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Tougher laws to protect children from sexual abuse

Tougher laws to protect children from sexual abuse

21 February 2024 - 12:02 News Story

Home Office

Children will be better protected from sexual predators under plans being brought forward by the Home Secretary....

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Two governors reappointed to the British Film Institute Board

Two governors reappointed to the British Film Institute Board

21 February 2024 - 12:00 News Story

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The Secretary of State reappointed Michael Birshan and Eleanor Whitley as governors of the British Film Institute....

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Helen Wakeham speech at World Water Tech Innovation Summit

Helen Wakeham speech at World Water Tech Innovation Summit

21 February 2024 - 11:54 Speech

Environment Agency

Helen Wakeham, the Environment Agency's Director of Water, delivers a speech at the Summit on learning from the past to ...

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Attorney General visits Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories

Attorney General visits Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories

21 February 2024 - 11:42 News Story

Attorney General's Office

The Attorney General Victoria Prentis KC MP has returned from a visit to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories...

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Australia and the United Kingdom join forces to advance online safety and security

Australia and the United Kingdom join forces to advance online safety and security

21 February 2024 - 11:18 Press Release

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Memorandum of Understanding to help amplify the world class online safety regimes of both countries....

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January 2024 Transaction Data  

January 2024 Transaction Data  

21 February 2024 - 11:00 News Story

HM Land Registry

This data provides information about the number and types of applications that HM Land Registry completed in January 202...

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Government to help more black cab drivers go green with further funding support

Government to help more black cab drivers go green with further funding support

21 February 2024 - 10:00 News Story

Department for Transport

Plug-in Taxi Grant provides funding of £6,000 per electric taxi vehicle and is extended until April 2025. ...

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Foreign Secretary’s meeting with the Argentine Minister of Foreign Affairs, February 2024

Foreign Secretary’s meeting with the Argentine Minister of Foreign Affairs, February 2024

21 February 2024 - 00:00 News Story

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Foreign Secretary David Cameron met the Argentine Minister of Foreign Affairs Diana Mondino at the G20 Foreign Ministers...

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UK sanctions heads of Arctic penal colony where Alexei Navalny was killed

UK sanctions heads of Arctic penal colony where Alexei Navalny was killed

21 February 2024 - 00:00 Press Release

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

The UK has sanctioned 6 individuals heading up the penal colony where Alexei Navalny died on 16 February 2024....

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First-rate cyber defence at the flick of a switch

First-rate cyber defence at the flick of a switch

21 February 2024 - 00:00 News Story

Defence and Security Accelerator

Goldilock’s innovative kill switch helps pull the plug on cyber attacks...

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Baroness Neville-Rolfe's speech at the Counter Fraud Conference 2024

Baroness Neville-Rolfe's speech at the Counter Fraud Conference 2024

21 February 2024 - 00:00 Speech

Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office Minister Baroness Neville Rolfe addressed the Counter Fraud Conference 2024 at the Queen Elizabeth II Con...

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Three properties searched and four arrested in new investigation

Three properties searched and four arrested in new investigation

21 February 2024 - 00:00 Press Release

Serious Fraud Office

The SFO has today raided three residences and made four arrests in Merseyside and Greater Manchester as it announced it ...

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The United Kingdom urges the Government of Central African Republic to ensure all parties are included in the peace process: UK statement at the UN Security Council

The United Kingdom urges the Government of Central African Republic to ensure all parties are included in the peace process: UK statement at the UN Security Council

21 February 2024 - 00:00 Speech

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Statement by Alternate Political Coordinator Laura Dix at the UN Security Council meeting on Central African Republic. ...

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Learning Connect

Learning Connect

21 February 2024 - 00:00 News Story

Government Skills

A space for learning and development professionals in government....

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UK and Jordan drop life-saving aid to Gaza hospital

UK and Jordan drop life-saving aid to Gaza hospital

21 February 2024 - 00:00 Press Release

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

The UK and Jordan have worked together to deliver aid by air to Tal Al-Hawa Hospital in northern Gaza....

