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TRA opens new investigation into SPVC from the USA

TRA opens new investigation into SPVC from the USA

08 January 2024 - 14:28 Press Release

Trade Remedies Authority

The TRA has opened an anti-dumping investigation into imports of SPVC from the USA....

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Renaissance painting depicting The Crucifixion at risk of leaving the UK

Renaissance painting depicting The Crucifixion at risk of leaving the UK

08 January 2024 - 14:00 Press Release

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

A temporary export bar has been placed on a 15th century painting by Fra Angelico to allow time for a UK gallery or inst...

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British-made science component on way to land on the moon for the first time as historic Peregrine Mission One launches

British-made science component on way to land on the moon for the first time as historic Peregrine Mission One launches

08 January 2024 - 11:42 Press Release

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

A major global space mission has launched today that will see a British-built science component land on the moon for the...

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MUFG and export credit agencies unlock €1.2bn financing for Turkish electric railway

MUFG and export credit agencies unlock €1.2bn financing for Turkish electric railway

08 January 2024 - 11:00 Press Release

UK Export Finance

UKEF has partnered with other export credit agencies and MUFG as sole Mandated Lead Arranger to secure over €1.2 billion...

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UKHSA reminds parents of back-to-school advice

UKHSA reminds parents of back-to-school advice

08 January 2024 - 09:21 Press Release

UK Health Security Agency

UK Health Security Agency reminds parents of back-to-school advice amid rising levels of winter illness in the new year....

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Sellafield’s longest serving director to step down

Sellafield’s longest serving director to step down

08 January 2024 - 09:10 News Story

Sellafield Ltd

Mark Neate, director of environment, safety, and security at Sellafield Ltd has announced he will leave the company late...

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Strategic Command: Sharpening Defence’s Edge in 2024

Strategic Command: Sharpening Defence’s Edge in 2024

08 January 2024 - 00:00 News Story

Closed organisation: Strategic Command

We remain committed to our mission of sharpening Defence's edge and maintaining the safety, security, and prosperity of ...

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Major national drive to improve school attendance

Major national drive to improve school attendance

08 January 2024 - 00:00 Press Release

Department for Education

Attendance hubs to more than double to support 1,000 more schools and £15 million investment to expand the attendance me...

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Bangladesh January 2024 election: FCDO statement

Bangladesh January 2024 election: FCDO statement

08 January 2024 - 00:00 Press Release

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) gave a statement following elections in Bangladesh....

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UK-India to build closer trade and innovation partnership during UK Ministerial visit

UK-India to build closer trade and innovation partnership during UK Ministerial visit

08 January 2024 - 00:00 Press Release

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

UK’s Minister of State, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, will visit Chennai in Tamil Nadu and Ahmedabad in Gujarat on a ...

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Victims of Flight PS752: International Coordination and Response Group joint statement, January 2024

Victims of Flight PS752: International Coordination and Response Group joint statement, January 2024

08 January 2024 - 00:00 News Story

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

The UK, Canada, Sweden and Ukraine have started dispute settlement proceedings against Iran before the International Civ...

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Joint statement condemning Houthi attacks against commercial shipping in the Red Sea: 3 January 2024

Joint statement condemning Houthi attacks against commercial shipping in the Red Sea: 3 January 2024

07 January 2024 - 10:10 Press Release

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

Joint Statement by the Governments of Australia; Bahrain; Belgium; Canada; Denmark; Germany; Italy; Japan; Netherlands; ...

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UK invests in high-tech nuclear fuel to push Putin out of global energy market 

UK invests in high-tech nuclear fuel to push Putin out of global energy market 

07 January 2024 - 00:01 News Story

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

£300 million UK investment to support domestic production of fuel required to power next-generation nuclear reactors....

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£1,000 yearly tax cut for households from today

£1,000 yearly tax cut for households from today

06 January 2024 - 00:00 News Story

HM Treasury

27 million people across the UK will benefit from a yearly tax cut worth hundreds of pounds from today, meaning a househ...

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Business and Trade Secretary visits Turkey to boost trade ties

Business and Trade Secretary visits Turkey to boost trade ties

05 January 2024 - 15:06 Press Release

Department for Business and Trade

Business and Trade Secretary kicks off 2024 with trip to Turkey to boost trade....

