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Wiltshire and Dorset groundwater flooding roadshow

Wiltshire and Dorset groundwater flooding roadshow

27 October 2023 - 10:10 Press Release

Environment Agency

Series of events across the two counties to educate the public on this type of flooding....

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Appointments to the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission

Appointments to the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission

27 October 2023 - 09:00 News Story

Northern Ireland Office

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland invites applications for the appointment of a new member of the Northern Ire...

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Leading frontier AI companies publish safety policies

Leading frontier AI companies publish safety policies

27 October 2023 - 08:47 Press Release

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Top frontier AI firms have outlined their safety policies to boost transparency and encourage the sharing of best practi...

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Strategic Command Operational Honours and Awards List 2023

Strategic Command Operational Honours and Awards List 2023

27 October 2023 - 07:30 News Story

Closed organisation: Strategic Command

Members of Strategic Command have been recognised in the Operational Awards List for their services to Defence....

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South China Sea conference 2023: speech by the UK Minister for the Indo-Pacific

South China Sea conference 2023: speech by the UK Minister for the Indo-Pacific

27 October 2023 - 03:15 Speech

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan gave a keynote speech to South China Sea conference in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam....

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Government urges jobseekers to consider careers in “booming” beauty industry

Government urges jobseekers to consider careers in “booming” beauty industry

26 October 2023 - 23:01 Press Release

Department for Work and Pensions

This week marks British Beauty Week (26th – 30th October) which highlights Britain’s thriving and influential beauty bra...

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Operational Honours and Awards List October 2023

Operational Honours and Awards List October 2023

26 October 2023 - 23:01 News Story

Ministry of Defence

The latest Operational Honours and Awards List recognises the bravery, commitment and commendable service of Armed Force...

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PM call with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine : 27 October 2023

PM call with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine : 27 October 2023

26 October 2023 - 23:00 Press Release

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

The Prime Minister spoke to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy this morning to reiterate the UK’s support for Ukraine....

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Local partnership and MMO join forces to preserve Studland Bay’s precious seagrass habitats

Local partnership and MMO join forces to preserve Studland Bay’s precious seagrass habitats

26 October 2023 - 23:00 Press Release

Marine Management Organisation

Throughout 2023, the Marine Management Organisation and Studland Bay Marine Partnership (SBMP) have continued to take fo...

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Uganda terror attack: compensation for victims

Uganda terror attack: compensation for victims

26 October 2023 - 23:00 News Story

Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority

Information about claiming compensation if you were a victim of the terrorist attack in Uganda on 17 October 2023....

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Restoring Sudan's democratic transition: Troika joint statement

Restoring Sudan's democratic transition: Troika joint statement

26 October 2023 - 23:00 News Story

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

The governments of the United States of America, Norway, and the United Kingdom issued a joint statement on a Sudanese c...

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Volunteering boost for charities, libraries and museums

Volunteering boost for charities, libraries and museums

26 October 2023 - 23:00 Press Release

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Volunteering boost for charities, libraries and museums for disadvantaged areas....

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Hope and humanity must win out against aggression and terrorism: Lord Ahmad’s statement at the UN General Assembly

Hope and humanity must win out against aggression and terrorism: Lord Ahmad’s statement at the UN General Assembly

26 October 2023 - 23:00 Speech

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Statement by Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon at the United Nations General Assembly tenth emergency special session on G...

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Investment in childcare boosted by new resources and online tools

Investment in childcare boosted by new resources and online tools

26 October 2023 - 23:00 Press Release

Department for Education

More nursery and early years places and spaces to be delivered, with an online childcare eligibility checker to give inf...

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Seven sentenced for their involvement in alleged £770k benefit fraud

Seven sentenced for their involvement in alleged £770k benefit fraud

26 October 2023 - 23:00 Press Release

Department for Work and Pensions

As part of the government's £900 million crackdown on fraud, seven people have been sentenced for their part in a major ...

