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Gulf and Jordanian visitors to pay £10 for an ETA

Gulf and Jordanian visitors to pay £10 for an ETA

06 June 2023 - 11:38 News Story

Home Office

The UK’s new Electronic Travel Authorisation scheme (ETA) will cost just £10, making travel to Britain cheaper and easie...

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Change of His Majesty’s Ambassador to Yemen: Abda Sharif

Change of His Majesty’s Ambassador to Yemen: Abda Sharif

06 June 2023 - 11:24 News Story

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Ms Abda Sharif OBE has been appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Yemen in succession to Mr Richard Oppe...

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Gonorrhoea and syphilis at record levels in 2022

Gonorrhoea and syphilis at record levels in 2022

06 June 2023 - 10:30 Press Release

UK Health Security Agency

Last year, gonorrhoea diagnoses were highest on record and syphilis diagnoses were highest since 1948....

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UK chairs international emerging technologies development talks

UK chairs international emerging technologies development talks

06 June 2023 - 09:11 Press Release

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Technology Secretary Chloe Smith visits Paris today to chair talks, bringing together like-minded countries to discuss t...

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Blowing the whistle on cartels

Blowing the whistle on cartels

06 June 2023 - 09:11 Press Release

Competition and Markets Authority

CMA increases informant reward up to £250K to crack down on cartels...

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Defence and industry collaborate in integration conference

Defence and industry collaborate in integration conference

06 June 2023 - 08:57 News Story

Ministry of Defence

Strategic Command and Team Defence Information held the Multi-Domain Integration Working Group in London....

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Flood storage area better protects 1,400 Birmingham properties

Flood storage area better protects 1,400 Birmingham properties

06 June 2023 - 06:11 Press Release

Environment Agency

Perry Barr and Witton to benefit from £50 million project. New protection hopes to avoid historical floods...

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£220,000 of rod licence income benefits South East Anglers

£220,000 of rod licence income benefits South East Anglers

06 June 2023 - 06:11 Press Release

Environment Agency

Dozens of angling clubs and fishery projects boosted by cash grants....

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Government launches new drive to support rural communities

Government launches new drive to support rural communities

05 June 2023 - 23:30 News Story

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Unleashing Rural Opportunity document launched ...

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Nearly £2 million to fund innovative transport tech including apps to assist disabled passengers

Nearly £2 million to fund innovative transport tech including apps to assist disabled passengers

05 June 2023 - 23:15 News Story

Department for Transport

Innovative start-ups awarded government funding to develop projects that will provide greener transport systems that are...

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Environment Agency Chair: Nature and traditional defences to tackle flooding and coastal erosion

Environment Agency Chair: Nature and traditional defences to tackle flooding and coastal erosion

05 June 2023 - 23:01 Press Release

Environment Agency

Environment Agency Chair Alan Lovell and Floods Minister Rebecca Pow stress importance of managing flood risks in a chan...

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Central Africa faces important electoral and transitional milestones: UK statement at the Security Council

Central Africa faces important electoral and transitional milestones: UK statement at the Security Council

05 June 2023 - 16:39 Speech

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki at the UN Security Council meeting on the Central African region....

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PM: Our plan to stop the boats is starting to work

PM: Our plan to stop the boats is starting to work

05 June 2023 - 15:34 Press Release

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

The Prime Minister’s plan to stop the boats is beginning to work, with small boat arrivals to the UK down by 20% this ye...

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West Midlands man sentenced to five years in prison for the illegal possession and intent to supply prescription medicines worth £2m

West Midlands man sentenced to five years in prison for the illegal possession and intent to supply prescription medicines worth £2m

05 June 2023 - 14:53 Press Release

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

Kieron Banks (34) was sentenced today at the Nightingale Court in Wolverhampton for the illegal possession and intent to...

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Caroline Croft takes up post as Director General

Caroline Croft takes up post as Director General

05 June 2023 - 14:36 News Story

Government Legal Department

Caroline Croft has taken up post as Director General for GLD's Employment with Economic Recovery and UK Governance direc...