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Net migration measures – further detail

Net migration measures – further detail

05 January 2024 - 15:04 News Story

Home Office

Factsheet on net migration measures....

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Eligible groups urged to get vaccinated against flu and COVID-19

Eligible groups urged to get vaccinated against flu and COVID-19

05 January 2024 - 12:09 Press Release

UK Health Security Agency

The UK Health Security Agency is encouraging those at higher risk of flu and COVID-19 to make a new year’s resolution to...

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New interim Chair of The Pensions Ombudsman appointed

New interim Chair of The Pensions Ombudsman appointed

05 January 2024 - 10:00 Press Release

Department for Work and Pensions

The Department for Work and Pensions has today appointed Anthony Arter CBE as the Interim Chair of The Pensions Ombudsma...

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Digital pathology to improve cancer screening and save lives

Digital pathology to improve cancer screening and save lives

05 January 2024 - 00:00 Press Release

Department of Health and Social Care

Government to take forward UK National Screening Committee recommendation on use of digital images to make it easier to ...

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School and further education inspections to begin from 22 January

School and further education inspections to begin from 22 January

05 January 2024 - 00:00 Press Release

Ofsted

Inspections of schools and further education providers in England will begin from 22 January, following mental health aw...

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Russia uses North Korean weapons against Ukraine: UK response

Russia uses North Korean weapons against Ukraine: UK response

04 January 2024 - 20:43 News Story

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

The UK has issued a statement in response to Russia using weapons sourced from North Korea against Ukraine....

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Defra announces Head for the EPR Scheme Administrator appointment

Defra announces Head for the EPR Scheme Administrator appointment

04 January 2024 - 13:30 Press Release

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Dr Margaret Bates has been appointed to the role of Head for the UK Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging Schem...

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Professor Adrian Michael Cruise awarded OBE for services to space

Professor Adrian Michael Cruise awarded OBE for services to space

04 January 2024 - 10:02 News Story

UK Space Agency

A UK scientist who established the Gravitational Wave Research Group at the University of Birmingham has been recognised...

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UK condemns bombing in Kerman, Iran

UK condemns bombing in Kerman, Iran

04 January 2024 - 09:05 News Story

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

The UK has issued a statement condemning the bombing in Kerman, Iran, on 3 January...

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The Defence Infrastructure Organisation launches search to find the artist of mysterious Falklands painting

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation launches search to find the artist of mysterious Falklands painting

04 January 2024 - 00:00 News Story

Defence Infrastructure Organisation

A search has been launched by the DIO for the artist of a striking painting that depicts the brutal reality of the Falkl...

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Biggest upgrade to UK farming schemes introduced by the Government since leaving the EU

Biggest upgrade to UK farming schemes introduced by the Government since leaving the EU

04 January 2024 - 00:00 Press Release

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Environment Secretary announces major updates for farmers, with an increase in funding and reduction in red tape this su...

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Sustainability expert Juliet Sotnick joins NWS board

Sustainability expert Juliet Sotnick joins NWS board

04 January 2024 - 00:00 Press Release

Nuclear Waste Services

Juliet brings over 25 years of commercial expertise to NWS ...

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Environment Secretary speech at 2024 Oxford Farming Conference

Environment Secretary speech at 2024 Oxford Farming Conference

04 January 2024 - 00:00 Speech

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Environment Secretary Steve Barclay delivers speech at 2024 Oxford Farming Conference , outlining the biggest upgrade to...

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The AAIB has sent an investigation team to Tokyo

The AAIB has sent an investigation team to Tokyo

03 January 2024 - 16:36 News Story

Air Accidents Investigation Branch

A team of inspectors has been sent to Tokyo to join the investigation into the fatal aircraft accident at Haneda Airport...

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UK Export Finance backs Six Flags Qiddiya City deal in win for UK businesses

UK Export Finance backs Six Flags Qiddiya City deal in win for UK businesses

03 January 2024 - 14:56 Press Release

UK Export Finance

The UK’s export credit agency has guaranteed an Islamic Murabaha financing facility for the development of Six Flags Qid...

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