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New plug seals Dounreay reactor clean-up

New plug seals Dounreay reactor clean-up

22 June 2023 - 14:59 News Story

Closed organisation: Dounreay

Upgrade work was required to the primary cold trap loop (PCTL) vessel before it could be used on the next stage of decom...

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World Refugee Day 2023: joint statement to the OSCE

World Refugee Day 2023: joint statement to the OSCE

22 June 2023 - 14:56 Speech

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

To mark World Refugee Day 2023, UK and others recall the plight of those who have been forced to flee their homes. ...

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Minister Halfon speech at the Skills for Growth Conference

Minister Halfon speech at the Skills for Growth Conference

22 June 2023 - 14:51 Speech

Department for Education

Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education Robert Halfon addressed the Skills for Growth Conference....

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Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia: UK response, June 2023

Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia: UK response, June 2023

22 June 2023 - 14:06 Speech

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Ambassador Holland underlines UK support for the work of OSCE Mission to Serbia, including on justice sector reforms, me...

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500 jobs to be created at new Home Office hub in Stoke-on-Trent

500 jobs to be created at new Home Office hub in Stoke-on-Trent

22 June 2023 - 14:03 News Story

Home Office

The site includes a new Asylum Casework Hub and will help clear the legacy asylum backlog by the end of 2023....

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UK announces climate partnerships with Africa and the Caribbean

UK announces climate partnerships with Africa and the Caribbean

22 June 2023 - 13:31 Press Release

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Minister for Development and Africa Andrew Mitchell announces at a Paris summit new partnerships to help developing coun...

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HMRC late payment interest rates to be revised after Bank of England increases base rate

HMRC late payment interest rates to be revised after Bank of England increases base rate

22 June 2023 - 13:11 News Story

HM Revenue & Customs

HMRC interest rates for late payments will be revised following the Bank of England interest rate rise to 5%....

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UN HRC53: UK Statement on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

UN HRC53: UK Statement on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

22 June 2023 - 12:57 Speech

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Statement on Protection against Violence & Discrimination based on Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity. Delivered by Ri...

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UK Minister for the Middle East and North Africa in first visit to the UAE

UK Minister for the Middle East and North Africa in first visit to the UAE

22 June 2023 - 12:39 Press Release

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Lord Ahmad travelled to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 22 June for his first visit to the country as Minister of Stat...

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Performance update – June 2023

Performance update – June 2023

22 June 2023 - 11:54 News Story

Planning Inspectorate

Performance and other updates following the publication of our latest official monthly statistics....

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Excess deaths associated with flu highest in 5 years

Excess deaths associated with flu highest in 5 years

22 June 2023 - 11:11 Press Release

UK Health Security Agency

UKHSA has published its annual flu report for the 2022 to 2023 flu season, the first time flu has been widespread since ...

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UK – France Global Roadmap launched to mobilise global nature finance

UK – France Global Roadmap launched to mobilise global nature finance

22 June 2023 - 11:11 News Story

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

On 22 June 2023, the Environment Secretary and French State Minister Bérangère Couillard launched a Global Roadmap to su...

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Kate Dodsworth appointed as Chief of Regulatory Engagement at RSH

Kate Dodsworth appointed as Chief of Regulatory Engagement at RSH

22 June 2023 - 10:30 News Story

Regulator of Social Housing

Kate Dodsworth has been appointed as RSH's first Chief of Regulatory Engagement....

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Ukraine will defy Russian aggression and prosper: UK statement to the OSCE

Ukraine will defy Russian aggression and prosper: UK statement to the OSCE

22 June 2023 - 10:13 Speech

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Ambassador Neil Holland says that the recent Ukraine Recovery Conference in London shows that Ukraine will emerge strong...

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Reappointment of Mark McAllister as Chair of the Office for Nuclear Regulation

Reappointment of Mark McAllister as Chair of the Office for Nuclear Regulation

22 June 2023 - 10:01 Press Release

Department for Work and Pensions

Mark McAllister has been appointed Chair of the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) for a further three years....

