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Blue Dot Network launched to increase infrastructure investment in emerging markets

Blue Dot Network launched to increase infrastructure investment in emerging markets

08 April 2024 - 23:00 News Story

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

UK attends launch of new quality certification scheme at OECD Headquarters in Paris to address infrastructure gap in eme...

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Regulator disqualifies charity trustee after speeches promoting religious violence

Regulator disqualifies charity trustee after speeches promoting religious violence

08 April 2024 - 23:00 Press Release

The Charity Commission

The Charity Commission has concluded that a former trustee of the Charr Yarr Welfare Foundation Limited was involved in ...

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Windrush Day funding awarded to 27 community groups

Windrush Day funding awarded to 27 community groups

08 April 2024 - 23:00 News Story

Closed organisation: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Ahead of Windrush Day 2024, 27 community groups have been awarded funding for a range of arts, educational and sporting ...

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Half a million more benefit claimants set to benefit from back to work support as Universal Credit expands

Half a million more benefit claimants set to benefit from back to work support as Universal Credit expands

08 April 2024 - 23:00 Press Release

Department for Work and Pensions

Half a million people claiming old benefits will be invited to claim Universal Credit, unlocking all the work support it...

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We need to focus on the vital elements for a lasting peace in Gaza: UK statement at the UN General Assembly

We need to focus on the vital elements for a lasting peace in Gaza: UK statement at the UN General Assembly

08 April 2024 - 22:01 Speech

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN General Assembly debate on Gaza....

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PM call with President Macron of France: 8 April 2024

PM call with President Macron of France: 8 April 2024

08 April 2024 - 17:45 Press Release

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak spoke to France’s President Emmanuel Macron this afternoon. ...

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PM call with Prime Minister Orpo of Finland: 8 April 2024

PM call with Prime Minister Orpo of Finland: 8 April 2024

08 April 2024 - 15:42 Press Release

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

The Prime Minister spoke to the Prime Minister of Finland, Petteri Orpo, this morning. ...

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AUKUS partnership to consult with other nations including Japan on military capability collaboration

AUKUS partnership to consult with other nations including Japan on military capability collaboration

08 April 2024 - 15:37 News Story

Ministry of Defence

Consultations between AUKUS partners and other nations to begin this year....

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Sample Preservation, Analysis, And Attribution (SPAA)

Sample Preservation, Analysis, And Attribution (SPAA)

08 April 2024 - 14:47 News Story

Defence and Security Accelerator

DASA’s new competition seeks novel and innovative approaches that can identify and attribute ChemBio materials for justi...

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Dame Christine Gilbert to lead independent review into Ofsted’s response to Ruth Perry tragedy

Dame Christine Gilbert to lead independent review into Ofsted’s response to Ruth Perry tragedy

08 April 2024 - 11:00 Press Release

Ofsted

His Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Martyn Oliver, today announced that he has appointed Dame Christine Gilbert to lead a...

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Homes England welcomes independent Public Bodies Review

Homes England welcomes independent Public Bodies Review

08 April 2024 - 11:00 Press Release

Homes England

National body has crucial role in delivering the government’s housing, regeneration and levelling up priorities and prov...

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Vacancy for Principal Inspector of Marine Accidents

Vacancy for Principal Inspector of Marine Accidents

08 April 2024 - 09:53 News Story

Marine Accident Investigation Branch

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team of accident investigators at MAIB, Southampton....

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Educational package to help pupils across UK understand journey to Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement

Educational package to help pupils across UK understand journey to Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement

08 April 2024 - 09:30 Press Release

Northern Ireland Office

The package will help users learn about the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement and its contribution to peace and prosperity...

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£4.65 million for bus operators to help disabled passengers travel with confidence

£4.65 million for bus operators to help disabled passengers travel with confidence

08 April 2024 - 08:00 News Story

Department for Transport

New funding will support upgrades to buses to provide real-time travel information to passengers. ...