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Condemning Hamas’ terrorism should not be controversial: UK at the UN General Assembly

Condemning Hamas’ terrorism should not be controversial: UK at the UN General Assembly

26 October 2023 - 23:00 Press Release

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Statement from a UK government spokesperson following the UN General Assembly vote on the Jordanian draft resolution on ...

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Defence Secretary travels to Middle East on regional security mission

Defence Secretary travels to Middle East on regional security mission

26 October 2023 - 17:33 Press Release

Ministry of Defence

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps travelled to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to drive forward wo...

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Graves of two Glasgow soldiers rediscovered in Belgium

Graves of two Glasgow soldiers rediscovered in Belgium

26 October 2023 - 15:32 News Story

Ministry of Defence

The graves of two World War One soldiers, Private (Pte) Peter Keill, aged 20, of 7th Battalion The Seaforth Highlanders ...

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Government calls time on councils running four-day weeks

Government calls time on councils running four-day weeks

26 October 2023 - 15:22 Press Release

Closed organisation: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities tells councils to cease any four-day working week trials immediatel...

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DASA-funded innovators take centre stage at DSEI

DASA-funded innovators take centre stage at DSEI

26 October 2023 - 14:56 News Story

Defence and Security Accelerator

Small companies, big stage: DASA’s commitment to support SMEs shines through at the world’s biggest defence expo...

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Robust new laws to fight corruption, money laundering and fraud

Robust new laws to fight corruption, money laundering and fraud

26 October 2023 - 14:12 News Story

Home Office

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act received Royal Assent on Thursday 26 October. ...

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Further action to cut methane emissions from livestock

Further action to cut methane emissions from livestock

26 October 2023 - 13:47 Press Release

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Defra has committed to working with industry to reduce methane emissions in livestock through the use of methane-suppres...

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UK children and adults to be safer online as world-leading bill becomes law

UK children and adults to be safer online as world-leading bill becomes law

26 October 2023 - 12:35 Press Release

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Online Safety Act receives Royal Assent putting rules to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online into law...

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Government Chief Scientific Adviser visits Japan and Korea 

Government Chief Scientific Adviser visits Japan and Korea 

26 October 2023 - 12:16 News Story

Government Office for Science

Professor Dame Angela McLean visited Japan and Korea to take part in discussions on science and technology, including wi...

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Pioneering river restoration project completed on military land in Wiltshire

Pioneering river restoration project completed on military land in Wiltshire

26 October 2023 - 11:32 News Story

Defence Infrastructure Organisation

A ground-breaking Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) funded project has restored an area of wetland on the River ...

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Secretary of State announces appointment of a new Chair and Members to the Board of National Museums Northern Ireland

Secretary of State announces appointment of a new Chair and Members to the Board of National Museums Northern Ireland

26 October 2023 - 11:30 Press Release

Northern Ireland Office

The Secretary of State, the Rt Hon Chris Heaton-Harris MP, has today announced the appointment of a new Chair and seven ...

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Environment Agency will investigate Horncastle Flood Scheme

Environment Agency will investigate Horncastle Flood Scheme

26 October 2023 - 10:21 Press Release

Environment Agency

Storm Babet brought significant heavy rainfall across much of the UK. On Friday 20 October, we saw at least a month's ra...

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Prime Minister's speech on AI: 26 October 2023

Prime Minister's speech on AI: 26 October 2023

26 October 2023 - 09:13 Speech

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak makes a speech on how we have a global responsibility to understand and address the risks sur...

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NWS Annual Review 2022 to 2023 – Making nuclear waste permanently safe, sooner

NWS Annual Review 2022 to 2023 – Making nuclear waste permanently safe, sooner

26 October 2023 - 09:03 Press Release

Nuclear Waste Services

Report highlights safety record, GDF progress, and sustainable management of nuclear waste...

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Back to work boost for disability benefit claimants as ground-breaking employment scheme expanded

Back to work boost for disability benefit claimants as ground-breaking employment scheme expanded

26 October 2023 - 09:00 Press Release

Department for Work and Pensions

A pilot scheme for disabled people and people with health conditions to explore barriers to work will be rolled out to 1...

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