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The UK is deeply concerned at the worsening violence in eastern DRC: UK statement at the UN Security Council

The UK is deeply concerned at the worsening violence in eastern DRC: UK statement at the UN Security Council

20 February 2024 - 20:42 Speech

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Statement by Deputy Political Coordinator Thomas Phipps at the UN Security Council meeting on DRC. ...

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Councils to move further and faster against rogue building owners

Councils to move further and faster against rogue building owners

20 February 2024 - 17:27 Press Release

Closed organisation: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Minister Lee Rowley met council chiefs to discuss action against building owners who are failing to fix medium and high-...

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Statement of the Iraq Economic Contact Group of the G7, European Union and World Bank

Statement of the Iraq Economic Contact Group of the G7, European Union and World Bank

20 February 2024 - 16:59 News Story

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

January 2024 statement of the Iraq Economic Contact Group of the G7, European Union and World Bank, welcoming the govern...

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The UK is calling for an immediate suspension in fighting to get aid in and hostages out of Gaza: UK statement at the UN Security Council
West Midlands anglers land total penalties of over £1,500

West Midlands anglers land total penalties of over £1,500

20 February 2024 - 16:05 Press Release

Environment Agency

Four anglers from Birmingham, Stoke on Trent, Telford, and Shrewsbury received total penalties of £1,507 for fishing wit...

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Prevent programme strengthened a year on from independent review

Prevent programme strengthened a year on from independent review

20 February 2024 - 14:56 News Story

Home Office

Vast majority of review recommendations implemented within one year, with the remaining recommendations progressing at p...

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Changes to Companies House fees

Changes to Companies House fees

20 February 2024 - 14:20 News Story

Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies

Filing fee increases will be introduced from 1st May 2024. Read how these will affect becoming a Community Interest Com...

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Over 500 companies named for not paying minimum wage

Over 500 companies named for not paying minimum wage

20 February 2024 - 13:44 Press Release

Department for Business and Trade

Over 500 employers are named by government for failing to pay the minimum wage....

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Codeine linctus to be reclassified to a prescription-only medicine because of risk of abuse and addiction

Codeine linctus to be reclassified to a prescription-only medicine because of risk of abuse and addiction

20 February 2024 - 12:32 Press Release

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

People are urged to seek advice from healthcare professionals if they feel they have become dependent on or addicted to ...

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Interim Chief of CPS Inspectorate announced

Interim Chief of CPS Inspectorate announced

20 February 2024 - 12:29 Press Release

Attorney General's Office

Anthony Rogers has been appointed as interim HM Chief Inspector of His Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate ...

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Attorney General refers Nottingham stabbing sentence to Court of Appeal

Attorney General refers Nottingham stabbing sentence to Court of Appeal

20 February 2024 - 11:30 Press Release

Attorney General's Office

Valdo Calocane's sentence has been referred to the Court of Appeal as being unduly lenient, confirms the Attorney Genera...

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Minister Andrew's speech at the Women & Girls in Sport Conference

Minister Andrew's speech at the Women & Girls in Sport Conference

20 February 2024 - 11:18 Speech

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Speech given by the Minister for Sport at the Westminster Insight conference on the future of women and girls sport...

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Update on MHRA safety review of medicines containing pseudoephedrine

Update on MHRA safety review of medicines containing pseudoephedrine

20 February 2024 - 11:10 News Story

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

The MHRA has reviewed the latest evidence relating to the very rare risk of PRES and RCVS associated with medicines cont...

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PM to announce major innovation boost for farmers feeding the nation: 20 February 2024

PM to announce major innovation boost for farmers feeding the nation: 20 February 2024

20 February 2024 - 10:47 Press Release

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

The Prime Minister will announce a major new package of support for rural communities to protect British farming for the...

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Severn Trent Water fined £2 million for ‘reckless’ pollution

Severn Trent Water fined £2 million for ‘reckless’ pollution

20 February 2024 - 10:15 Press Release

Environment Agency

The Environment Agency prosecuted Severn Trent Water for huge discharge of raw sewage at treatment works in Stoke. ...

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