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UK sanctions Putin's interference actors

UK sanctions Putin's interference actors

28 October 2024 - 00:00 Press Release

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

The UK has sanctioned 3 Russian agencies and 3 senior figures who are attempting to undermine and destabilise Ukraine an...

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PM statement on Israel's Knesset vote on UNRWA

PM statement on Israel's Knesset vote on UNRWA

28 October 2024 - 00:00 News Story

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

Words from Prime Minister Keir Starmer on the UNRWA bills that Israel’s Knesset has passed....

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Chancellor:

Chancellor: "We will build a Britain where those who can work, will work"

28 October 2024 - 00:00 News Story

HM Treasury

Ahead of Budget later this week, the Chancellor pledges work and welfare overhaul so people who can work, do work....

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Over £1 billion to boost bus services across the country as bus fares capped at £3

Over £1 billion to boost bus services across the country as bus fares capped at £3

28 October 2024 - 00:00 Press Release

Department for Transport

The £3 fare cap will keep bus travel affordable while ensuring it is fair to taxpayers....

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Changes to reporting fraud to the SFO

Changes to reporting fraud to the SFO

28 October 2024 - 00:00 Press Release

Serious Fraud Office

The Serious Fraud Office is working with City of London police to make it easier for victims to report fraud....

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PM meeting with Prime Minister Mikati of Lebanon: 28 October 2024

PM meeting with Prime Minister Mikati of Lebanon: 28 October 2024

28 October 2024 - 00:00 Press Release

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

The Prime Minister welcomed the Prime Minister of Lebanon, Najib Mikati, to Downing Street today....

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Cutting-edge flooding programmes deliver big results for communities and environment

Cutting-edge flooding programmes deliver big results for communities and environment

28 October 2024 - 00:00 Press Release

Environment Agency

Environment Agency publishes mid-programme report for its £200 million Flood and Coastal Innovation Programmes...

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More Scottish energy projects unlocked to deliver clean power

More Scottish energy projects unlocked to deliver clean power

28 October 2024 - 00:00 Press Release

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Consultation on proposed changes to improve the planning system for large energy projects in Scotland....

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15  years of the Regulatory Policy Committee

15 years of the Regulatory Policy Committee

28 October 2024 - 00:00 News Story

Regulatory Policy Committee

The RPC has now been operating for 15 years. To commemorate this, we have updated the history document originally publis...

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PM: Government's first Budget will invest in Britain's future

PM: Government's first Budget will invest in Britain's future

27 October 2024 - 22:30 Press Release

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

Prime Minister Keir Starmer will pledge that his government’s first Budget will put Britain on a new path, one that choo...

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Government protects education priorities in face of inherited £22 billion blackhole

Government protects education priorities in face of inherited £22 billion blackhole

26 October 2024 - 23:00 News Story

HM Treasury

Chancellor confirms steps to protect education and early years priorities as part of her first Budget....

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UK attends Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Samoa

UK attends Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Samoa

26 October 2024 - 23:00 News Story

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

The UK has strengthened trade and investment ties with some of the world's fastest growing economies at the Commonwealth...

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Georgia elections 2024: Minister Doughty statement

Georgia elections 2024: Minister Doughty statement

26 October 2024 - 23:00 Press Release

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Minister for Europe, North America and UK Overseas Territories, Stephen Doughty, comments on the OSCE ODIHR preliminary ...

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Legislation against UNRWA under consideration by the Israeli Knesset: foreign ministers’ joint statement

Legislation against UNRWA under consideration by the Israeli Knesset: foreign ministers’ joint statement

26 October 2024 - 23:00 Press Release

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Foreign ministers of 7 countries express grave concern over legislation under consideration by the Israeli Knesset aimed...

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London Poppy Factory prepares nation to mark Remembrance

London Poppy Factory prepares nation to mark Remembrance

25 October 2024 - 23:01 Press Release

Ministry of Defence

Defence Secretary John Healey paid tribute to the thousands of personnel and military veterans across the country as he ...

