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Prime Minister's Trade Envoy programme appointments

Prime Minister's Trade Envoy programme appointments

13 December 2023 - 13:58 News Story

Department for Business and Trade

The Prime Minister has today made three appointments to his Trade Envoy programme. ...

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A message to the private security industry for Christmas 2023

A message to the private security industry for Christmas 2023

13 December 2023 - 13:54 News Story

Security Industry Authority

A message from our Chair Heather Baily and our Chief Executive Michelle Russell....

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Government takes action in response to the Etherton review

Government takes action in response to the Etherton review

13 December 2023 - 13:37 Press Release

Ministry of Defence

The Government has today launched the Application and Registration of Interest forms for new and planned restorative mea...

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One workboat code launched to simplify safety rules and support new technology

One workboat code launched to simplify safety rules and support new technology

13 December 2023 - 12:09 Press Release

Maritime and Coastguard Agency

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency brings The Workboat Code Edition 3 into force....

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Call for Data:  Nanomaterials in Cosmetics

Call for Data: Nanomaterials in Cosmetics

13 December 2023 - 11:41 News Story

Office for Product Safety and Standards

OPSS would like to invite any interested parties, to submit any scientific information relevant to the safety assessment...

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Applications open for new £4 million fund to support smaller abattoirs

Applications open for new £4 million fund to support smaller abattoirs

13 December 2023 - 11:36 Press Release

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

The Smaller Abattoir Fund opens with £4 million available to support smaller red meat and poultry abattoirs across Engla...

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Boost for electric vehicle drivers as 50,000 public chargepoints installed across the UK

Boost for electric vehicle drivers as 50,000 public chargepoints installed across the UK

13 December 2023 - 11:24 News Story

Department for Transport

The UK leads the transition to net zero and is on target to install 300,000 public electric vehicle chargepoints by 2030...

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DVLA opening hours: Christmas and New Year 2023

DVLA opening hours: Christmas and New Year 2023

13 December 2023 - 11:02 News Story

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

Opening times for DVLA's contact centre over Christmas and the New Year....

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Environment Agency getting ready for winter on the River Wey

Environment Agency getting ready for winter on the River Wey

13 December 2023 - 10:43 Press Release

Environment Agency

Environment Agency field teams in the Thames Valley and Surrey have been clearing blockages from watercourses to reduce ...

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HMRC awards £5.5 million in grant funding to voluntary and community groups

HMRC awards £5.5 million in grant funding to voluntary and community groups

13 December 2023 - 10:17 Press Release

HM Revenue & Customs

HMRC has awarded 12 voluntary and community sector organisations a share of £5.5 million in funding to help customers wi...

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Low-income households to receive over £2 billion in further cost of living support

Low-income households to receive over £2 billion in further cost of living support

13 December 2023 - 00:01 Press Release

Department for Work and Pensions

Around 8 million eligible households across the UK are set to receive a £299 Cost of Living Payment in February, as the ...

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Doug Chalmers appointed as chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life

Doug Chalmers appointed as chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life

13 December 2023 - 00:00 News Story

Closed organisation: Committee on Standards in Public Life

Doug Chalmers has been appointed as chair of the independent Committee on Standards in Public Life....

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Martyn Henderson OBE appointed interim COO for independent regulator for men’s elite football

Martyn Henderson OBE appointed interim COO for independent regulator for men’s elite football

13 December 2023 - 00:00 News Story

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Martyn Henderson OBE has been appointed as the interim Chief Operating Officer to lead the preparatory work to set up th...

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UK and US target Hamas with new sanctions to isolate terror group

UK and US target Hamas with new sanctions to isolate terror group

13 December 2023 - 00:00 Press Release

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

The UK and US have announced new sanctions on the leaders and financiers of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)....

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Presentation at Make UK Defence webinar: ‘Demystifying the Single Source Regime for SMEs’

Presentation at Make UK Defence webinar: ‘Demystifying the Single Source Regime for SMEs’

13 December 2023 - 00:00 News Story

Single Source Regulations Office

Slides from the Make UK Defence's webinar on 13 December 2023...