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UK funding boost for international space projects

UK funding boost for international space projects

07 April 2024 - 23:01 Press Release

UK Space Agency

Eleven projects that showcase the best of UK space expertise on the international stage have secured a funding boost fro...

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Should the law change to make it easier for organisations to apologise?

Should the law change to make it easier for organisations to apologise?

07 April 2024 - 23:01 Press Release

Ministry of Justice

The law could be updated to make it easier for organisations to offer sincere apologies to those who have been wronged....

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£2.9 million government funding to enable cyclists to use Hammersmith Bridge

£2.9 million government funding to enable cyclists to use Hammersmith Bridge

07 April 2024 - 23:01 News Story

Department for Transport

Cyclists and pedestrians will be able to continue to use the bridge safely while strengthening works start. ...

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Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games contributed £1.2 billion to UK economy

Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games contributed £1.2 billion to UK economy

07 April 2024 - 23:01 Press Release

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games contributed almost £1.2 billion to the UK economy, new evaluation published today...

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Border Force bolster security measures in general aviation space

Border Force bolster security measures in general aviation space

07 April 2024 - 23:00 News Story

Home Office

New fines of up to £10,000 for international general aviation flights that do not submit advance passenger information o...

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West Midlands anglers land combined penalties of £615

West Midlands anglers land combined penalties of £615

07 April 2024 - 23:00 News Story

Environment Agency

The anglers were found by fisheries enforcement officers to be fishing without a licence in Yeovil, Somerset....

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Americas Minister to boost UK-Canadian collaboration

Americas Minister to boost UK-Canadian collaboration

07 April 2024 - 23:00 Press Release

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Americas Minister David Rutley is visiting Ontario and Alberta to discuss how the UK and Canada's close relationship is ...

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Nearly £17 million of drugs seized by Royal Navy in the Caribbean Sea

Nearly £17 million of drugs seized by Royal Navy in the Caribbean Sea

06 April 2024 - 09:24 Press Release

Ministry of Defence

HMS Trent recently seized drugs after making two interceptions while on patrol...

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Business and civil society leaders welcome new employment protections

Business and civil society leaders welcome new employment protections

05 April 2024 - 23:01 News Story

Department for Business and Trade

Leaders from across business and civil society have welcomed the Government strengthening employment protections....

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Hardworking Brits backed by new employment protections

Hardworking Brits backed by new employment protections

05 April 2024 - 23:01 Press Release

Department for Business and Trade

Parents and carers granted new and improved rights at work, covering leave entitlements and redundancy rules...

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PM statement on six-month anniversary of the October 7th attacks

PM statement on six-month anniversary of the October 7th attacks

05 April 2024 - 23:00 News Story

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

Words from the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, on the six-month anniversary of the October 7th Hamas terror attacks against ...

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UK to boost aid support for Gaza by sea

UK to boost aid support for Gaza by sea

05 April 2024 - 23:00 Press Release

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

UK government announces new package of military and civilian support to set up a maritime aid corridor to Gaza. ...

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Precautionary recall of some sodium chloride solutions for irrigation, eyewash and inhalation, manufactured between April and November 2023

Precautionary recall of some sodium chloride solutions for irrigation, eyewash and inhalation, manufactured between April and November 2023

05 April 2024 - 16:53 News Story

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

Batches of some products made by Legency Remedies Pvt Ltd have been found to contain a bacteria called Ralstonia pickett...

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Aid workers should never be targeted. More needs to be done to protect them in Gaza: UK statement at the UN Security Council
Changes to Debt Relief Orders will support people in financial distress

Changes to Debt Relief Orders will support people in financial distress

05 April 2024 - 15:30 Press Release

The Insolvency Service

As changes to Debt Relief Orders come into force this week, we talk to the Insolvency Service’s Andrew Shore, who has ov...

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New national research project highlights Lincolnshire saltmarshes

New national research project highlights Lincolnshire saltmarshes

05 April 2024 - 14:06 Press Release

Environment Agency

The Environment Agency will be monitoring 2 Lincolnshire saltmarshes as part of a new UK-wide research project....

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