...

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We call on the Sudanese authorities to fully cooperate with humanitarian response: UK statement at the UN Security Council

We call on the Sudanese authorities to fully cooperate with humanitarian response: UK statement at the UN Security Council

06 January 2025 - 15:37 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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Prime Minister's remarks on the NHS: 6 January 2025

Prime Minister's remarks on the NHS: 6 January 2025

06 January 2025 - 12:04 Speech

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

Prime Minister Keir Starmer's remarks on the NHS at the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre in Epsom....

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Emma Bunce, Teresa Anderson and Julia Mundy appointed as Trustees of Royal Museums Greenwich

Emma Bunce, Teresa Anderson and Julia Mundy appointed as Trustees of Royal Museums Greenwich

06 January 2025 - 12:00 News Story

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The Prime Minister has appointed Emma Bunce, Teresa Anderson and Julia Mundy as Trustees of Royal Museums Greenwich for ...

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5.4 million yet to file their tax return

5.4 million yet to file their tax return

06 January 2025 - 11:23 Press Release

HM Revenue & Customs

Thousands of people filed their Self Assessment on New Year's Day and HMRC urges those still to complete their tax retur...

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Myanmar human rights and humanitarian situation: joint statement, January 2025

Myanmar human rights and humanitarian situation: joint statement, January 2025

06 January 2025 - 00:00 News Story

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

The UK, alongside the United States, the European Union and governments of 7 other countries, gave a joint statement on ...

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Jailed Covid fraudster ordered to repay Bounce Back Loan in full

Jailed Covid fraudster ordered to repay Bounce Back Loan in full

06 January 2025 - 00:00 Press Release

The Insolvency Service

The £30,000 loan was used to pay-off personal debts ...

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PM sets out plan to end waiting list backlogs through millions more appointments

PM sets out plan to end waiting list backlogs through millions more appointments

06 January 2025 - 00:00 Press Release

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

Millions of patients will be able to access more appointments closer to home and get the treatment they need faster unde...

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Deal between NHS and independent sector to cut NHS waiting lists

Deal between NHS and independent sector to cut NHS waiting lists

06 January 2025 - 00:00 Press Release

Department of Health and Social Care

New agreement struck between NHS and independent sector to help tackle waiting lists and give patients greater choice....

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Power to patients as government sets out plan to cut waiting lists

Power to patients as government sets out plan to cut waiting lists

06 January 2025 - 00:00 Press Release

Department of Health and Social Care

Patients will be offered a wider choice of providers and the process of booking treatments and appointments will be made...

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Thousands of British troops to lead major NATO exercise in Eastern Europe  ?

Thousands of British troops to lead major NATO exercise in Eastern Europe ?

03 January 2025 - 16:14 Press Release

Ministry of Defence

Thousands of UK personnel will continue to deploy to Europe in the next two months to spearhead a major NATO exercise. ...

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Christmas saw anticipated rise in flu, latest UKHSA data shows

Christmas saw anticipated rise in flu, latest UKHSA data shows

03 January 2025 - 14:55 News Story

UK Health Security Agency

Public urged to prevent further ‘new year spread’ by following good hygiene and taking up 'final chance’ vaccines where ...

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Baroness Louise Casey appointed as Government Lead Non-Executive Director.

Baroness Louise Casey appointed as Government Lead Non-Executive Director.

03 January 2025 - 12:00 News Story

Cabinet Office

The Government Lead Non-Executive will bring non executives from different departments together to ensure cross cutting ...

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New reforms and independent commission to transform social care

New reforms and independent commission to transform social care

03 January 2025 - 00:00 Press Release

Department of Health and Social Care

Immediate investment and reforms to improve adult social care, and Louise Casey appointed to head independent commission...

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The deterioration of the healthcare situation in Gaza is completely unacceptable: UK statement at the UN Security Council

The deterioration of the healthcare situation in Gaza is completely unacceptable: UK statement at the UN Security Council

03 January 2025 - 00:00 Speech

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward, UK Permanent Representative to the UN, at the UN Security Council meeting on G...

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Change of His Majesty’s Ambassador to South Sudan: David Ashley

Change of His Majesty’s Ambassador to South Sudan: David Ashley

02 January 2025 - 13:09 Press Release

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mr David Ashley has been appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of South Sudan in succession to Mr Guy Warri...

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Sharing more information on business rates valuations

Sharing more information on business rates valuations

02 January 2025 - 10:02 News Story

Valuation Office Agency

The VOA has published details about how it will improve the information it discloses on business rates valuations. ...

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Top secret lab develops atomic clock using quantum technology

Top secret lab develops atomic clock using quantum technology

02 January 2025 - 09:45 Press Release

Ministry of Defence

A revolutionary UK-built atomic clock will make military operations more secure through experimental quantum technology....

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New MHRA Chair Anthony Harnden outlines priorities as he starts role

New MHRA Chair Anthony Harnden outlines priorities as he starts role

02 January 2025 - 00:00 News Story

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

Professor Anthony Harnden has officially started his role as Chair of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory A...

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