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Using apps to dispose of waste: know the risks

Using apps to dispose of waste: know the risks

05 June 2023 - 14:26 Press Release

Environment Agency

Apps offering waste disposal services are a new and emerging risk - make sure you know your duty of care obligations....

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Employee share scheme shake up to help boost growth

Employee share scheme shake up to help boost growth

05 June 2023 - 14:20 News Story

HM Treasury

Schemes offering people shares in their employer are set for a shake up as the government explores changes that will hel...

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£125 million air crew contract supports UK jobs in the Southwest

£125 million air crew contract supports UK jobs in the Southwest

05 June 2023 - 14:12 Press Release

Ministry of Defence

A £125 million contract has been awarded to Ascent Flight Training, a joint venture, to create the next generation of a...

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Thousands of asylum seekers to be moved out of hotels

Thousands of asylum seekers to be moved out of hotels

05 June 2023 - 14:08 News Story

Home Office

More than 5,000 asylum seekers will be accommodated on vessels and in alternative sites to drive down the cost of expens...

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Antrim man prosecuted for working illegally in a Belfast nightclub with a suspended licence

Antrim man prosecuted for working illegally in a Belfast nightclub with a suspended licence

05 June 2023 - 11:53 Press Release

Security Industry Authority

On Tuesday 30 May, Ryan Wilkinson from Antrim was prosecuted at Laganside Magistrates' Court for working illegally as a ...

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WTO 15th Trade Policy Review of the EU: UK Statement

WTO 15th Trade Policy Review of the EU: UK Statement

05 June 2023 - 11:32 Speech

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

UK Day 1 Statement: 15th Trade Policy Review of the EU at the WTO in Geneva, 5 & 7 June 2023. ...

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PM statement on illegal migration delivery update: 5 June 2023

PM statement on illegal migration delivery update: 5 June 2023

05 June 2023 - 10:55 Speech

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's press statement on updates to stop the boats....

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Sellafield site emergency exercise – Tuesday 6 June 2023

Sellafield site emergency exercise – Tuesday 6 June 2023

05 June 2023 - 10:55 News Story

Sellafield Ltd

An emergency exercise will be taking place at the Sellafield site tomorrow....

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APPOINTMENT OF A NEW CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER FOR NORTHERN IRELAND

APPOINTMENT OF A NEW CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER FOR NORTHERN IRELAND

05 June 2023 - 10:30 Press Release

Northern Ireland Office

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has announced the appointment of Dr David Marshall as Chief Electoral Office...

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UKHO marks successful participation at IHO Assembly 3

UKHO marks successful participation at IHO Assembly 3

05 June 2023 - 09:53 News Story

UK Hydrographic Office

UK Hydrographic Office marks successful participation at 3rd Session of the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO...

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New Pharmaceuticals in the Environment cross-government group

New Pharmaceuticals in the Environment cross-government group

05 June 2023 - 08:59 News Story

Veterinary Medicines Directorate

Details of the new Pharmaceuticals in the Environment (PiE) cross-government group working to reduce the impacts of phar...

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Insolvency Service office moves

Insolvency Service office moves

05 June 2023 - 08:59 News Story

The Insolvency Service

Details of Insolvency Service offices that have closed, moved and merged: Edinburgh office moved 2 June 2023...

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Work begins on Cambridge’s new rail station

Work begins on Cambridge’s new rail station

05 June 2023 - 06:56 News Story

Department for Transport

New train station to boost jobs and homes in the area and bring together world-leading academics at the Cambridge Biomed...

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Europe Minister to forge closer relations in Central Asia

Europe Minister to forge closer relations in Central Asia

04 June 2023 - 09:51 Press Release

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Minister Leo Docherty will visit Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to reinforce UK support for Central Asia as a clo...

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British fighter jets and helicopters train to attack targets at sea, alongside NATO allies in Estonia

British fighter jets and helicopters train to attack targets at sea, alongside NATO allies in Estonia

03 June 2023 - 23:01 Press Release

Ministry of Defence

The UK has been conducting major multi-domain training activity in Estonia throughout May, exercising alongside more tha...

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