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Better deal for motorists and businesses with solar car parks

Better deal for motorists and businesses with solar car parks

07 May 2025 - 09:00 Press Release

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Motorists could benefit from cheaper charging costs and more transparent prices at the pump....

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Government brings exam records into 21st century

Government brings exam records into 21st century

06 May 2025 - 23:01 Press Release

Department for Education

New digital exam results pilot launched to help schools and colleges to save up to £30m a year and cut back bureaucracy...

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Applications open to bring 25 top tech minds into government, to accelerate AI-driven growth and modernise public sector

Applications open to bring 25 top tech minds into government, to accelerate AI-driven growth and modernise public sector

06 May 2025 - 23:00 Press Release

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Applications are open for a new round of government fellowships aimed at bringing 25 leading technologists and scientist...

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Full steam ahead: young people take the drivers seat to improve train services and unlock jobs

Full steam ahead: young people take the drivers seat to improve train services and unlock jobs

06 May 2025 - 23:00 Press Release

Department for Transport

Lowering the train driver age to 18 will help future-proof our railways, support young people in fulfilling careers and ...

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UK strengthens security relationship with Europe ahead of UK-EU summit

UK strengthens security relationship with Europe ahead of UK-EU summit

06 May 2025 - 23:00 Press Release

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Foreign Secretary heads to EU Foreign Ministers meeting to highlight the need for a new, ambitious security relationship...

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Stage 3 of the Crime Procurement Process opened on 1 May

Stage 3 of the Crime Procurement Process opened on 1 May

06 May 2025 - 23:00 News Story

Legal Aid Agency

Stage 3 will be open until at least 30 September 2034, subject to any early notice, and is open to anyone who has not ye...

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A record 299,419 returns filed in the first week of the new tax year

A record 299,419 returns filed in the first week of the new tax year

06 May 2025 - 23:00 Press Release

HM Revenue & Customs

Nearly 300,000 customers file their Self Assessment tax return for the 2024 to 2025 tax year at earliest opportunity....

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MHRA approves teprotumumab as the first UK treatment for adults with moderate to severe Thyroid Eye Disease (TED)
New Border Security Bill amendments to strengthen IAA powers

New Border Security Bill amendments to strengthen IAA powers

06 May 2025 - 23:00 News Story

Immigration Advice Authority

Home Office submits key changes to Parliament that enhance IAA’s legislative powers....

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Cyber sector is target for growth as Government supports businesses against serious organised cyber crime

Cyber sector is target for growth as Government supports businesses against serious organised cyber crime

06 May 2025 - 23:00 Press Release

Cabinet Office

The cyber sector will be a “prime target for economic growth” in the upcoming Industrial Strategy, as the government se...

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'Seismic shift' to improve professional standards across HM Prison and Probation Service

'Seismic shift' to improve professional standards across HM Prison and Probation Service

06 May 2025 - 16:33 Press Release

Ministry of Justice

Reports of bullying and harassment are “a wake-up call and an opportunity to change”, Lord Timpson said today (6 May), a...

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Professional standards in the Prison and Probation Service Speech

Professional standards in the Prison and Probation Service Speech

06 May 2025 - 16:33 Speech

Ministry of Justice

Lord Timpson, Minister for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending, sets out how the government is responding to Jen...

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It is the responsibility of this Council to uphold the Dayton Peace Agreement and support Bosnia and Herzegovina: UK Statement at the UN Security Council

It is the responsibility of this Council to uphold the Dayton Peace Agreement and support Bosnia and Herzegovina: UK Statement at the UN Security Council

06 May 2025 - 15:57 Speech

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Statement by DCMG Karen Pierce, UK Special Envoy to the Western Balkans, at the UN Security Council debate on Bosnia and...

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UK-India Free Trade Deal: A Deal For Growth

UK-India Free Trade Deal: A Deal For Growth

06 May 2025 - 14:42 News Story

Department for Business and Trade

The UK has secured the best deal India has ever agreed, providing businesses with security and confidence to trade with ...

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Government pledges greater growth for the coach sector ahead of National Coach Week

Government pledges greater growth for the coach sector ahead of National Coach Week

06 May 2025 - 14:36 Press Release

Department for Transport

Local Transport Minister, Simon Lightwood, visits Star Coaches in Batley and celebrates a sector that provides 42,000 jo...