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Offenders on clean-up duty in anti-social behaviour crackdown

Offenders on clean-up duty in anti-social behaviour crackdown

22 June 2023 - 09:42 Press Release

Ministry of Justice

New Community Payback teams to clean up fly-tipping or vandalism within 48 hours....

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Three Great War Soldiers Buried in  France

Three Great War Soldiers Buried in France

22 June 2023 - 09:40 News Story

Ministry of Defence

More than a century after his death, Private (Pte) Joe Stevenson, a 34-year-old soldier from Framlingham in Suffolk, has...

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UK Statement following UN Report on Democratic Republic of Congo

UK Statement following UN Report on Democratic Republic of Congo

22 June 2023 - 09:34 News Story

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

UK Special Envoy for the African Great Lakes Alison Thorpe issued a statement following the United Nations Group of Expe...

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New Permanent Secretary appointed at DCMS

New Permanent Secretary appointed at DCMS

22 June 2023 - 09:05 News Story

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Susannah Storey has been announced as the new Permanent Secretary at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport....

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Tax gap holds steady at 4.8%

Tax gap holds steady at 4.8%

22 June 2023 - 09:02 Press Release

HM Revenue & Customs

The estimated tax gap for the 2021 to 2022 tax year is at an all-time low of 4.8%....

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Reserves Day: Hear from a Cyber Reservist

Reserves Day: Hear from a Cyber Reservist

22 June 2023 - 09:02 News Story

Closed organisation: Strategic Command

For Reserves Day 2023 Sergeant Karl, from the Royal Air Force Reserves, talked about his experience since joining the Jo...

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Harriet J report and safety flyer published

Harriet J report and safety flyer published

22 June 2023 - 09:00 News Story

Marine Accident Investigation Branch

Fatal person overboard from a lone-operated creel fishing vessel, west of Fast Castle Head, south-east Scotland....

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Magnox awards major decommissioning and asbestos removal contract

Magnox awards major decommissioning and asbestos removal contract

22 June 2023 - 08:59 Press Release

Closed organisation: Magnox Ltd

Five suppliers have been awarded a framework contract to meet the needs of the Magnox decommissioning programme across t...

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AAIB Report: Pitts S-1C (G-BTOO), Disconnection of elevator control inflight, 27 March 2022

AAIB Report: Pitts S-1C (G-BTOO), Disconnection of elevator control inflight, 27 March 2022

22 June 2023 - 08:57 News Story

Air Accidents Investigation Branch

During a test flight, a modified Pitts S-1C (G-BTOO) landed heavily after the elevator control disconnected inflight at ...

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UK puts pen to paper on fifth trade pact with a US state

UK puts pen to paper on fifth trade pact with a US state

22 June 2023 - 07:00 Press Release

Department for Business and Trade

The UK will today sign a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) designed to grow trade with Utah...

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Windrush 75: Celebrating 75 years of the Windrush generation

Windrush 75: Celebrating 75 years of the Windrush generation

22 June 2023 - 06:50 News Story

Closed organisation: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

National Windrush Day (22 June) this year marks 75 years since the MV Empire Windrush arrived in the UK. ...

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CMA action protects outcomes for hearing implant patients

CMA action protects outcomes for hearing implant patients

22 June 2023 - 06:00 Press Release

Competition and Markets Authority

CMA partially prevents sale of hearing implant business after concluding patients potentially worse off....

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UK Space Agency funding to boost propulsion, imaging and solar technologies

UK Space Agency funding to boost propulsion, imaging and solar technologies

21 June 2023 - 23:01 Press Release

UK Space Agency

New funding from the UK Space Agency will boost UK-based space technologies, such as harnessing solar power for reusable...

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Without skills, businesses are “driving with the handbrake on”

Without skills, businesses are “driving with the handbrake on”

21 June 2023 - 23:01 Press Release

Department for Education

Top employers working with government at new Skills for Growth conference to address skills shortages and drive economic...

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Change of His Majesty’s Ambassador to Zimbabwe: Peter Vowles

Change of His Majesty’s Ambassador to Zimbabwe: Peter Vowles

21 June 2023 - 23:00 Press Release

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mr Peter Vowles has been appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe....

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