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Government commitment to deliver for rural communities

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

The Future of Rural England report sets out how to ensure government policy delivers for rural communities....

RPC statement: impact of biodiversity gain regulations from DEFRA

Regulatory Policy Committee

Update on our scrutiny of the impact assessment from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs....

Parking charges: CMA takes action to drive improvements for motorists

Competition and Markets Authority

Package of action launched to help deliver fairer private parking for UK drivers....

E-seminar: The determination of folic acid in flour

Government Chemist

An e-seminar produced as part of the Joint Knowledge Transfer Framework for Food Standards and Food Safety Analysis...

Care workers to be represented in fair pay agreements

Department of Health and Social Care

New negotiating body to be set up as part of the first ever adult social care fair pay agreement, representing millions ...

Independent member appointed to the Judicial Pension Board

Ministry of Justice

The Lord Chancellor has approved the appointment, by the Chair of the Judicial Pension Board, of Carrie Young as an inde...

Major General Phil Carter to become interim Chief Defence Medical

Cyber & Specialist Operations Command

Interim appointment of UK Surgeon General will ensure continued delivery of Defence Medical operational work....

Europe’s investment in defence is a response to Russian aggression: UK statement to the OSCE

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

UK Counsellor for Politico-Military Affairs, Ankur Narayan, rejects Russia’s attempts to portray increased European defe...

Government brings British Steel into public ownership to protect UK steelmaking

Department for Business and Trade

The Government has today (16 July) taken British Steel into public ownership to protect the future of steel production i...

Prime Minister visits Ukraine in final week of office

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

The Prime Minister is traveling to Kyiv today where he will mark the culmination of two years of his leadership in suppo...

Hundreds more schools to save on bills as government solar drive slashes millions off energy costs

Department for Education

First wave of schools to get government-funded solar will save £220 million on their bills to reinvest in children’s edu...

Young people in Port Talbot in line for up to £5m boost in jobs

Welsh Secretary today announces a new skills initiative in Port Talbot designed to help local young people into careers ...

Every baby in England to get life-saving genetic test from birth

Department of Health and Social Care

All babies in England will be screened for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)....

Justice and accountability remain important to international efforts in Sudan: UK Statement at the UN Security Council

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Statement by Legal Adviser Colin McIntyre at the UN Security Council meeting on Sudan....

Castles, cruises and coastlines: untangling the rules around tying the knot

Ministry of Justice

Consultation launched on reforming weddings law for the first time in 200 years, giving couples more choice over where a...

Government secures the future of Dartmoor’s iconic ponies

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

New measures will protect Dartmoor ponies and support those who keep them on the moor....

War on waste crime: hefty new fines for fly-tippers and litter louts?

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Waste criminals will face heftier fines as the government steps up its zero-tolerance approach to waste crime....

South West Water told to deliver appropriate sewage treatment

Environment Agency

The Environment Agency has told South West Water it should pursue appropriate sewage treatment for the Isles of Scilly. ...

Southern Water pleads guilty to River Test pollution

Environment Agency

Southern Water has pleaded guilty after the Environment Agency found a dark plume of pollution from one of its sites in ...

Man who stabbed two strangers in London Underground has sentence increased

Attorney General's Office

Violent knifeman who carried out frenzied attack at Tube station, has his sentence increased, after the Solicitor Genera...

Private security regulator removes recognition of awarding body

Security Industry Authority

The Security Industry Authority (SIA) has given notice to the British Institute of Innkeeping Awarding Body (BIIAB) to t...

Legal aid investment to keep cases moving and cut delays for victims

Ministry of Justice

Victims could see swifter justice as a legal aid boost of up to £34 million a year will help strengthen the legal sector...

First British-made artillery barrels delivered to Ukraine

Ministry of Defence

First deliveries of British-made artillery barrels to Ukraine, under a £61 million contract supporting hundreds of UK jo...

Stronger leasehold protections in crackdown on hidden fees

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Leaseholders will receive clearer information about the service charges they pay and stronger protections against unfair...

Public bodies mobilise £50 billion to drive UK economic growth and support over 802,000 jobs

UK Export Finance

At least £50 billion of public finance institution support mobilised to back UK businesses, projects and exports over th...

The UK reaffirms its full commitment to implementation of the 2016 Peace Agreement in Colombia: UK statement at the UN Security Council

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Statement by Ambassador Kate Foster, UK Chargé d’Affaires to the UN, at the UN Security Council meeting on Colombia....

Great British Summer Savings: Families can now find deals closer to home at the click of a button

HM Treasury

Find thousands of restaurants, cinemas, theatres and other attractions near you offering customer discounts following th...

Updated warnings for botulinum toxin products following rare cases of botulism

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

The MHRA is strengthening safety warnings for all botulinum toxin type A products, following reports of rare cases of bo...

UK-donor plasma given go-ahead for new medicines

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved the use of UK?donor plasma for five high?priorit...

The United Kingdom remains committed to accelerating progress on the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals: UK national statement at the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Statement by Ambassador Kate Foster, UK Chargé d’Affaires to the UN, at the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable De...