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PM call with Prime Minister Modi of India: 6 May 2025

PM call with Prime Minister Modi of India: 6 May 2025

06 May 2025 - 13:20 Press Release

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

The Prime Minister spoke to the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi today. ...

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GP surgery refurbs to enable over 8 million more appointments

GP surgery refurbs to enable over 8 million more appointments

06 May 2025 - 11:30 Press Release

Department of Health and Social Care

Patients to access over 8.3 million new appointments this year, helping deliver the government’s Plan for Change....

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Boost for woodlands as research to tackle plant pests & diseases

Boost for woodlands as research to tackle plant pests & diseases

06 May 2025 - 11:00 Press Release

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Key research to combat ongoing pest and disease outbreaks and emerging threats to protect our trees ...

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Bluefin tuna catch and release applications re-opened

Bluefin tuna catch and release applications re-opened

06 May 2025 - 10:29 News Story

Marine Management Organisation

Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has re-opened the process to apply for permits for 2025’s bluefin tuna catch and re...

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Justified Gatekeeping

Justified Gatekeeping

06 May 2025 - 10:26 Press Release

Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain

One important role held by the Traffic Commissioners is that of gatekeepers to the industry. In a recent public inquiry ...

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Reforms to get Britain building will boost economy by billions

Reforms to get Britain building will boost economy by billions

06 May 2025 - 10:13 Press Release

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

New analysis shows economy could be boosted by up to £7.5 billion over the next decade thanks to the pro-growth Planning...

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Brand Scotland backing for female entrepreneurs

Brand Scotland backing for female entrepreneurs

06 May 2025 - 10:09 News Story

Scotland Office

Minister Kirsty McNeill champions all-women exporting power with female-led business roundtable hosted at Scotland Offic...

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NDA celebrates 20-year partnership with Site Stakeholder Groups

NDA celebrates 20-year partnership with Site Stakeholder Groups

06 May 2025 - 08:00 News Story

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is celebrating its unique 20-year relationship with nuclear communities....

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Colin Allars reappointed as Chair of the Independent Restraint Review Panel

Colin Allars reappointed as Chair of the Independent Restraint Review Panel

06 May 2025 - 08:00 News Story

Ministry of Justice

The Secretary of State for Justice, Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP, has announced the reappointment of Colin Allars as the Ch...

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Appointment of 4 members to the Advisory Committee on Conscientious Objectors

Appointment of 4 members to the Advisory Committee on Conscientious Objectors

06 May 2025 - 08:00 News Story

Ministry of Justice

The Secretary of State has announced the appointments of Dr Hannah Bows, Suzanne McCarthy, Sean Harvey and Asrar Ul-Haq ...

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More girls to study maths under plans to improve pathway into AI careers

More girls to study maths under plans to improve pathway into AI careers

05 May 2025 - 23:01 Press Release

Department for Education

Government invests £8.2m to boost girls' advanced maths skills and AI careers. ...

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First ever MPA byelaw prosecution secures guilty plea and £40,000 financial order

First ever MPA byelaw prosecution secures guilty plea and £40,000 financial order

05 May 2025 - 23:00 News Story

Marine Management Organisation

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has secured the first successful prosecution for a contravention of an MMO mari...

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Eight Welsh businesses celebrated in The King’s Awards for Enterprise

Eight Welsh businesses celebrated in The King’s Awards for Enterprise

05 May 2025 - 23:00 Press Release

Wales Office

Welsh recipients announced in third year of The King’s Awards for Enterprise - the UK’s most prestigious business awards...

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British businesses celebrated in third year of The King’s Awards for Enterprise  

British businesses celebrated in third year of The King’s Awards for Enterprise  

05 May 2025 - 23:00 Press Release

Department for Business and Trade

The recipients of The King’s Awards for Enterprise have been announced today, celebrating the achievements of leading b...

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Elevating Professional Development: Inside the GES Priority Skills Initiative

Elevating Professional Development: Inside the GES Priority Skills Initiative

05 May 2025 - 23:00 News Story

Government Economic Service

We are excited to share a new approach to professional development for our economists across the Civil Service....

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