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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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Universal Periodic Review 47: UK Statement on Nicaragua

Universal Periodic Review 47: UK Statement on Nicaragua

13 November 2024 - 16:51 Speech

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Statement by the UK's Human Rights Ambassador, Eleanor Sanders, at Nicaragua's Universal Periodic Review at the Human Ri...

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UK leadership drives international shift towards cleaner export finance

UK leadership drives international shift towards cleaner export finance

13 November 2024 - 16:41 Press Release

UK Export Finance

UKEF secures agreement for new international guidance to help ECAs measure and reduce financed emissions, published toda...

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Native crayfish rescues take place in Northumberland

Native crayfish rescues take place in Northumberland

13 November 2024 - 16:06 Press Release

Environment Agency

The Environment Agency is working with partners to secure the future of the internationally important population in the ...

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New Defence treaty with Romania deepens relations and supports collective security

New Defence treaty with Romania deepens relations and supports collective security

13 November 2024 - 15:42 Press Release

Ministry of Defence

Defence Secretary, John Healey MP, signed the new agreement in London with his Romanian counterpart...

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Scam company which offered fake hospitality packages to British Grand Prix is shut down

Scam company which offered fake hospitality packages to British Grand Prix is shut down

13 November 2024 - 15:20 Press Release

The Insolvency Service

Court closes company running motorsports ticket scam...

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Skills Minister's keynote address to the Association of Colleges

Skills Minister's keynote address to the Association of Colleges

13 November 2024 - 14:54 Speech

Department for Education

Baroness Jacqui Smith's keynote speech at the Association of Colleges national conference....

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YJB response to report on children in custody

YJB response to report on children in custody

13 November 2024 - 14:52 News Story

Youth Justice Board for England and Wales

The Youth Justice Board (YJB) responds to HM Inspectorate of Prison’s Children in Custody Report...

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Phil Stokes & Andrew Lovett appointed to the Arts Council England Board

Phil Stokes & Andrew Lovett appointed to the Arts Council England Board

13 November 2024 - 12:00 News Story

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The Secretary of State has appointed Phil Stokes & Andrew Lovett as Board Members of Arts Council England from 01 Decemb...

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Venki Ramakrishnan has been reappointed as a Board Member of the British Library

Venki Ramakrishnan has been reappointed as a Board Member of the British Library

13 November 2024 - 12:00 News Story

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The Secretary of State has reappointed Venki Ramakrishnan as Board Member for the British Library for a 4 year term from...

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Universal Periodic Review 47: UK Statement on Qatar

Universal Periodic Review 47: UK Statement on Qatar

13 November 2024 - 11:43 Speech

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Statement by the UK's Human Rights Ambassador, Eleanor Sanders, at Qatar's Universal Periodic Review at the Human Rights...

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Dame Julia Cleverdon DCVO CBE appointed Chair of The National Lottery Community Fund

Dame Julia Cleverdon DCVO CBE appointed Chair of The National Lottery Community Fund

13 November 2024 - 11:00 News Story

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The Secretary of State has appointed Dame Julia Cleverdon DCVO CBE as Chair of The National Lottery Community Fund, her ...

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Security boss and employee convicted for licensing breaches

Security boss and employee convicted for licensing breaches

13 November 2024 - 10:30 Press Release

Security Industry Authority

Two men working in security on Merseyside who breached Security Industry Authority (SIA) regulations have been handed co...

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Birds of a feather - restoring habitats for seabirds

Birds of a feather - restoring habitats for seabirds

13 November 2024 - 10:23 Press Release

Natural England

Natural England launches innovative habitat restoration project by creating safe spaces for seabirds within the Solent. ...

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Biter and Hebridean Princess report published

Biter and Hebridean Princess report published

13 November 2024 - 09:00 News Story

Marine Accident Investigation Branch

Capsize and sinking of a tug, with the loss of two lives, while assisting a passenger vessel off Greenock, Scotland....

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