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Office of Rail and Road Chair Declan Collier reappointed for a second term

Office of Rail and Road Chair Declan Collier reappointed for a second term

23 August 2023 - 09:07 News Story

Department for Transport

Declan Collier will continue to play a central role in tackling the challenges facing the rail and road sectors....

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Dstl leads the Army’s largest ever force development war game

Dstl leads the Army’s largest ever force development war game

23 August 2023 - 08:49 News Story

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory

The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has led the Army’s largest ever force development war game and coll...

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Positive Armed Forces training experience marred by ageing and sometimes unsafe facilities

Positive Armed Forces training experience marred by ageing and sometimes unsafe facilities

23 August 2023 - 08:30 Press Release

Ofsted

Ofsted has today published its 15th annual report on the effectiveness of care and welfare arrangements for recruits, tr...

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Student Loans Interest Rates and Repayment Threshold Announcement

Student Loans Interest Rates and Repayment Threshold Announcement

23 August 2023 - 08:30 News Story

Student Loans Company

The Department for Education (DfE) today (23 August 2023) confirmed annual updates to interest rates and repayment thres...

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More support for children with special educational needs

More support for children with special educational needs

23 August 2023 - 08:18 Press Release

Department for Education

Over a thousand new special school places confirmed, as additional seven special free schools to be built...

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Around 1 in 8 new students unprotected against meningitis

Around 1 in 8 new students unprotected against meningitis

23 August 2023 - 08:00 Press Release

UK Health Security Agency

Approximately 13% of new students missed their free MenACWY vaccine in school and remain unprotected against 4 deadly ty...

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UK backs nuclear fuel supply for Ukraine as Shapps visits Kyiv

UK backs nuclear fuel supply for Ukraine as Shapps visits Kyiv

23 August 2023 - 07:45 Press Release

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

The UK supports the supply of vital fuel for Ukraine’s nuclear power plants, as the Energy Security Secretary Grant Shap...

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CMA updates scope of concerns in rail signalling merger

CMA updates scope of concerns in rail signalling merger

23 August 2023 - 06:30 Press Release

Competition and Markets Authority

Updated provisional findings have been issued by the CMA in its investigation of Hitachi’s proposed takeover of Thales G...

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Change of British High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea: Anne Macro

Change of British High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea: Anne Macro

22 August 2023 - 23:00 News Story

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Ms Anne Macro has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Independent State of Papua New Guinea....

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Libya’s leaders must engage with the UN to give the political process a chance of success: UK statement at the Security Council
Call for participants to new asymptomatic mpox transmission study

Call for participants to new asymptomatic mpox transmission study

22 August 2023 - 14:54 Press Release

UK Health Security Agency

The £1 million presymptomatic mpox (monkeypox) PRIME study hopes to recruit 2,000 participants in England....

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Tens of thousands of students receive free training to build cyber skills

Tens of thousands of students receive free training to build cyber skills

22 August 2023 - 13:31 Press Release

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Schools are being encouraged to take advantage of free resources to boost cyber skills and set up aspiring young people ...

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Atrocities in Sudan: Minister for Africa's statement,  22 August 2023

Atrocities in Sudan: Minister for Africa's statement, 22 August 2023

22 August 2023 - 10:24 Press Release

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

The UK Minister for Africa Andrew Mitchell has made a statement following evidence of atrocities in Sudan....

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Drama school investigated by charity regulator

Drama school investigated by charity regulator

22 August 2023 - 10:04 Press Release

The Charity Commission

Kogan Academy of Dramatic Arts has previously been issued with an Official Warning for not filing its accounting informa...

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Civil news: online eligibility tool launched for providers

Civil news: online eligibility tool launched for providers

22 August 2023 - 09:54 News Story

Legal Aid Agency

New tool now available for providers to check a client’s financial eligibility for civil legal aid....

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Consultation kicks off work on new trade marks and designs services

Consultation kicks off work on new trade marks and designs services

22 August 2023 - 09:34 Press Release

Intellectual Property Office

The UK Government has launched a second consultation on proposed changes to allow the Intellectual Property Office to de...

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Pupils in disadvantaged areas to benefit from new free schools

Pupils in disadvantaged areas to benefit from new free schools

22 August 2023 - 08:43 Press Release

Department for Education

Fifteen new free schools to open in areas where education outcomes are poorest to drive up school standards....

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Armed Forces to benefit from £89 million  battlefield network

Armed Forces to benefit from £89 million battlefield network

22 August 2023 - 08:40 Press Release

Ministry of Defence

Military personnel deployed on the battlefield will benefit from enhanced connectivity, following the award of an £89 mi...

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One week left to extend Child Benefit claim for teenagers

One week left to extend Child Benefit claim for teenagers

22 August 2023 - 08:30 Press Release

HM Revenue & Customs

Child Benefit automatically stops when children reach 16 but it can be claimed for children continuing their education o...

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Microsoft submits new deal for review after CMA confirms original deal is blocked

Microsoft submits new deal for review after CMA confirms original deal is blocked

22 August 2023 - 06:01 Press Release

Competition and Markets Authority

The CMA has opened a new phase 1 investigation into a new, restructured deal by Microsoft to buy Activision....

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Water pollution, carbon emissions and biodiversity threats set to be tackled by satellite data services

Water pollution, carbon emissions and biodiversity threats set to be tackled by satellite data services

21 August 2023 - 23:05 Press Release

UK Space Agency

Work is about to start on a series of innovative climate services that use the unique vantage point of space to provide ...

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Major investment to transform future of English chess announced

Major investment to transform future of English chess announced

21 August 2023 - 23:01 Press Release

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

New £1 million package will support children attending schools in disadvantaged areas across England to learn and play c...

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The UK is extremely alarmed by increasing settler violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territories: UK statement at the Security Council
Foreign Secretary's meeting with Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, August 2023

Foreign Secretary's meeting with Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, August 2023

21 August 2023 - 11:52 News Story

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and the Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong met in Sydney today (21 August 2023)....

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CMA clears Broadcom’s deal to buy VMware

CMA clears Broadcom’s deal to buy VMware

21 August 2023 - 10:00 Press Release

Competition and Markets Authority

The CMA has cleared Broadcom’s $69 billion purchase of VMware following an in-depth Phase 2 investigation....

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July 2023 Transaction Data

July 2023 Transaction Data

21 August 2023 - 10:00 News Story

HM Land Registry

This data provides information about the number and types of applications that HM Land Registry completed in July 2023....

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Consumer Council for Water board member reappointed

Consumer Council for Water board member reappointed

21 August 2023 - 09:24 News Story

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Robert Wilson’s second term as a board member will run until December 2026....

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Worcester man prosecuted for working illegally at a Worcester pub

Worcester man prosecuted for working illegally at a Worcester pub

21 August 2023 - 09:22 Press Release

Security Industry Authority

On Friday 11 August 2023, Vikramjit Sharma from Worcester was prosecuted (in his absence) at Worcester Magistrates' Cour...

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Supporting the transition to electric vehicles

Supporting the transition to electric vehicles

21 August 2023 - 09:21 News Story

Ministry of Defence

The Defence Support organisation have launched the first of three hydrogen-fuelled charging facilities to power Front-Li...

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Minister urges social landlords to open the door to childminders

Minister urges social landlords to open the door to childminders

21 August 2023 - 09:14 News Story

Department for Education

Minister Coutinho writes to housing associations, social landlords and developers to urge them to allow childminders to ...

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