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New protections from sexual harassment come into force

New protections from sexual harassment come into force

25 October 2024 - 23:00 Press Release

Office for Equality and Opportunity

Employers now have a legal duty to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment and create a safe working environm...

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Chancellor to unlock housing in first Budget

Chancellor to unlock housing in first Budget

25 October 2024 - 23:00 News Story

HM Treasury

The Budget will deliver more affordable housing, ensure social housing is available for those who need it and turbocharg...

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer: 'This is just the beginning of our relationship with the Indo-Pacific to benefit the UK'

Prime Minister Keir Starmer: 'This is just the beginning of our relationship with the Indo-Pacific to benefit the UK'

25 October 2024 - 23:00 Press Release

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

The UK will increase its presence in the Indo-Pacific under this government to drive growth and prosperity and support r...

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PM meeting with Prime Minister Wong of Singapore: 26 October 2024

PM meeting with Prime Minister Wong of Singapore: 26 October 2024

25 October 2024 - 21:42 Press Release

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

The Prime Minister met the Prime Minister of Singapore, Lawrence Wong, at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting t...

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New national quantum laboratory to open up access to quantum computing, unleashing a revolution in AI, energy, healthcare and more

New national quantum laboratory to open up access to quantum computing, unleashing a revolution in AI, energy, healthcare and more

25 October 2024 - 21:00 Press Release

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Newly opened National Quantum Computing Centre will be home to new quantum computers, designed to push the boundaries of...

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Latest data shows twice as much flu among school children

Latest data shows twice as much flu among school children

25 October 2024 - 17:58 Press Release

UK Health Security Agency

The latest weekly flu surveillance data published by UKHSA today shows flu case numbers are twice as high among school c...

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Major defence reforms launched, with new National Armaments Director to tackle waste and boost industry

Major defence reforms launched, with new National Armaments Director to tackle waste and boost industry

25 October 2024 - 17:30 Press Release

Ministry of Defence

The biggest reform of the Ministry of Defence in over 50 years to fix what the Public Accounts Committee calls the ‘brok...

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National Apprenticeship Week 2025 website and toolkit launched

National Apprenticeship Week 2025 website and toolkit launched

25 October 2024 - 15:23 Press Release

Department for Education

New website and toolkit launched ahead of next annual celebration of skills and apprenticeships ...

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DIO and Royal Navy sign contract for construction project in Cornwall

DIO and Royal Navy sign contract for construction project in Cornwall

25 October 2024 - 15:19 Press Release

Defence Infrastructure Organisation

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation and Royal Navy mark milestones in major project at Royal Naval Air Station Culdr...

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Budget will invest in foundations of future growth

Budget will invest in foundations of future growth

25 October 2024 - 12:44 News Story

HM Treasury

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is in Washington D.C. for her first IMF Annual Meetings, where she will say that the Budget is ...

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Stay safe this fireworks season

Stay safe this fireworks season

25 October 2024 - 12:03 News Story

Office for Product Safety and Standards

Follow OPSS guidance to purchase, use and dispose of fireworks safely and responsibly....

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How effective merger control drives economic growth and innovation

How effective merger control drives economic growth and innovation

25 October 2024 - 11:12 Speech

Competition and Markets Authority

A speech by Joel Bamford, the CMA's Executive Director for Mergers, delivered at the City & Financial Global M&A Summit ...

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CMA launches court action against Emma to protect UK consumers

CMA launches court action against Emma to protect UK consumers

25 October 2024 - 10:33 Press Release

Competition and Markets Authority

CMA takes Emma to court after it fails to address all of the CMA’s concerns about misleading practices....

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Australia and the United Kingdom to power up cooperation on climate and energy

Australia and the United Kingdom to power up cooperation on climate and energy

25 October 2024 - 09:45 Press Release

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and The Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer KCB KC MP, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, met tod...

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Immigration Services Commissioner reappointed

Immigration Services Commissioner reappointed

25 October 2024 - 08:32 News Story

Closed organisation: Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner

John Tuckett, Immigration Services Commissioner, has been reappointed for a second 5 year term....

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