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OPSS issues Christmas call for gas hob corrective action

OPSS issues Christmas call for gas hob corrective action

13 December 2023 - 00:00 News Story

Office for Product Safety and Standards

OPSS has asked the public this Christmas to check whether their gas hob requires corrective action....

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UK Space Agency funding boosts plans for launch from SaxaVord Spaceport and Sutherland Spaceport

UK Space Agency funding boosts plans for launch from SaxaVord Spaceport and Sutherland Spaceport

13 December 2023 - 00:00 Press Release

UK Space Agency

Two companies have secured over £6.7 million to develop their world-leading launch technologies in a sustainable way and...

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The UK believes the Council must be reformed: UK statement at the UN General Assembly

The UK believes the Council must be reformed: UK statement at the UN General Assembly

13 December 2023 - 00:00 Speech

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki at the UN General Assembly meeting on Reform of the Security Council. ...

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New strategy to tackle organised crime

New strategy to tackle organised crime

13 December 2023 - 00:00 News Story

Home Office

A new strategy has been launched to tackle the domestic and international threat of serious and organised crime....

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UK, Ukraine and Estonia Commit to Trilateral Cooperation on e-Governance

UK, Ukraine and Estonia Commit to Trilateral Cooperation on e-Governance

13 December 2023 - 00:00 News Story

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

The UK, Ukraine and Estonia have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation on e-governance....

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Thousands of illegal wildlife products seized by Border Force

Thousands of illegal wildlife products seized by Border Force

12 December 2023 - 18:18 News Story

Border Force

Thousands of products containing endangered plant and animal species have been seized by Border Force. ...

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The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals has an important role in delivering justice: UK statement at the UN Security Council

The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals has an important role in delivering justice: UK statement at the UN Security Council

12 December 2023 - 18:10 Speech

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Statement by UK Legal Adviser Chanaka Wickremasinghe at the UN Security Council meeting on the International Residual Me...

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Independent review provides recommendations for the management of protected sites on Dartmoor

Independent review provides recommendations for the management of protected sites on Dartmoor

12 December 2023 - 17:18 Press Release

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

An independent review on the management of protected sites on Dartmoor has been published today...

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Sovereign Base Areas Specialised Committee meeting, 12 December 2023: joint statement

Sovereign Base Areas Specialised Committee meeting, 12 December 2023: joint statement

12 December 2023 - 17:00 Press Release

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

The fifth meeting of the Specialised Committee, co-chaired by the European Commission and the UK government, discussed i...

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Appointment of a new Lord Justice of Appeal: 12 December 2023

Appointment of a new Lord Justice of Appeal: 12 December 2023

12 December 2023 - 16:48 Press Release

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

His Majesty The King has approved the appointment of Mr Justice Fraser as a Lord Justice of Appeal....

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Preferred candidate for Chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life

Preferred candidate for Chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life

12 December 2023 - 15:15 News Story

Cabinet Office

Update: This story was published prior to Doug Chalmers being formally appointed as Chair of the Committee on Standards ...

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Works to start on major £1 billion transformation of Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet route

Works to start on major £1 billion transformation of Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet route

12 December 2023 - 14:29 News Story

Department for Transport

New dual carriageway to reduce congestion and improve journey times between Milton Keynes and Cambridge. ...

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£1.5 million competition seeks innovations to remotely monitor sensitive sites

£1.5 million competition seeks innovations to remotely monitor sensitive sites

12 December 2023 - 14:19 News Story

Defence and Security Accelerator

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is looking for organisations to come forward with innovations to enable the ...

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Hard Facilities Management services for the Volunteer Estate to be delivered by the MOD Built Estate contracts

Hard Facilities Management services for the Volunteer Estate to be delivered by the MOD Built Estate contracts

12 December 2023 - 13:54 News Story

Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations (RFCA)

It has been agreed that Hard Facilities Management services for the Volunteer Estate will be delivered by the MOD Built ...

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UK commits to enhanced training offer for UN peacekeepers

UK commits to enhanced training offer for UN peacekeepers

12 December 2023 - 12:31 Press Release

Ministry of Defence

Support for UN peacekeeping efforts pledged by Minister for the Armed Forces at United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial ...

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